Shoppers

• Black Friday deals bigger as COVID-19 restrictions, supply chain issues ease: expert

  After two years of pandemic restrictions and supply chain shortages, a local retail expert says this commercial holiday season will have a different look.

  Consumer

  Nov 25
  
• Shoppers Drug Mart to use narcotic safes in Ontario amid rise in thefts

  Shoppers Drug Mart says it will be rolling out time-delayed narcotic safes in all of its stores and in Loblaw pharmacies across Ontario.

  Canada

  Nov 23
  
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• Spa opening in former Gap retail space shows Kingston downtown ‘healthy’

  Downtown Kingston's BIA executive director says despite challenges, many businesses in the downtown core remain healthy.

  Canada

  Jan 10
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• Quebecers flocking to Ontario liquor stores for alcohol purchases

  Quebecers are driving to LCBO outlets across the border in Ontario to purchase their wine and spirits because of low supply in the SAQs.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2021
• Okanagan retailers plead for shoppers to support local businesses during holidays

  The ninth annual B.C. Buy Local week kicked off Monday to encourage consumers to do their holiday spending at locally-owned businesses, who say they've been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.

  Economy

  Nov 30, 2020
• Man sprays several people with sensory irritant at store on Quinpool Road

  Police say the suspect is described as white man with long brown hair, wearing a bright blue and orange windbreaker.

  Crime

  Nov 10, 2020
• Coronavirus: Shoppers Drug Mart worker tests positive in northwest London, Ont.

  After a Shoppers Drug Mart employee tested positive for COVID-19, the store was closed for a thorough cleaning and has since reopened, a spokesperson said. 

  Canada

  Apr 11, 2020
• Looking for work? Loblaws needs your help during the COVID-19 crisis

  Loblaws has launched a website to try and recruit temporary workers as quickly as possible to help in stores and distribution centres amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Canada

  Mar 23, 2020
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• Retailers in Saskatchewan feeling the effects of ‘showrooming’: CFIB survey

  Local businesses across the country including those in Saskatchewan are losing customers due to showrooming, according to CFIB.

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2019
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• Halifax police charge man with 10 reported thefts

  In each incident, police allege the man entered a store, selected items and left without paying for the merchandise.

  Crime

  Nov 7, 2019