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Where did you pick up those groovy pants? They were made by Joe Anthony at Anthony’s Custom Tailors in White Rock. He specializes in suits but he makes golf pants for me. These were about $700. There are three little holsters on the right side where you can put golf...
A recent BCBusiness story on workplace bullying (“Bad boss, bad boss,” Dec. ’06) clearly hit a nerve. We received an overwhelming response from readers, revealing an ugly undercurrent beneath the facade of today’s high-performance workplace.
It’s a chilly but dry spring day and we have just teed off on the seventh hole at the Victoria Golf Club, home course of British Columbia Ferry Services Inc.’s head honcho. The seventh is the club’s signature hole, a...
According to a Royal Canadian Golf Association (RCGA) study released last year, there are six million swinging Canadians, a national participation rate of better than one in five. What’s more, Canadians are spending almost $13 billion a year on the...
In a world that exists only on computer screens, virtual consumers (controlled by real people seated at computer desks) teleport to malls and window-shop along virtual high streets for goods ranging from ball gowns to hovercraft. With a simple wiggle and click of a mouse, visitors enter these shops, browse around and, often, purchase the wares on display.
These days we mostly hear about how to scale up so as to create growth or join it or ride it. But for a small business whose market isn’t really growing that much, diversifying and polishing your identity as a service provider with an intimate knowledge of the local market...
What I never expected to find was that one of Canada’s wealthiest provinces, literally dripping in natural abundance, home to one of its leading cities and blessed with a natural bridge to the rest of the world, would be the...
I’m definitely a work-to-live person, and surfing is a big motivator for me. I have to ensure that my business is successful so I can do more of it. And the food and wine lifestyle in the restaurant business can consume you, but I stay motivated in the gym so that I can keep up my surfing.
The fragrance of bath bombs hits you the moment you step onto the pavement outside Lush North America’s Southeast Marine Drive distribution centre. Upstairs in the wood-floored, open-design offices, 43-year-old Mark Wolverton looks remarkably well rested, given his recent schedule, which included a night stranded in the Toronto airport.
The trick is nailing down the right one. Which is why BCBusiness has compiled the first-ever overview of MBA schools available in the province. And rather than simply reel off a list of courses on offer, we’ve given you insights...