How Canadian Tire ($16.3bn revenue, True North, Hudson’s Bay Stripes) and Dollarama ($7.3bn, 33% EBITDA margin, Dollarcity) thrive at home while Temu and Amazon circle.
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Expert guides, analysis and tool comparisons on Canada Retail & Consumer from the kurums.com Startup desk — written for business decision-makers and updated as the market moves.
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- Updated Oct 20, 2026
Latest in Canada Retail & Consumer
Lululemon and Aritzia: Vancouver’s Apparel Exporters Face the US Tariff Wall
Two Vancouver apparel brands, two trajectories: Lululemon’s guidance cuts, proxy fight and new CEO versus Aritzia’s record US growth, both under US tariff pressure.
Hudson’s Bay: How North America’s Oldest Company Collapsed in 2025
The 355-year-old retailer’s fall: Richard Baker’s real-estate playbook, the Saks split, $1.1bn of debt, CCAA, liquidation, the Ruby Liu lease fight and the $30m brand sale.
Couche-Tard: The Quebec Convenience Chain That Tried to Buy 7-Eleven, and What It Did Next
From one Laval dépanneur to Circle K worldwide: Couche-Tard’s roll-up, the failed US$47bn bid for 7-Eleven’s parent, US fuel economics and the US$8.6bn Żabka deal.
Loblaw: How the Westons Built Canada’s Grocery Giant and Why Shoppers Turned on It
Loblaw’s $64.8bn year, the bread price-fixing settlement, the 2024 boycott, the grocery code and the hard-discount pivot explained.
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