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Ice storm in Canada chilled retail sales - Canada's adoption of Black Friday
also slowed December sales Early indicators suggest the ice storm that
gripped Eastern Canada before Christmas dealt a blow to several retailers in the
all-important holiday quarter. Fourth-quarter consumer spending rose a tepid
1.95% compared with the same period in 2012, according to a report released
Friday by credit and debit card processor Moneris Solutions. December saw the
slowest growth in the period compared with a year earlier, at 1.66% — an
indication of the brutal weather and a possible boost from the growing Canadian
retail adoption of the U.S. shopping event Black Friday in November, Moneris
said. (Source
financialpost.com)
Peel Police Department's Constable Erin Cooper interviews Stephen O'Keefe, Vice
President of Operations at Retail Council of Canada on the topic of 'Internal
Workplace Theft'. Stephen
has served with the RCC for the last two year, prior, he was the Vice President
of Loss Prevention and Risk Management for Walmart Canada.
(Source
sorensonmedia.com)
Nordstrom to open store in Toronto Eaton Centre as Sears departs
Ottawa’s retail market to continue heating up in 2014
Vaughan man charged in Richmond Hill jewelry store robbery
On Nov. 1, a man went into a jewelry store at Hillcrest Mall in Richmond Hill,
approached the counter and asked the sales representative to see a ring. When he
was handed the ring, the man ran out of the store. The man’s image was captured
by video surveillance and police believed he may be responsible for similar
robberies that totaled more than $100,000 in losses of jewelry shops from Ottawa
to Windsor. Tuesday, police from York, Waterloo and Peterborough arrested a man
in Vaughan. The 25-year-old is charged with theft over $5,000 and breach of
probation. (Source
yorkregion.com)
 Target
of Burnaby shooting at a strip mall uninjured Burnaby RCMP is
investigating after a car was showered with bullets Tuesday evening on Canada
Way. Multiple gunshots were reported to police at about 9:40 p.m. on Jan. 15 in
the area of a strip mall at Canada Way and Sperling Avenue. Officers arrived to
find an unoccupied 2007 BMW riddled with a "significant number of bullet holes,"
according to RCMP. The owner of the car, a man from the Lower Mainland, was
found uninjured nearby. The car was unoccupied at the time of the shooting. "The
investigation indicates that this was a targeted attempted murder which appears
to be drug-related." (Source
burnabynewsleader.com)
Two days, two armed robberies at Hamilton convenience stores
OPP investigating armed robbery at Shoppers Drug Mart in Elora
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