Stores few but online sales brisk as legal recreational marijuana gets sober start in Canada
Canada became the first industrialized nation to legalize recreational cannabis on Wednesday, but a lawful buzz will be hard to come by in its biggest cities like Toronto and Vancouver, where stores are not yet open. The day was historic for the country as Canadian ...
U.S. retailers likely to just meet holiday sales forecasts, experts say
U.S. consumers have not turned out in force for the final shopping days before Christmas, suggesting that traditional retailers will just meet industry sales forecasts in a season marked by deep discounts and growing encroachment from online rivals led by Amazon.com Inc. Super Saturday — ...
Mobile truck stores filling void in shrinking suburbs
As the population shrinks in Tokyo's outskirts and stores close down, some businesses are spotting a niche for mobile stores operating from the back of delivery trucks. The stalls can be a boon for elderly people, who find it hard otherwise to obtain their groceries. On ...
