Retail & Manufacturing

2018 year in review: Mixed results for B.C. retail

Sales growth in the province slowed, but mall expansions continued

Dec 19, 2018 7:08 AM Read more >

Miniso alleges fraud as it seeks to put Canadian division into bankruptcy

Chinese dollar-store chain had planned to have 500 Canadian stores by 2021

Dec 17, 2018 4:51 PM Read more >

Lens and Shutter stores close

Venerable photography chain grew out of a student venture at UBC in 1969

Dec 17, 2018 12:31 PM Read more >

Anger over Huawei CFO's arrest sparks B.C. agri-food exporter concerns

Mainland China is sector’s second-largest export market

Dec 14, 2018 1:04 PM Read more >

B.C. Supreme Court orders unlicensed Vancouver cannabis stores to close

Owners of 28 stores argued in court that the city had no constitutional right to license them

Dec 13, 2018 1:28 PM Read more >

B.C. to review wholesale-liquor distribution

Review follows a more comprehensive earlier review that recommended changes

Dec 11, 2018 2:43 PM Read more >

Vancouver’s cannabis store licences to cost 331 times more than Kimberley’s

Wide discrepancy in municipal business licence fees could influence store location decisions

Dec 10, 2018 7:08 AM Read more >

Medical cannabis advocates urge Ottawa to loosen supply restrictions

Product shortages are causing patients harm as supply is funnelled to recreational sales

Dec 7, 2018 3:45 PM Read more >

Auto dealers’ sales staffing up by more than 50%

Growth of larger dealers in the province outpaces that of their smaller counterparts

Dec 7, 2018 6:57 AM Read more >

Vancouver to host Canada’s largest cannabis conference since legalization

O’Cannabiz Conference and Expo runs December 9-11 at the Parq Vancouver

Dec 5, 2018 3:39 PM Read more >