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THE COMPANY: SULTAN APPAREL. The challenge: Expand operations, without sacrificing the quality of your product. The plan: Hire a sales force that can push your threads with key decision makers. The payoff: Doing what you love - full-time


Upstart company pins hopes on pills at the push of a button


Bruised and buffeted, but booking on success

The company: Frog Hollow Books. The Challenge: Remain competitive in an volatile Industry. The Plan: Generate greater involvement in the community. The Payoff: Grow a strong local client base


Beyond breakfast: Breaking cereal's boundaries

The challenge: Convince customers to eat cereal in the afternoon. The plan: Rebrand with a word other than 'cereal. The payoff: A giant customer base that chows down on cereal all day, every day


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Producer losing faith in church-based studio

The company: Basque Studios. The challenge: Rebuilding a recording studio's client base: The plan Re-brand the business. The payoff: Big-name artists with big-time money


Ace Bakery founders trade bread for dough

Toronto institution sells to Chicago-based private equity firm

Report on Small Business Magazine

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Business Incubator

Expert advice on how to increase the size of your company


Marketing

Ben Barry

Location is Nothing (ideas are everything)

How rural businesses attract consumers from other locales


Strategy & tactics

Mark Healy

Keep your head up

What you can learn from watching the chase for Stanley's cup


Business value

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Creating culture

Get it right and your business will fly. Get it wrong and ....


Public relations

Mia

The right PR

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Recent Headlines 

Agency closes shop in wake of Labatt loss

Downtown Partners unable to recover

The fading scent of a bygone era

One of the Manulife Centre's oldest stores says arrivederci after 33 years of making Toronto smell delightful

The 25 Best Small Companies To Work For

The results of the fourth annual such survey by Queen's Centre for Business Venturing and Hewitt Associates

Women in top positions on the decline

Number in highest-paid jobs fell in a year

It's what's inside that counts

Canned beer is moving up in the world

Taking to the sky for a slice of pie

From blueberry-peach to lemon-meringue, dessert lovers travel to the Chilliwack airport just for a taste

Carmanah unloads home solar unit

Company wants to focus on more profitable generic businesses

Retailers in the grip of ‘tough' times

Saan Stores Ltd. slips into bankruptcy protection for the second time in three years


Start Your Own 

Start your own ...: tanning salon

Shah Emily Noaman is bringing a new glow to the rich set

Start your own ...: Restaurant

Marc Chartrand sold his house, hit up his parents, and pleaded with every bank in the country. End result: he now owns a restaurant

Start your own ...: Funeral home business

When Darin Hoffman lost his job at a North American funeral home group, he didn't despair, he created his own business

Start your own ...: Tour business

Start your own ...: kitchen business

Start your own ...: Winery

Start your own...: Health food business

Start your own ...: Car dealership

Start your own ...: Liquor Store

Start your own ...: Direct marketing business

The (seemingly) ancient art of selling candles


Online Discussions 

Ask the coach: Jerome Shore

Winning the talent war: Geoff Thompson

How to grow a business: Janis Grantham

Launching a hit product: Chris Bower

The future of funeral homes: Darin Hoffman

The business of franchising: Mark Wardell

Women seeking financing: Christina Anthony

How to deliver a great speech: Bob Ramsay

The future of fundraising: Nicholas Offord

Surviving a PR crisis: Mat Wilcox

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