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One year in, Montreals luxury-focused Royalmount mall is still seeking its sweet spot

Published: 10 September 2025

It has been one year since the Royalmount Mall opened its doors, with a goal of transforming luxury retail in Montreal. The gleaming concourses of the upscale shopping centre are often largely...

Independent fashion designers likely to lose out in SSENSE bankruptcy

Published: 10 September 2025

In a bankruptcy filing in late August, the Montreal-based luxury retailer SSENSE cited a liquidity crisis brought on partly by the unpredictable tariff regime in the United States. At the time of...

US trade policy changes present challenges and opportunities

Published: 16 April 2025

Among the many changes to U.S. trade policy announced during the early days of the second Trump administration was the intention to eliminate the de minimis exemption on shipments to the United...

Women of Desautels: past, present and future

Published: 14 May 2025

The Laidley Centre for Business Ethics and Equity and the 51勛圖厙Desautels EDI Initiative recently hosted a panel for Women's History Month to honour the past, present, and future of women of the...

Announcing the 2025 Lionel Pelham Kent Scholarship recipients

Published: 2 June 2025

Congratulations to Harley Belfer (BCom23), Isabelle Erb (BCom24), Veronica Hall (BCom'24), Raphael Lafleur (BCom24), Andrea Peck (BCom24), and Dylan Winick (BCom24) who were awarded the Lionel...

Clarity is key when passing control of a family business to the next generation

Published: 13 June 2025

Even the most successful family businesses often dont withstand the march of time. Just because one generation had what the right skills and temperament to run a business doesnt mean their...

Donald Trumps Big Beautiful Bill does away with de minimis exemption for impots from all countries

Published: 30 July 2025

The de minimis exemption has played a major role in the rise of Chinese fast fashion brands like Shein and Temu. The exemption works like this: if an imported good has a value of less than $800, it...

Despite rapid rise of AI chatbots in customer service, customers prefer human agents

Published: 29 August 2025

If it feels like customer service chatbots are everywhere, its because they are. The worldwide chatbot market has grown from US$370 million in 2017 to about US$2.2 billion in 2024. But customers...

Musk meddling could be at root of Tesla stocks tank

Published: 11 April 2025

Teslas stock price nosedived in the first few months of the second Trump administration, and Elon Musks involvement in controversial initiatives like the Department of Government Efficiencys...

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