Retail & Manufacturing

Sears Canada (TSX:SCC) is laying off 79 employees at its Vancouver service centre and a total of 800 employees nationwide over the next six months, the company announced November 26.

A new delivery service launched in Vancouver November 27 aims to "disrupt" retail deliveries and take advantage of the sharing economy.

Al and Alesha MacLellan hope to expand their Petsearchers service across Canada

Central City set to nearly quadruple production next year

Holy Crap Cereal CEO Corin Mullins has been chosen by EY to participate in its 2013 Entrepreneurial Winning Women program, making her one of only two Canadian women to receive this honour.

Surrey council formally approved the creation of the Newton Business Improvement Association (NBIA) November 12, paving the way for Newton businesses to have their own representation within the city.

The third annual mSummit – an event that brings together mothers in business – is being held in Vancouver November 16.

Federal employment minister Jason Kenney and provincial jobs ministers say they are making progress on the contentious Canada Job Grant program, but that more talks are needed.

Canadian grocery stores and retailers such as Canadian Tire and have been slow to capitalize on e-commerce could face some serious competition from Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq:AMZN) with the launch online grocery and auto sales sites in Canada.

British Columbia has the highest number of small businesses per capita in the country, with 83.5 small enterprises for every 1,000 people in the province.