Retail & Manufacturing

Lowe’s Canada’s 34 closures to include stores in Surrey, Osoyoos, Prince George

Home improvement chain undergoes second round of closures in a year

Nov 20, 2019 4:05 PM Read more >

BCLDB to start phasing out plastic bags later this month

Rollout with start on Vancouver Island, and spread to Metro Vancouver in February

Nov 14, 2019 2:09 PM Read more >

B.C. to restrict, increase taxes on vaping products

Province to restrict access, flavours, nicotine content, packaging and advertising for vaping products

Nov 14, 2019 10:12 AM Read more >

Craft brewers’ sales boom as big beer’s sales slow

Market share in British Columbia for craft breweries grew to nearly one-third in 2019

Nov 7, 2019 11:00 PM Read more >

First mega-retailer moves into expanded Brentwood mall this week

A big question on people’s lips the past couple of years has been which retailers will be moving into the expanded mall in Burnaby’s Brentwood area.

Nov 7, 2019 2:54 PM Read more >

Canada-wide vegetable recall of over 40 products due to possible listeria contamination

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a food recall of various fresh-cut vegetable products from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Nov 4, 2019 10:15 AM Read more >

Loyalty programs provide sales bump for retailers

Collecting data on purchase preferences helps forge closer customer relationships

Nov 1, 2019 12:00 PM Read more >

Seniors’ cannabis use accelerating post-legalization

Older people more likely to target medicinal uses, but legally

Oct 31, 2019 11:48 AM Read more >

B.C. government cracks down on unlicensed Vancouver cannabis dispensaries

Community Safety Unit today raided the Medical Cannabis Society store at 1182 Thurlow Street

Oct 30, 2019 2:48 PM Read more >

Metropolis at Metrotown getting a massive makeover

A developer wants to turn Burnaby's biggest mall ‘inside out’

Oct 28, 2019 11:03 AM Read more >