Business

By Milica Anic Atsuko Yamashita, owner of Half Moon Bookstore on Main Street near Marine Drive said she hasn’t changed the way she does business since she founded the store in 1999. “I just do the same thing that I've been doing,”…

By Andrea Dante While some predicted that Canada’s elimination from the soccer FIFA World Cup group stage would dent revenues at bars, pubs and restaurants screening the matches, many in the service industry say soccer fever will keep…

By Samantha Holomay This upcoming holiday season will be difficult for the retail and hospitality sectors as managers struggle to deal with staffing shortages. Ian Tostenson, the president and CEO of the B.C. Restaurant and…

By Michael Su As the City of Vancouver prepares an initiative to reduce food waste, a professor in UBC’s faculty of land and food systems says the city’s goal does not go far enough. The city is introducing a new system to help the…

By Marilyn Reichert and Aishwarya Singh The lifting of COVID-19 restrictions has refocused attention to the ongoing labour shortage in the hospitality and tourism industry in the province. Some believe that international students have…

While many Lower Mainland businesses are experiencing supply shortages caused by recent flooding prompting highway closures and restrictions on travel and fuel, other businesses are thriving off the historically bad weather.

A week-long shopping campaign is encouraging Vancouverites to buy local as people worry about empty store shelves before the holidays.

Langara’s school of business management is working to overhaul its bachelor’s degree program in business administration in a bid to better prepare its future graduates in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The food truck industry has been seeing drastic changes since the start of the pandemic, with the City of Vancouver introducing curbside electricity and business owners choosing more flexible permits.

Some young entrepreneurs are turning to food trucks as a viable business — capitalizing on the voids and opportunities created by the pandemic.