Retail & Manufacturing

Miniso to open 15 Metro Vancouver stores in 15 months

Three-year-old China-based value-priced variety retailer already has 1,800 stores worldwide

Aug 11, 2017 4:18 PM Read more >

Pesky squirrel causes Burnaby cheese factory to lose a week’s worth of production

Burnaby’s Scardillo Cheese factory is crying over about 82,000 litres of spilled milk after a fire knocked out power to the facility for about 12 hours August 8.

Aug 10, 2017 9:41 AM Read more >

Canada brand key to premium condom business plan

Aoni Condoms creators eyeing Vancouver as site for Hong Kong company’s factory

Aug 8, 2017 8:30 AM Read more >

Teavana closure provides opportunity for tea retailers

Murchie’s, DavidsTEA among surviving tea merchants that could benefit from less competition

Aug 4, 2017 8:08 AM Read more >

Lululemon relaunches store in its original Kits location (with photos)

Vancouver retailer Lululemon Athletica Inc. (Nasdaq:LULU) has launched a store at 2101 West 4th Avenue in Kitsilano in the same location as the chain’s first stand-alone shop.

Aug 2, 2017 2:14 PM Read more >

Successful serial entrepreneur puts mission before money

Profile: Annalea Krebs, CEO and founder, Social Nature

Aug 1, 2017 6:00 AM Read more >

Holt Renfrew’s new Beauty Hall is twice the size of the old one

It took six months to turn the former men’s department on the lower level of Holt Renfrew Vancouver into this swanky Beauty Hall. The new space is 16,000 sq. ft.

Aug 1, 2017 12:00 AM Read more >

Metro Vancouver retailers' marketing gets innovative

New wave of sales gimmicks aimed at drawing repeat customers into stores

Jul 28, 2017 12:57 PM Read more >

B.C. retail-sales growth tops among provinces

Auto sales and building materials helped drive increases in May

Jul 21, 2017 2:00 PM Read more >

Canadian marijuana tax revenue likely less than expected: study

C.D. Howe Institute study estimates $400M to $450M annually

Jul 19, 2017 2:20 PM Read more >