Retail

A controversial city plan to improve public transit in Old Ottawa South has been met with criticism, but it spells opportunity for at least one Bank St. business owner.

U.S. manufacturer Kimberly-Clark says its Kleenex consumer facial tissue business is leaving Canada this month.

Bridgehead’s revenues continued to perk up in the second quarter as the Ottawa-based coffee retailer posted sales gains of more than 25 per cent compared with a year earlier.

After half a century in business and over three decades in Kitchissippi, Herb & Spice Shop on Wellington Street West has served its last customer. 

Lily Bond is spicing up even more customers’ kitchens with her homemade seasoning blends after inking a deal with Farm Boy – the first contract with a retail chain for the 19-year-old.

The sale of the Carlingwood Shopping Centre could pave the way for a new mixed-use “ecosystem” that would eventually see condo towers built at the 30-acre site, real estate and retail experts predict.

While consumer spending remained strong in the second quarter, it turned a corner after the Bank of Canada ended its pause on interest rate hikes, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce said.

This summer, La Bottega Nicastro is celebrating 100 years since J. Sosa first opened, and the memories could fill an entire shelf of scrapbooks. 

Carlingwood Shopping Centre, which opened in 1956 and now contains the country’s largest Canadian Tire store, has been put on the market.