Retail & Manufacturing

Ontario-based Town Shoes Ltd. has acquired the majority of assets of Vancouver’s financially troubled Sterling Shoes Limited Partnership , including 69 retail locations operating under the Sterling Shoes, Shoe Warehouse and Freedman banners.

In a last-minute deal, independent bookstore Black Bond Books will take over operations at Book Warehouse 's West Broadway location.

In its spring auction last night Heffel Fine Art Auction House reached $14.6 million in sales highlighting prolific Canadian artists and their works in Canadian post-war and contemporary art and fine Canadian art.

Frank Gigliotti had a dream: build a members-only winery in the Lower Mainland that competed with the best wines produced in North America

Pharmasave Drugs boss to split her time between Vancouver and Toronto as she takes on lead role with life sciences company

Juice-maker Sun-Rype Products Ltd. (TSX:SFR), of which billionaire Jim Pattison owns 48.6%, has reported its first quarterly profit in a year but warned that dwindling demand for shelf-stable juices could affect the company’s future.

The largest Topshop Topman clothing store outside of the U.K. will open at the Bay's Vancouver store, the Hudson's Bay Co . announced this morning. Topshop sells women's fashion, and Topman is the men's equivalent.

Vancouver-based industrial auctioneer Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (TSX:RBA; NYSE:RBA) announced May 9 that it spent US$64 million to buy Houston, Texas-based AssetNation Inc. , an online marketplace for salvage assets and equipment. Ritchie Bros.

Vancouver blueberry juice maker Leading Brands, Inc. ’s (Nasdaq:LBIX) shares jumped more than 17% to US$4.

Delta-based manufacturer North American Tea & Coffee Inc. (NATC) has merged with Mississauga-headquartered Associated Brands , a supplier of private-label and co-manufactured packaged foods.