Retail & Manufacturing

A recent CIBC report predicts that, in the coming decade, Canadians are expected to become their own bosses at an accelerated pace. Interestingly, the report names British Columbia as the start-up company hub of Canada with 3.7% of the working population being part of a startup.

Nine Fraser Valley municipalities announced November 8 that they had agreed to adopt a common bylaw to allow business owners to purchase a one-year, intermunicipal business licence for specific trades.

The Vancouver International Airport Authority confirmed yesterday that the 340,000-square-foot outlet mall that it is developing in partnership with McArthurGlen Group will move closer to the Canada Line's Templeton Station.

B.C.'s small and medium-sized businesses grew more optimistic last month, according to Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) data released this morning.

Five per cent more Canadians plan to buy their holiday gifts on line this year compared with last year, according to a recent American Express Canada survey.

A startup that makes bicycle frames from bamboo is among the businesses receiving funding from Telus (TSX:T) under the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF) program.

Burnaby-based Future Shop is opening its first Futureshop.ca-branded store today in North Vancouver – a small-format outlet that will allow customers to buy products on site and order them via the Internet.

Canadian retailers are losing an estimated $4 billion a year – $10.8 million a day – through “shrinkage,” according to a new PwC survey.

B.C. malls' high sales per square foot lure more U.S. competition north

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business has announced today that it has strong concerns about Visa Canada’s plans to increase fees and charges, which it says will negatively affect small businesses having difficulties making ends meet after the recession.