Coronavirus Retail

• ‘Many unfortunately were pushed over the edge’: Pandemic leads to exodus of downtown retail tenants

  Storefront retail vacancy rates in the city of Vancouver jumped 2.8 per cent – from 9.3 per cent in spring 2020 to 12.1 per cent a year later.

  Health

  Nov 24, 2021
  
• Ottawa’s Tanger Outlets cleared for holiday shopping pending council approval

  An Ottawa committee carried a motion Tuesday morning to allow the Tanger Outlets mall to open on holidays.

  Sep 1, 2020
  
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• Shopify’s explosive Q2 results show how retailers have adapted to COVID-19 pandemic

  An accelerated shift to e-commerce amid the novel coronavirus pandemic has boosted Shopify's revenues in the Ottawa-based tech company's second quarter.

  Money

  Jul 29, 2020
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• Army and Navy, 101-year-old Canadian discount retailer, to close permanently under COVID-19

  In a statement Saturday, president and CEO Jacqui Cohen said while the company had hoped to reopen, "the economic challenges of COVID-19 have proven insurmountable."

  Economy

  May 9, 2020