Retail & Manufacturing

Statistics Canada says retail sales decreased 1.1 per cent to $69.2 billion in May, driven by sales declines at motor vehicle and parts dealers. However, the agency said its preliminary figures for June point to an increase of 1.

Richmond’s Bravo Rewards gives customers dining deals, and gains valuable data

TORONTO — B.C. billionaire Ruby Liu and her bid to buy up to 25 Hudson’s Bay leases was due to come under further scrutiny in court Tuesday — but the battle was waylaid when she showed up with no lawyer or materials to aid in making her case.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says fewer manufacturers report being affected by tariffs in May than in April. The agency says total manufacturing sales were down 0.9 per cent to $68.7 billion in May, marking the lowest level since January 2022.

TORONTO — Hudson’s Bay is firing back at one of its biggest lenders.

North American trade relations don't appear to be diminishing the growing affinity Americans have for one of Canada's most fashionable brands. Aritzia Inc. revealed Thursday that its U.S.

Richmond outlet mall has welcomed brands such as Under Armour, Zwilling and Karl Lagerfeld for their first stores in the region

Purdys Chocolatier says the buy Canadian movement has generated so much demand for its products that it decided to sell them outside its own stores for the first time in its 118-year history.

TORONTO — One of Hudson's Bay's biggest lenders says the department store chain has handled its liquidation so badly that a court should end a buzzy but fraught lease transaction the retailer signed with a B.C.

Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc. is accusing Costco Wholesale Corp. of infringing on its intellectual property by selling knockoffs of some of its most popular products.