Retail & Manufacturing

Cabela’s will open its first British Columbia location in fall 2014, the outdoor specialty retailer announced October 24.

The majority of small business owners in British Columbia admit they would have done things differently when they started their companies, according to the results of a Scotiabank poll released October 22.

British Columbia saw the biggest drop in Canada between 2009 and 2013 in the Canadian Federation of Independent Business' (CFIB) ranking of small business-friendly tax systems, the CFIB announced October 23.

Retail sales in British Columbia grew 0.6% to $5.25 billion between July and August while sales across the country increased 0.2% to $40.3 billion over the same period, according to Statistics Canada data released October 22.

Companies urged to step outside of comfort zones and be more creative

Big firms opt for offshore, but home suits local manufacturers

Kelowna is British Columbia's most entrepreneurial city when looking at cities with populations over 150,000 and eighth in Canada overall, while Vancouver does not break the country's top 10, according to the results of a Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) study released October 21.

Advances in technology, changing demographics and the recession of 2007-08 have led to five emerging consumer trends that entrepreneurs should take advantage of to create business opportunities, according to the results of a Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) study released October 21.

Canucks are more loyal to their brands of choice than their neighbours to the south, according to the results of a Hotels.com poll released October 16.

Manufacturing sales in British Columbia edged upward by 0.8% in August to $3.28 billion, according to Statistics Canada data released October 16.