Retail & Manufacturing

Tech giant Microsoft announced yesterday that it will be opening a retail store location at Metropolis at Metrotown in Burnaby.

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When entrepreneurs read about marketing concepts and create plans, they often get all wrapped up in jargon and strategies that just won't work on a smaller scale and with a small (or even non-existent) budget.

Lawn and garden company Clean Air Yard Care eyeing the Lower Mainland for expansion

Karen and Jey Wyder's new exercise studio franchise focuses on ballet and community values

Vancouver-based Coastal Contacts (TSX:COA; Nasdaq:COA) plans to open a Clearly Contacts-branded retail store at 2152 West 4th Avenue in August, CEO Roger Hardy told Business in Vancouver June 28.

British Columbians pay 50% more for a six-pack of beer in private liquor stores than do counterparts in Ontario, according to a June 27 study by Ipsos Reid.

Sales at farmers markets in B.C. increased 147% to $113 million in 2012, compared with $47 million in 2006, according to a study that the BC Association of Farmers Markets released June 27.

The drive to have small business owners pay a lower multiple of property tax compared with home owners is succeeding, according to Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) data released June 25.

Vancouver coffee roaster and café operator Ethical Bean has closed its two Ethical Bean Xpress-branded cafés and plans to focus on expanding its packaged roasted coffee business in Ontario and the U.S.