Industry Interrupted

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Contrary to popular belief, e-commerce hasn't caused vacancy rates for commercial real estate (the percentage of all available units) to go up. But that doesn't mean everything's the same as it's always been for landlords.

Sales for traditional grocery retailers are stagnating - and if they don't figure something out soon, it'll be too late.

In 2002, the Oakland A's did something that no team in Major League Baseball had ever done before: They used big data to build their small-market team into the number one team in the Western division. And the rest, as they say, is history.

South Korea has exported a number of trends over the past few years: K-pop music, premium phones and above all, an obsession with flawless 'glass' skin. What does that obsession look like in Canada?

The beer landscape used to be dominated by big names like Molson, Coors and Labatt. Then the first two merged, and the public developed a taste for independent craft brews. How did that happen?

For years, the industry told us that we needed to buy mattresses in person. But as it turns out, they were wrong.

Direct-to-consumer dentistry services like Smile Direct Club are worrying Canadian orthodontists. But is the hesitation justified?

Across the country, the battle between retail and rental is heating up. As consumer sentiment turns away from fast fashion, clothing rental companies are betting that the desire to own our own clothes isn't as strong as we think.

Veggie burgers and the like are no longer just for vegans and vegetarians. What’s behind the explosion of meatless meat? And what exactly is a 'flexetarian'?