Retail & Manufacturing

B.C. consumers expected to start holiday shopping early this year

November overtook December as a bigger month for retail sales in the past two years

Nov 3, 2022 2:30 PM Read more >

Canada's Competition Bureau to study grocery sector

Goal is to find tips for governments to improve competition in the sector

Oct 24, 2022 10:58 AM Read more >

B.C. leads provinces in monthly retail sales growth

B.C. retail sales rose two-per-cent in August, compared with July

Oct 21, 2022 3:06 PM Read more >

This new West Van bakery specializes in decadent croissants

Croissants have a special place in my family life, a little French flair for my wife and two children, all of whom are fluently bilingual. My French is only comme ci comme ça , but I do speak the language of flaky pastry very well.

Oct 21, 2022 12:30 PM Read more >

How COVID-19 has redrawn the car-lot landscape

EV demand, supply chain logjams, competition have retooled car-buying process

Oct 19, 2022 9:59 AM Read more >

B.C. grocers battle for inflation-wary shoppers

Jim Pattison Group-owned grocers shifting to group buying to improve wholesale prices

Oct 19, 2022 9:09 AM Read more >

Four years after legalization, B.C. cannabis sales hit all-time high

The $57.3 million spent on legal cannabis in the province in July was the most for any month ever

Oct 17, 2022 3:06 PM Read more >

Distributor Darwynn to open Surrey fulfillment centre

Various e-commerce ventures would store inventory in Darwynn's facility

Oct 17, 2022 8:08 AM Read more >

Contraband cigarette sales cut into B.C. government revenue

B.C. has highest cigarette prices in Canada

Oct 14, 2022 4:01 PM Read more >

B.C. manufacturers to benefit from declining Canadian dollar

Rising import, capital costs will offset advantages

Oct 14, 2022 6:00 AM Read more >