The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub is planning on adding four new locations in Europe and North America, according to a press release. The hub, which looks to analyze trends in financial tech relevant to central banks, plans to open up locations in...
Asset manager Brookfield, which owns stakes in numerous malls, is demanding retailers pay back rent even as the Toronto-based investment group has missed mortgage payments, the Financial Times reported Sunday (June 21). Merchants who lease kiosks and small stores inside Brookfield malls have been told...
If there’s a playbook for Main Street’s migration to digital, Toronto’s Schulich School of Business is authoring a very effective chapter. It starts with a public-private partnership, has a great pizza story in the middle and ends with a feisty attitude in the face of...
It’s one step up and one step back for the retail community in Toronto. In the same week, the city’s Digital Main Street program got a boost from academia, while a high-profile smart cities project from Alphabet officially became a casualty of the pandemic. The...
May 29, 2020
If there’s a playbook for Main Street’s migration to digital, Toronto’s Schulich School of Business is authoring a very effective chapter. It starts with a public-private partnership, has a great pizza story in the middle and ends with a feisty attitude in the face of a devastating pandemic. In an interview with Karen Webster, Chris […]
October 22, 2019
In early 2019, Visa launched the “She’s Next, Empowered by Visa” initiative to boost women-owned small businesses (SMBs) around the world through shared research, experience and technologies. Since its launch...
July 20, 2020
Toronto’s population may be flat, but that hasn’t stopped the region’s developers from building apartments in the country’s financial capital at near record levels. Bloomberg News reported 13,358 units were under construction in the Toronto area in the second quarter, a nearly 40-year high, according to research from Urbanation Inc., the Toronto-based real estate consulting firm. In […]
July 01, 2020
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub is planning on adding four new locations in Europe and North America, according to a press release. The hub, which looks to...
June 22, 2020
Asset manager Brookfield, which owns stakes in numerous malls, is demanding retailers pay back rent even as the Toronto-based investment group has missed mortgage payments, the Financial Times reported Sunday...
May 12, 2020
In Toronto, a new service called DMS ShopHERE, powered by the Schulich School of Business, aims to help small companies and artists move their businesses online. The initiative will provide small...
