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Luxury retailer Ted Baker begins store-closing liquidation sales

Clothing retailers Ted Baker, Brooks Brothers and Lucky Brand have started store-closing clearance sales, Ted Baker Canada announced Friday after the company began insolvency hearings late last month.

Having a newborn can be tough. This business will help for $850 a night

A business billing itself as Canada's first postnatal retreat has launched in Toronto. For a minimum of $850 a night, new parents get 24/7 support adjusting to life with their babies a business model some doctors say points to a need for better postpartum care across the board.

Flair Airlines CEO bullish on future of discount airlines. Others aren't so sure

With Swoop folded into WestJet and Lynx folded altogether, Edmonton-based Flair Airlines has emerged as the only ultra-low cost carrier left standing in Canada.

Anyone want a camper? It's a buyer's market for RVs as pandemic-era sales fizzle

RVs along with boats, ATVs and other outdoor vehicles sold like hotcakes during the pandemic as people poured their vacation funds into goods that could be enjoyed closer to home. But now the sector is going through a market correction, with sales down around 20 per cent last year.

Inside the A&W test kitchen, a battlefield in the fast food wars

Fast food brands are known for their consistency, but amid growing competition and changing demographics, brands are using new flavours and limited-time offers to mix up their menus and reel in new customers. We visit the A&W test kitchen where the company hopes to invent the next McRib or Pumpkin Spice Latte.

How a Silicon Valley trend is impacting an $8B Canadian farm industry

Some companies make their products incompatible with other brands, citing copyright reasons, though critics say it prevents competition. Normally associated with the tech industry, the tactic is showing up in new sectors, like farm equipment manufacturing. A new bill hopes to change that.

Vending machines had eyes all over this Ontario campus until the students wised up

An Ontario university is pulling dozens of vending machines that were tracking the ageand gender of customers in the latest example of pushback against technology that tests the boundaries of privacy rules.

Why Alberta is giving the tourism industry its own immigration stream

As Alberta hopes to more than double the size of its tourism economy in the next decade, the province is taking a new step to fill labour gaps by giving the industry its own dedicated immigration stream. Some critics say it could have unintended consequences.

Canada needs carpenters, electricians and other skilled trades and enrolment for apprenticeships is surging

Registrations in apprenticeship programs have rebounded from pandemic lows and are at their highest level since 2014, according to the latest available data from Statistics Canada.

No snow, no problem: Ski resorts push season passes over pay-as-you-go tickets to secure sales

Season passes have long been part of the ski industry, but resorts are increasingly leaning on them as a source of revenue to get money locked in before the season starts.