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【星島綜合報道】多家重要企業將於本周發布第二季度業績，此外，CannTrust三名前高層即將提堂。
大麻生產商前高層提堂
安省大麻生產商CannTrust三名前高層將於周一首次出席聆訊，前行政總裁埃塞托(Peter Aceto)、前董事局副主席利特溫(Mark Litwin)及主席保羅(Eric Paul)，分別被控於在任期間，欺詐、向證監會及市場作出虛假或誤導性陳述，以及授權、允許或默許犯罪行為等罪。該公司曾於3年前因無牌種植大麻，一度被吊銷牌照。
雜貨商將提規管措施
超市集團Loblaw將於周三發布第二季度業績。聯邦農業部長最近要求本國雜貨商在年底前提出規管業界的措施，Loblaw和另一連鎖集團沃爾瑪(Walmart Canada)提高了向供應商徵收的費用。
消費者價格升勢持續
加拿大統計局(Statistics Canada)將於周三公布6月份消費者價格指數，局方上月在報告中稱，5月份全國物價以10年來最快的年率上漲，顯示經濟隨著疫情限制措施逐步解除而重啟，消費者可以更盡情地消費，預計類似的升勢將持續至秋季。
Shopify將加快交易速度
總部設於渥太華的網購巨企Shopify將於周三發布第二季度業績。隨著在疫情中與亞馬遜公司(Amazon.com)的競爭持續，Shopify上月宣布為開發商提供一種新的收入分帳模式，並將加快交易速度。
兩鐵競購形勢明朗化
加拿大太平洋鐵路公司(Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.)將於周三公布第二季度業績。該公司於競購美國肯薩斯城南方鐵路公司(Kansas City Southern)的行動中正處於劣勢，可能輸給對手加拿大國家鐵路公司(CN Railway Co.)。肯薩斯城南方股東下月將對CN提出的336億美元收購建議進行投票。
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Walmart Canada announces new partnership with tween brand Justice - just in time for back to school
Justice’s signature line now available to even more girls with Walmart as exclusive fashion retailer
MISSISSAUGA, ON, July 15, 2021 /CNW/ - Today, Walmart Canada announced a new partnership with Justice, bringing its popular tween assortment to even more girls just in time for back to school. With this strategic partnership, Justice’s signature line of fresh, trend-inspired designs across tween apparel, accessories and home will be available at Walmart’s low prices, beginning August 19 on Walmart.ca and in 326 Walmart stores nationwide.
Justice launches at Walmart Canada with a new back to school collection that includes more than 140 items across tween fashion, footwear, jewelry and accessories, bedding, backpacks and stationery. (CNW Group/Walmart Canada Corp.)
As parents and kids alike look forward to finally going back to school, Justice launches at Walmart Canada with a new back to school collection that includes more than 140 items across tween fashion, footwear, jewelry and accessories, bedding, backpacks and stationery. Customers will find athleisure separates including fashion leggings starting at $8, tie dye sweatshirts and joggers starting at $13, and oversized hoodies starting at $18. The collection will also feature bedding sets, pillows, throws ranging from $20-$40. New styles will be added seasonally.
“Justice is a popular brand our customers know and love, and with the back-to-school shopping season underway, this new collection comes at the perfect time for our customers looking to elevate their style,” said Marlise Wilson, Sr. Director Kids Apparel, Walmart Canada. “We’re thrilled to partner with Justice as its exclusive fashion retailer as we continue to expand our assortment, offering customers quality, on-trend and accessible style at an incredible value.”
Justice, owned by Blue Star Alliance, is known for its cutting-edge tween apparel and accessories that translate each season’s aspirational trends into looks that help girls feel confident. From 90s inspired streetwear and athleisure separates with bold and vibrant prints to denim featuring the latest silhouettes, washes and distresses, Justice offers the latest styles for every girl at a price point attainable for every Walmart customer.
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“Bringing Justice to Walmart Canada is such a natural fit,” says Ralph Gindi, President of Bluestar Alliance. “Justice connects to so many girls in an incredibly impactful way, we wanted to make sure even more consumers would have the opportunity to grow up with the brand. This is truly an exciting moment for Justice and its core consumer.
Walmart Canada will be the exclusive in store experience for the Justice brand. With Walmart’s incredible scale and reach, Justice will bring the same quality, design and trends to more doors than ever before. The most unique aspect of this partnership is the ability to utilize the core Justice design team. According to Justice Design Lab President, Kat DePizzo, “I am so thrilled to continue this beloved brand on in partnership with Walmart. I was able to maintain the heart of the Justice design and product team, all who have been responsible for creating the amazing products that our customers have known and loved for years. I have spent 14 years with the Justice brand, and I couldn’t be more excited to bring it back to the Canadian customer in even more doors than ever before. We’ve been busy creating a back-to-school assortment that is on-trend, fashion first, and with the same quality and value that our customer expects. This once-in a-brand opportunity to partner with Walmart is a career milestone for me.”
About Walmart Canada
Walmart Canada operates a chain of more than 400 stores nationwide serving 1.5 million customers each day. Walmart Canada’s flagship online store, Walmart.ca is visited by more than 900,000 customers daily. With more than 100,000 associates, Walmart Canada is one of Canada’s largest employers and is ranked one of the country’s top 10 most influential brands. Walmart Canada was recently recognized as a LinkedIn Top Company of 2021 and was also named one of Canada’s most popular brands (based on Google searches). Walmart Canada’s extensive philanthropy program is focused on supporting Canadian families in need, and since 1994 Walmart Canada has raised and donated more than $500 million to Canadian charities.
About Justice
Justice, owned & managed by Bluestar Alliance, is the premier tween girls' brand, building exciting and powerful connections through fashion and fun. We create apparel and lifestyle products that celebrate every girl’s unique sense of self. From must-have trends to pop-culture, the Justice brand is all about inspiring and empowering every girl, every day. Your girl is the heart of Justice. Additional information about Bluestar Alliance can be found by visiting the corporate website, www.bluestaralliance.com.
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Walmart Canada suppliers to implement pollinator-friendly practices by 2025
Walmart Canada has announced new commitments to pollinator health and new standards for their suppliers.
The big box retailer outlined three key steps: sourcing from suppliers with verified Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices, encouraging their suppliers to improve and expand pollinator habitats, and building pollinator gardens.
Verifying IPM practices
By 2025, the big box retailer will source all of their fresh produce and floral products from suppliers who have adopted IPM practices. According to the release, these practices will be verified by a third party. Fresh produce suppliers will also be encouraged to phase out the use of certain pesticides.
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A document shared by Walmart Canada gives examples of third-party certifications, including
“As part of this initiative, we’re encouraging fresh produce suppliers to phase out use of chlorpyrifos and nitroguanidine neonicotinoids (imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, clothianidin, dinotefuran) where applicable unless mandated otherwise by law, and to avoid replacing them with other products with a level I bee precaution rating.”
On improving and expanding pollinator habitats
Walmart Canada will encourage their fresh produce suppliers to protect, restore or establish pollinator habitats on at least 3 per cent of land they own, operate or invest in by 2025.
According to a Stephanie Fusco, manager of corporate affairs at Walmart Canada, “Greenhouse operations have a number of ways they can work towards the goal of protecting, restoring or establishing pollinator habitats on land they own, operate or invest in by 2025. For example, some may choose to establish pollinator habitats on surplus lands adjacent to the greenhouse or, if they have solar farms adjacent, add pollinator landscaping under the solar panels.”
“In situations where it isn’t possible to plant on their own lands, we would encourage them to invest in their communities or participate in projects in different areas across North America that support native plants,” adds Fusco.
Walmart Canada will also encourage their live-plant suppliers to label pollinator-friendly plants for sale in their retail stores. They will continue to avoid selling invasive plant species in-store based on regional information. This year, the retailer says they started tagging millions of annual and perennial neonic-free plants to help consumers identify pollinator-friendly choices.
Pollinator Gardens
Walmart Canada themselves will include pollinator-friendly plants in their flower beds where possible. They’ve also planned pollinator gardens for 10 Walmart locations by the end of 2021 – locations to be announced.
“Our first pollinator habitat has been installed at the Walmart Canada Store Support Centre (our Home Office) in Mississauga,” says Fusco. “Plants will be sourced from local suppliers, ensuring all plants are native to the province.”
The retailer says the new commitments to pollinators are a step in protecting the food supply and improving biodiversity. “Wild pollinators are currently declining in abundance and diversity in regions including North America.”
Walmart Canada operates 400 stores nationwide and serves 1.5 million customers on average each day.
In April, Walmart U.S. made a similar commitment, requiring “all global fresh produce and floral suppliers to Walmart U.S. to adopt Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices, as verified by a third-party certifier, by 2025,” and encouraged suppliers to “phase out the use of chlorpyrifos and neonicotinoids.”
Source: Walmart Canada