Retail & Manufacturing

The battle between competing drug store chains over whether the B.C. government should prevent them from offering loyalty points on prescription drug purchases highlights customer reward programs in general and how they fit into corporate business models.

Drugstores split over the proposal, which is aimed at improving public health and stalling growth of pharmaceutical black market

Vancouver-based eyeglass and contact lens seller Coastal Contacts Inc. (Nasdaq:COA; TSX:COA) announced January 18 that Internet Retailer magazine has ranked it as the third best company at generating web traffic from social media sources.

Aboriginal artist and former lawyer finds joining art and law an award-winning – and money-making – combination

Businesses benefit from establishing trust early in the relationship

Getting clear on what your goal is as an entrepreneur is the first step in figuring out when and why you should consider a partnership

Optimism among small and medium-sized businesses in both British Columbia and across Canada fell slightly in December, according to Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) data released this morning.

The clock is ticking for those who haven’t finished their holiday shopping, but a BMO survey released this morning shows fewer people are cutting things close to the wire than last year.

Fast-growing and controversy-prone brewery PWB has appointed Darcy Rezac, former longtime head of the Vancouver Board of Trade, as its vice-president of corporate affairs.

Retail sales were up Canada-wide in October for the fourth month in a row, according to Statistics Canada data released this morning.