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Why tech veteran Sylvia Ng wants women in the industry to reject the traditional CEO mold
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Is live shopping the next big disruptor in Canadian retail?
Living the stream: The next big disruptor in Canadian retail could be “live shopping,” wherein social media influencers promote and sell brand-name goods directly to consumers
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Canada’s most in-demand jobs show how the pandemic is changing the economy
File Number: 1677257 Worker is welding box. Manufacturing, welder, welding box Credit to Dainis Derics / iStockphoto (Royalty-Free)
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Best job opportunities in Canada remain in tech sector, despite worries of layoffs
The setting sun reflects off the glass walls of two office buildings in Toronto’s Financial District as the sun sets on Nov 7, 2022.
technology
Amazon to lay off some staff in U.S., Canada and Costa Rica by end of day
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics center in Lauwin-Planque, northern France, November 15, 2022. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo
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Solving Shopify’s misery: How Canada’s tech saviour lost its swagger — and why investors remain so scared
SHOPIFY, THE DARLING OF CANADA’S TECH INDUSTRY, HAS WATCHED ITS FORTUNES SINK OVER THE PAST YEAR. IS THERE MORE TO IT THAN THE MARKET ROUT? AND IS THERE A WAY BACK TO THE SURFACE?
international business
Teamsters union launches new division for Amazon employees
WILMINGTON, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 05: Members of the Teamsters (R) march, with shipping cranes in the background, in the annual Labor Day Parade hosted by the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Labor Coalition on September 5, 2022 in Wilmington, California. Around 5,000 were expected to attend to the event. Labor Day was first celebrated in the U.S. in 1882 in New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
international business
Peloton to sell exercise bike, other accessories on Amazon in U.S. under new partnership
FILE PHOTO: A stationary bicycle inside of a Peloton store is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
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The e-commerce boom is fizzling out
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Shopify is seen outside its headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, September 28, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/File Photo
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Shopify cuts 10 per cent of staff as CEO Tobias Lutke apologizes for big bets on e-commerce, admits he ‘got this wrong’
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property report
Amid scarce land supply, developers turn to multistorey buildings
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Walmart Canada is in dire need of a shakeup. Meet the guy who’s leading it
After rising through the ranks to become CEO of Walmart Argentina and Chile, Horacio Barbeito was asked to head north to pump up Walmart’s limp operation in Canada in 2019.
property report
Suburban office teardowns make way for industrial warehouses
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A focus on customer convenience put this Vancouver furniture retailer in the perfect spot to meet surging pandemic demand
world
UAE central bank sees COVID-19 increasing money-laundering risks
FILE PHOTO: A man enters the main branch of UAE Central Bank in Abu Dhabi, January 29, 2013. REUTERS/Ben Job
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Canadian commercial property purchases hit record $14-billion in second quarter
The CNOOC Nexen building sits empty in downtown Calgary, Alta., Thursday, July 23, 2020. Jeff McIntosh for The Globe and Mail
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Credit Suisse sees buying opportunity in these Canadian renewable power stocks
A TransAlta wind turbine is shown at a wind farm near Pincher Creek, Alta., Wednesday, March 9, 2016.
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Hudson’s Bay splitting its department stores from online marketplace to create two businesses
The Hudson's Bay Company sign in downtown Toronto, Wednesday July 16, 2008. Hudson's Bay Co. says it is separating its department stores from its online marketplace, creating two separate businesses and distinct leadership structures. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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U.S. private equity giant Blackstone to buy Canada’s WPT Industrial REIT for US$3.1-billion
FILE PHOTO: The ticker and trading information for Blackstone Group is displayed at the post where it is traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) April 4, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo