Au Revoir Mickey?

Disney may be closing all of their stores in Canada by the end of the summer in response to the pandemic and a shift in retail according to Retail Insider.

They had recently closed 60 stores, two of which were in Canada. And now they may close 18 of the remaining locations in this country, which are located in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, and Manitoba. But I suspect they may open a Canadian fulfillment centre or two for Canadian orders at their shopdisney.com site.

Perhaps we will eventually be able to order memorabilia from the Disney+ app itself in the future. But hopefully they might consider re-opening larger locations in the tourist hotspots in Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.

Only time will tell.

April 28th, 2021 Comments Off on Au Revoir Mickey? Consumer Information Rob McIntyre

Nova Scotia To Shut Down

Nova Scotia will be going into a province wide shutdown at 8am Wednesday so all schools, restaurants, gyms, malls, libraries, museums and non-essential retail will close or only offer curbside pickup and deliveries for the next two weeks.

Residents of this province should contact their favourite music retailers for details.

April 27th, 2021 Comments Off on Nova Scotia To Shut Down Consumer Information Rob McIntyre

Canada Post Celebrates Juno’s 50th

Canada Post has released a series of stamps celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Juno Awards, which will air on June 6th, 2021 on CBC TV, CBC GEM, CBC Radio One and globally on CBCmusic.ca/junos.

April 21st, 2021 Comments Off on Canada Post Celebrates Juno’s 50th Canadian, Events, Music Industry, Music Technology Rob McIntyre

Important Google Play Update

The Google Play Movie & TV app will be no longer be accessible on Roku, Samsung, LG, and Vizio smart TVs as of mid-June, 2021.

On June 15th, 2021 Google Play account holders will be able to continue accessing their past purchases and use their credits on the Youtube app on the aforementioned devices. But unfortunately content will not be viewable on LG NetCast and LG SimpleSmart devices as of that date.

The app will remain on Android devices, iPhones and iPads.

Sonos Wireless Music Player

April 12th, 2021 Comments Off on Important Google Play Update Consumer Information, Music Technology Rob McIntyre

Record Store Day Canada Releases

A list of releases for June 12th and July 17th are available by clicking here. Enjoy.

April 7th, 2021 Comments Off on Record Store Day Canada Releases Canadian, Consumer Information, Events, Random Bump Rob McIntyre

Here We Go Again

Multiple cities and counties in Ontario are back in shutdown at Midnight tonight and a large portion of Quebec is already shut down, including the major cities of that province.

This means cinemas are shut down as are non-essential businesses, many businesses running at 35-50% capacity and/or reduced hours until further notice, with measures to protect the public including the mandatory wearing of masks and use of hand sanitizers in safe and customers. Call your local stores for details.

If possible, you should probably use delivery, curbside and pickup services if they are available. I’ve personally used these since March 2020 and rarely visited stores since then, taking advantage of subscriptions services like Amazon Prime and PC Insiders. But if you need to pick up a prescription at your local Shoppers Drug Mart or Rexall, keep an eye out for discounted masks and hand sanitizers. I’ve noticed a few were available.

Mail order services are available from many retailers so this could be the safest option at this time.

Save on Music, Books and DVDs at Indigo.ca

April 2nd, 2021 Comments Off on Here We Go Again Consumer Information Rob McIntyre