Retail & Manufacturing

B.C. liquor merchants find adding cannabis sideline is a tricky pivot

Cannabis market’s regulatory thicket, unique customer base challenge new entrants

Feb 25, 2020 7:08 AM Read more >

Growth slows at Metro Vancouver’s top 100 manufacturers

Increase in the average annual number of staff cut in half in 2020 compared with 2019

Feb 20, 2020 11:00 PM Read more >

Home Depot aims to hire 900 workers in B.C.

Hiring spree comes as competitor Lowe's struggles

Feb 19, 2020 9:55 AM Read more >

Vancouver retailers fear coronavirus fallout

Shopping centres more likely than street-front stores to feel first impact

Feb 5, 2020 7:08 AM Read more >

Influential Women in Business 2020: Ratana Stephens

Natural innovator: Entrepreneur rose from humble roots to achieve success in the food sector

Feb 3, 2020 11:00 PM Read more >

Influential Women in Business 2020: Vivian Zalkow

Continuous improvement: CEO of third-generation family business never stops learning

Feb 3, 2020 11:00 PM Read more >

MEC to sublease head office; change business strategy to stem losses

Outdoor equipment manufacturer and retailer lost $11.5M in last fiscal year

Jan 20, 2020 5:00 AM Read more >

B.C. “considering” province-wide ban on plastic bags at retail checkouts

Initiative is said to be part of a “coordinated series of actions”

Jan 17, 2020 10:05 AM Read more >

Buyer out $524 after trying to buy illegal cannabis online

Better Business Bureau complaint highlights risk of buying cannabis online from illegal sources

Jan 10, 2020 3:49 PM Read more >

Money-losing MEC to hike workers' wages up to 6%

Raises ordered by mediator following successful unionization drives in Vancouver and Victoria

Jan 7, 2020 3:27 PM Read more >