Retail & Manufacturing

B.C. retail strong despite falling sales across Canada

Retail sales remain strong in British Columbia despite large declines across the rest of the country. British Columbia was one of three provinces to have its retail sales grow more than 1% in April from March. B.C.

Jun 22, 2018 2:25 PM Read more >

B.C. partners with Shopify for cannabis e-commerce sales

Province now hiring 130 workers for 70,000-square-foot cannabis distribution centre in Richmond

Jun 22, 2018 12:59 PM Read more >

Vancouver’s Herschel Supply opens its first North American store in Gastown

Backpack manufacturer focuses on home growth before opening other stores across Canada or the U.S.

Jun 21, 2018 9:58 AM Read more >

Lack of imports to help create cannabis shortage when Canadian recreational sales launch

International treaties, Health Canada ban on imports restrict supply from abroad

Jun 12, 2018 10:10 AM Read more >

Aurora Cannabis buys Anandia Laboratories for $115m

Anandia is primarily a testing facility and research hub, and the deal further solidifies Aurora’s grasp of the Canadian market

Jun 12, 2018 9:04 AM Read more >

Deloitte survey predicts legal-cannabis sales boom in Canada

Survey found that older, more educated and more risk-averse people will experiment with legal weed

Jun 5, 2018 7:30 AM Read more >

Lululemon shares spike 17% on earnings beat, global growth [Updated]

Vancouver yogawear giant starts to gain real traction worldwide

May 31, 2018 5:40 PM Read more >

Seaspan awarded $66 million shipbuilding contract

Seaspan to build hulls for Canadian Navy support vessels

May 31, 2018 3:47 PM Read more >

Home-grow entrepreneurs await marijuana legalization

Senate set to vote, and potentially amend, Cannabis Act on June 7

May 29, 2018 10:10 AM Read more >

Zero-waste retail game plan gaining traction in Vancouver

Second bring-your-own-container store set to open as Vancouver bans single-use plastics

May 25, 2018 1:30 PM Read more >