Retail & Manufacturing

Ritchie Bros. (TSX:RBA) – already the world's largest industrial equipment auctioneer – is extending its reach into a $200 billion global market with a new eBay-style auction website.

Online eyewear retailer Coastal Contacts Inc. (TSX:COA; Nasdaq:COA) has inked a vision plan agreement with a Canadian benefits administrator, the company announced today.

Employees at the Shoppers Drug Mart (TSX:SC) on Davie Street voted 93% in favour of strike action last week.

The day after yogawear giant Lululemon Athletica Inc. (Nasdaq:LULU; TSX:LLL) announced changes to its management team, including the departure of its chief products officer Sheree Waterson, the company is suffering from a downgrade from an RBC Capital Markets analyst.

Automobile sales in Canada remained strong, despite a 0.7% year-over-year dip in March, BMO Economics announced yesterday.

Vancouver yogawear maker Lululemon Athletica Inc. (Nasdaq: LULU; TSX:LLL) announced April 3 that its chief product officer is leaving, effective April 15.

Manufacturing business conditions in Canada decreased in March compared with the previous month, according to RBC Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) figures released this morning.

Two husband-and-wife teams reap success with international expansion

High-end women’s fashion house Tory Burch is going to open a store on Alberni Street in Vancouver in September, the chain’s Calgary store manager Stephanie Koo has told Business in Vancouver.

Small-business confidence in Canada dipped in March, but many business owners still intend to hire, according to a Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) report released this morning.