Retail & Manufacturing

The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is applauding a new tax tool that is now available to businesses to help them get accurate information on their taxes.

Town Shoes Ltd . plans to acquire assets of Vancouver’s financially troubled Sterling Shoes Inc . for $17.5 million. The company announced Monday that its subsidiaries Sterling Shoes GP Inc .

Popularity of mobile device and data plan stores in malls grows as smartphones gain more traction

Entrepreneurs needing angel funding to kickstart their businesses could access up to $500,000 at the biannual BC Angel Forum May 15.

Set to open April 25, IKEA Richmond will be hiring an additional 50 workers for the 334,000-square-foot store and offering staff a range of perks.

Vancouver-headquartered Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA) set multiple records at its first Mexico national auction held in Polotitlan, State of Mexico, on March 28 and 29.

Small business made some gains through the just-released federal budget, but the government hasn’t gone far enough to support the needs of small companies, says the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).

A Vancouver man ended the last regular edition of the Dragon’s Den season with a first: unanimous investment, including signed deals, by the five CBC tycoons.

Vancouver International Auto Show organizers expect this year's April 3-8 extravaganza at the renovated B.C. Place to be the largest since 2008, when the event changed from being a 10-day exhibit to being a six-day show.

B.C. retail growth in January compared with the same month a year earlier was slightly higher than the national average, according to Statistics Canada data released Friday. B.C. retail sales increased 4.8% to $5.632 billion from $5.