Retail & Manufacturing

Nordstrom, Inc. has confirmed plans to take over Vancouver's downtown Sears location as part of four store openings that will bring the U.S. retailer into the Canadian market.

According to financial results released this morning, Lululemon Athletica Inc.'s (TSX:LLL) net revenue for 2012's second quarter increased 33% to $282.6 million, up from $212.3 million in the same quarter last year.

Patent on expanding mobile military shelters helps Weatherhaven expand

A family business whose success is based on trust

The B.C. government has announced that it will fund a $2 million campaign to help B.C. farmers and food processors promote local foods.

London Drugs president Wynne Powell told Business in Vancouver August 28 that he plans steady expansion despite the current sluggish retail environment. Powell will open his chain’s 75th store in the Olympic Village this Friday, August 31.

Fashion-focused business gives women the edge in entrepreneurial leadership

Winmark Corp. to open 12 stores as competition heats up in second-hand goods sector

Sales are falling at Best Buy Canada, as its parent, Best Buy Co. (NYSE:BBY), grapples with a tough economic environment, a new CEO who has no retail experience and a stock that is languishing near nine-year lows.

Fomer B.C. Finance Minister Gary Collins was appointed Coastal Contacts' new president earlier this month – but that does not mean that CEO Roger Hardy has retirement plans. "I'm still day-to-day.