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How to Buy a Shop

For Buyers

There is a lot to consider before buying a shop. Find out what.

How to Buy a Bakery

For Buyers

Get in on the baking trend!

• Sector Spotlight: Farms

  For Buyers

  Take a look at why Canada stands among the best when it comes to agriculture.

• Sector Spotlight: Fish and Chip Shop

  For Buyers

  Learn a bit more about Fish and Chip shops before you buy one.

• Everything You Need to Know About Shops

  For Buyers

  Canadians like their corner store and they don't mind walking to it. A whopping 92% of all sales happen not online, but in-store.

• How to Run a Bakery

  For Buyers

  Running a bakery in Canada involves plenty of early starts, an appetite for hard work and a sprinkling of determination.

• Sector Spotlight: Delicatessens

  For Buyers

  Running your own deli can be a fantastic business opportunity, provided you adapt to the highly competitive and dynamic food retail industry.

• Sector Spotlight: Pubs

  Sector Guides

  Canadians are drinking at restaurants and at home more than ever before, which means the traditional neighbourhood pub could be a thing of the past. However, there are still many ways for budding publicans to carve out a successful business in the pub industry.

• Sector Spotlight: Garden Centres

  Case Studies

  Canada’s garden centres are to some extent limited by the colder climate and shorter growing season of their region. However, in many instances this has proved a useful incentive to demonstrate how the traditional garden centre model can be extended and diversified.

• Sector Spotlight: Restaurants

  For Buyers

  The restaurant industry is gradually improving year on year with a slow but consistent growth, and it may prove more profitable for owners to specialize or at least find some way of setting themselves apart from the competition.

• Sector Spotlight: Book Stores

  Sector Guides

  Bookstores in Canada continue to fight against a consumer sway towards ordering books online for a cheaper price, as well as favoring e-books and electronic readers. However, there is some confidence in the balance tipping back in favor of hardback and paperback books.

• How to Buy a Deli

  For Buyers

  Take advantage of consumer trends with a deli.

• How to Buy a Florist

  For Buyers

  Before you blossom in the floral industry, you should know some facts and statistics about the trade in Canada.

• Sector Spotlight: Hair Salons

  For Buyers

  With the Canadian hair care sector performing well, it’s a tempting area to enter. The steady growth recorded in recent years is projected to continue, within a climate of increasing consumer confidence and an encouraging economic outlook.

• How to Buy a Pub

  For Buyers

  Owning a pub is often filed under ‘dream jobs’. But even discounting the envy of friends and family and factoring in the hard work involved, it can be very rewarding; professionally and financially.

• How to Run a Gift Shop

  Sector Guides

  If you are running your own gift shop business, you must be feeling pretty good about yourself for lasting this long in the industry.

• Sector Spotlight: Coffee Shops

  For Buyers

  In Canada, as elsewhere in the Western world, coffee remains a vital part of the daily routine for many. Thus, Canadian Coffee Shops are expected to continue to be a regular feature of the consumer experience for the foreseeable future.

• Sector Spotlight: Tanning Salons

  For Buyers

  Despite some adverse criticism of the process, there appears to be a continuing demand for tanning. Though a market where there is controversy demands caution and careful research, it can also present opportunities for those prepared to set up a responsible business which demonstrably puts the interests of consumers to the fore.

• Sector Spotlight: Nightclubs

  Sector Guides

  Declining alcohol consumption and heightened regulation has affected the nightclub industry, but diversifying to attract new customers may be the way forward. With wine bars, specialty cocktail lounges, martini bars or artisanal beer bars, club owners may attract a new demographic to bolster their profits.

• How to Run a Coffee Shop

  For Buyers

  From sourcing distinctive coffee blends to hiring the most qualified barista in town, there are a number of ways you can keep improving your humble coffee shop to stay ahead of the competition.