by | May 23, 2017 | Industry News
The founder of popular retail brands Joe Fresh and Club Monaco says the Canadian retail landscape is facing an ongoing crisis. Joe Mimran, who is currently the chairman of Gibraltar Growth Corporation, told BNN in an interview on Friday that people just don’t want as...
by | May 16, 2017 | Industry News, Uncategorized
Chinese variety retailer MINISO, which positions itself as a ‘Japanese lifestyle brand’, has big plans for Canada. The company opened its first Canadian store in Vancouver last month, and it could eventually operate as many as 500 stores in Canada, according to a...
by | May 8, 2017 | Industry News
Kit and Ace will shutter stores in the U.S., U.K. and Australia but keep nine Canadian locations open. The biggest difference between Kit and Ace and most upstart fashion retailers is that a billionaire family founded the company. Chip Wilson, who founded Lululemon...
by | May 5, 2017 | Industry News
The first quarter of the year has deepened a period of bloodletting in the retail industry: Over the last few months, nearly a dozen retailers have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and many more have announced major store closure plans and financial...
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