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The Italian luxury brand recently opened its latest multi-room storefront amid a flashy Nicki Minaj collaboration and plans for more Canadian locations.

The Niagara Peninsula shopping centre has seen significant investments that include upgrades, new retailers, restaurants, and the addition of a new college in a former anchor space.

Co-founder Christine Magee spoke with Retail Insider about the company’s phenomenal growth over the past quarter century, including acquisitions such as Endy as well as a goal of opening 8-12 new stores annually.

Opening in November, international concept QuanJuDe will offer individualized dining areas where technology will allow guests to create their own immersive environment that includes virtual reality visuals, music, and interactive ingredients.

The Bloor Street menswear flagship has unveiled an elevated hard-shop concept at a time when Canada Goose is also opening direct-to-consumer storefronts globally amid a wholesale distribution reduction. 

The UK-based household and technology ‘reinvention’ brand will open a standalone unit in Canada’s second-most productive shopping centre. 

North America’s largest shopping centre has partnered with a leading auto retailer to launch a first-ever initiative that will include a 317,000 square foot facility with 65 servicing bays, car detailing, and valet parking stations to serve mall customers.

Located south of the Yorkdale Shopping Centre, the updated ‘Lawrence Allen Centre’ will be almost unrecognizable when renovations are completed in the spring.

In the last decade, technology has both increased competition and become an internal transformational juggernaut to stay competitive, according to expert George Minakakis.

One of Canada’s most successful retailers is taking incredible strides with its stores, products, and headquarters to reduce the company’s overall environmental impact.

From humble beginnings in 2013, Courtney Buhler’s company ‘Sugarlash PRO’ has expanded into an empire that provides training and professional products in 89 countries, with plans for global distribution centres as well as new partnerships with retailers such as Ulta Beauty.