Retail & Manufacturing

Expanding businesses are running to catch up to increasing demand

Online shopping, fittings at clients’ offices displacing storefronts

Burnaby’s Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (TSX:RBA) sold $64 million of equipment at an auction in Edmonton September 4-5, the company announced September 6.

Vancouver-based skin-care product company Skoah has opened a location in Bellevue, WA – the first of three planned Seattle-area locations.

Vancouver’s Sustainable Produce Urban Delivery (SPUD.ca) will launch a back-to-school program in which it will raise funds for local charity Breakfast for Learning, the online grocer announced September 3.

Russell Breweries’ CEO Brian Harris, who purchased the company from its founding family the Russells in 2004, has retired.

Burnaby-based Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (TSX:RBA) sold more than US$53 million of equipment at two-day public auction in Houston, Texas last week.

McLaren Vancouver joins the city’s tightly knit community of super-luxury car dealers

Canadians from Generation Y support small businesses because of convenience and personal service, but feel they would benefit from offering online services, according to new Rogers research commissioned by Harris-Decima.

Canada Post has announced the finalists for its 2013 E-Commerce Innovation Awards and Vancouver’s Coastal Contacts, which operates clearlycontacts.ca, is in the running for best large multi-channel retailer.