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For Canadian luxury menswear brand Harry Rosen, the pandemic has accelerated its shift into lifestyle retail and digital spaces.
Source: ctv business
Sneakers and beard oil: Luxury retailer Harry Rosen’s bespoke fix for pandemic woes

Personal data of an unspecified number of travellers has been compromised after a company that serves India’s national carrier was hacked, Air India said.
Source: ctv business
India’s national airline says hack leaked passengers’ data

Killaloe’s claim to fame is the delicious Canadian pastry known as the BeaverTail. Founded in the small town in 1978, Killaloe was about to lose its BeaverTails stand, until Jot Virk stepped in.
Source: ctv business
New owners keep BeaverTails stand in pastry’s birthplace of Killaloe, Ont.

Animal rights protesters are blockading four McDonald’s distribution centres in the U.K. in an attempt to get the burger chain to commit to becoming fully plant-based by 2025.
Source: ctv business
Activists blockade McDonald’s distribution centres in U.K.

The president of the BC Lumber Trade Council says a move by the United States to double tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber is “particularly egregious” given current record high lumber prices.
Source: ctv business
U.S. Commerce Department doubles tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber imports

People leaving Cuba can no longer change their local bills back into dollars, euros or other hard currency at the official exchange rate under a new policy announced this week.
Source: ctv business
Cuba closes airport exchanges as black market dollar booms

With COVID-19 generating demand for e-commerce and other digital business practices, many tech companies have been scrambling to staff up. With many offices temporarily closed due to pandemic restrictions, these comanies are looking further afield for talented people who can work remotely.
Source: ctv business
‘An enormous hiring challenge’: Canadian tech companies face U.S. hiring spree

Kansas City Southern has abandoned its agreement to be acquired by Canadian Pacific, choosing instead a competing bid from Canadian National Railway with a bigger price tag, but also greater regulatory risks.
Source: ctv business
KC Southern takes buyout from Canadian National Railway

Amazon has temporarily shut down a new warehouse construction site in Connecticut after a seventh noose was found hanging over a beam, a series of incidents local police called ‘potential’ hate crimes.
Source: ctv business
Amazon shuts down Connecticut construction site after 7th noose found

WestJet front desk agents and baggage staff at the two largest airports in Western Canada are now unionized following approval from the Canada Industrial Relations Board.
Source: ctv business
WestJet airport staff in Calgary and Vancouver unionize