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Stores launch Lunar New Year sales during typically slow shopping season
January 15, 2023 - 7:00 AM

When Madelyn Chung was growing up, just a handful of stores had Lunar New Year displays.
Dollarama attracts customers from 'all walks of life' seeking relief from high prices
September 09, 2022 - 12:31 PM

Discount retailer Dollarama Inc. is winning over new customers as Canadian shoppers "trade down" from more expensive stores and gravitate toward the dollar store's cheaper prices amid inflation.
With trick-or-treating in doubt, experts say Halloween sales could be weak
September 23, 2020 - 12:13 PM

HALIFAX - A Halloween night that falls on both a Saturday and a full moon would normally be ideal for candy, costume and decoration sales – and werewolves.
Rioting engulfs Paris as anger grows over high French taxes
December 08, 2018 - 5:59 PM

PARIS - The rumble of armoured police trucks and the hiss of tear gas filled central Paris on Saturday, as French riot police fought to contain thousands of yellow-vested protesters venting their anger against the government in a movement that has grown more violent by the week.
In era of online retail, Black Friday still lures a crowd
November 24, 2018 - 3:40 AM

NEW YORK - It would have been easy to turn on their computers at home over plates of leftover turkey and take advantage of the Black Friday deals most retailers now offer online.
Ingvar Kamprad, who founded furniture giant IKEA, dies at 91
January 29, 2018 - 5:40 AM

STOCKHOLM - IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad, who turned a small-scale mail order business started on his family's farm into a furniture empire by letting customers piece together his simple and inexpensive furniture themselves, has died at age 91.
A minimalist holiday season: How to simplify gift-giving without being a Scrooge
December 15, 2016 - 6:10 AM

TORONTO - Rachel Jonat and her husband didn't purchase any Christmas gifts for their three sons when they were too young to understand the tradition.
Weather or not: Canadian Tire CEO doesn't want to rely on the seasons
February 26, 2015 - 12:41 PM

TORONTO - Although winter tires and Christmas decorations were some of Canadian Tire Corp.'s bestsellers in the fourth quarter, the retailer's president and CEO says the company doesn't need to rely on seasonal sales like it once did.
Return of the Pilgrims: British businesses make sure Americans gobble it up in style
November 26, 2014 - 2:12 AM

LONDON - Plump turkeys in butcher shop windows. Harvest displays of pumpkin and corn. Sandwich boards describing groaning feasts.
Tis the season to be frugal?Canadians to spend less over the holidays, says RBC
November 15, 2012 - 2:04 AM

TORONTO - A RBC holiday outlook suggests Canadians may be a little more frugal this festive season.
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Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su

No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
BERLIN (AP) — You can get drunk at Bavaria's world-famous Oktoberfest, but don't get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the Oktoberfest, the world

B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th

Business News

Stores launch Lunar New Year sales during typically slow shopping season

Dollarama attracts customers from 'all walks of life' seeking relief from high prices

With trick-or-treating in doubt, experts say Halloween sales could be weak

Rioting engulfs Paris as anger grows over high French taxes

In era of online retail, Black Friday still lures a crowd

Ingvar Kamprad, who founded furniture giant IKEA, dies at 91

A minimalist holiday season: How to simplify gift-giving without being a Scrooge

Weather or not: Canadian Tire CEO doesn't want to rely on the seasons

Return of the Pilgrims: British businesses make sure Americans gobble it up in style

Tis the season to be frugal?Canadians to spend less over the holidays, says RBC

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