Retail & Manufacturing

Entrepreneurs capitalize on a growing consumer trend

Low operating costs and margins key to survival in the increasingly competitive sector

Fast growing franchiser Instant Imprints plans to double its four-store Metro Vancouver presence within the next 90 days, the company’s CEO Ralph Askar told Business in Vancouver June 22.

Entrepreneur Kent McKenzie plans to close his 13-year-old Does Your Mother Know? magazine store June 24 in what is another example of how online media consumption is killing longtime brick-and-mortar businesses.

Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) opened a new North Vancouver store last week and is poised to build new headquarters next year before furthering its expansion into Ontario.

Company points to business logic behind acquisition of Book Warehouse location

The first edition of a new newspaper designed for British expats is hitting newsstands in Vancouver, Victoria and three other Canadian cities. A Canadian version of the Union Jack , which has been published in the U.S.

Vancouver-based Asia Packaging Group Inc. (TSX-V:APX) announced this morning that it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) for the potential $80m acquisition of a China-based manufacturer and seller of shopping bags.

Community and business leaders in Surrey have nothing to fear about the future of business if last week's award ceremonies are any indication.

B.C.’s biotechs say drug patent protection needed to foster innovation