Retail & Manufacturing

About a month and a half after French optical giant Essilor closed its $430 million purchase of Vancouver-based online eyewear seller Coastal.com, the company has started to change the way it does business.

Ontario vitamin-seller Jamieson Laboratories has bought fast-growing Burnaby-based women’s nutritional supplement purveyor Lorna Vanderhaeghe Health Solutions Inc. (LVHS) in a transaction that highlights demand for health products as the population ages.

Mix of outlet and traditional stores new to Metro Vancouver shopping centre market

Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) saw revenue grow 11% but total profits plunge 60% in 2014’s first quarter compared with the same period last year, according to the yoga wear maker’s Q1 results released June 12.

The founder of Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ: LULU) is pulling the yoga mat from under the legs of his own boardroom.

Two night markets in Richmond now welcome visitors. The smell and sizzling of oil drowns the air, vendors cry out the latest deals and packed crowds move in tides every weekend.

As luxury fashion store Nordstrom (NYSE: JWN) prepares for the fall 2015 launch of its flagship Canadian outlet in Vancouver, a new study warns the country is falling out of favour with retailers.

Made-in-Strathcona initiative aimed at promoting area’s enterprising upsides

Small businesses in British Columbia are again the most confident in Canada, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) reported in its monthly survey.

Ever wish you could get your daughter into the opening of Vancouver’s first American Girl store an hour before it opens to the public? What would your wife do to get into a private screening of James Franco’s new indie blockbuster? Or how about getting a copy of Jamie Oliver’s new cookbook a month before it hits the shelves?