« Previous  |  Next »

You, in the yoga pants, Metro is watching you

O ne of Metro Inc.'s prototypical customers is the "super-health-conscious" woman but the grocer recently found it wasn't serving her well enough. She likes to eat yogurt, but its stores carried only a limited array of the dairy product. So in a recent ...

From MARINA STRAUSS, Globe and Mail,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Tesco P.L.C.,  Kroger,  Wal-Mart,  Citigroup

Wal-Mart counting on price cuts to spur consumers

C ompetition in the Canadian retail landscape is heating up in the crucial holiday shopping season. Discount heavyweight Wal-Mart Canada Corp. said on Thursday that it is dropping a record number of prices in the coming weeks to spur cost-conscious ...

From MARINA STRAUSS, Globe and Mail,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Wal-Mart

Expect a slight improvement in Loblaw profit

S hares in the supermarket chain are down 13 per cent this year, compared with a 28-per-cent rise in the benchmark S&P/TSX composite index. When the company reports its latest financial results today, battered shareholders will be looking for signs ...

From MARINA STRAUSS, Globe and Mail,  17 Nov 2009

Department stores gear up fight for beauty market

When it comes to beauty, the department store is beginning to take on the hue of a chain drugstore. Once dominant in beauty products with their prominent cosmetics sections, department stores are locked in a battle with rival retailers over lipsticks, ...

From MARINA STRAUSS, Globe and Mail,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Wal-Mart,  Revlon, Inc.,  LVMH,  Kate Hudson

Canadian Tire shuffles executive team

C anadian Tire Corp. Ltd. CTC-T , hit hard in its financial services business, is replacing its top executive at its banking division. It said on Thursday that in its third quarter, loan losses in its financial services division increased significantly, ...

From MARINA STRAUSS, Globe and Mail,  12 Nov 2009

Shoppers holders fret over drugs reform

D espite respectable third-quarter financial results, Shoppers Drug Mart Corp.'s SC-T shares dropped on Wednesday amid investor concerns that new drug regulatory reforms in Alberta – and similar proposals in Ontario – will bruise the retailer. The ...

From MARINA STRAUSS, Globe and Mail,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Thomson Reuters

IT'S A BIG DAY FOR ...SHOPPERS DRUG MART

T he H1N1 influenza outbreak has helped bolster results of an array of companies, from U.S. drug-store chains to pharmaceutical and packaged goods giants. Consumers are loading up on hand sanitizers, tissues, medications and face masks, helping ...

From MARINA STRAUSS, Globe and Mail,  11 Nov 2009

Canadian Tire lays shopper Bob to rest

He passed away at his home in the suburbs, survived by his wife and three children. He leaves behind his cherished tools, two cars in the garage, and a set of cupboard doors in his workshop that he never quite finished repainting. Forever remembered as ...

From MARINA STRAUSS, Globe and Mail,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Wal-Mart,  Google Inc.

Online trunk sales take off as Canadians surf for steals

L inda Mann tried on a pair of $250 wide-legged Paige jeans at Holt Renfrew recently and found that the size 28 fit like a glove. But she didn't buy them. Instead, she ordered almost the same pair of Paige denims several weeks later for $139, not ...

From MARINA STRAUSS, Globe and Mail,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Cameron Diaz,  Jennifer Aniston,  Prada,  Marc Jacobs,  Costco

Mountain Equipment Co-op raises ire of bicycle industry

Mountain Equipment Co-op, which has built its retailing reputation on a feel-good image of environmental and social responsibility, has ignited anger in an unlikely place – the bicycle industry. Its foray this month into bike selling has been ...

From MARINA STRAUSS, Globe and Mail,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Wal-Mart,  Dorel Industries, Inc.

« Previous  |  Next »

Who is This?

Help us add to our database, by linking this writer their entry in Wikipedia or Source Watch, or by suggesting that we remove it from our index.

Suggest an Entry