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Shopify launches Twitter partnership, tap to pay offering at product showcase

At a new, semi-annual showcase called Shopify Editions on Wednesday, the Ottawa e-commerce giant laid out more than 100 product updates made over the last six months, including several that launch this week.

From here to there: Fast-growing Trexity lands $5M financing round

“For me, it’s global domination or nothing. I want it all. We can take this as far as we want to take it," said CEO Alok Ahuja.

Sixteen years later, optimism reigns for end to Little Italy’s ‘food desert’ status

Despite a decade and a half with little progress since Loeb closed its Booth Street store in 2006, local representatives see an end in sight for residents hungry for accessible, affordable groceries.

New drive-thru store format is latest to enter crowded cannabis marketplace

In a bid to maximize revenue per square foot and experiment with various store formats, ShinyBud Corp. has opened Ottawa’s first drive-through cannabis store near Carlingwood Shopping Centre.

The worm may turn – but not in this Ottawa couple’s Mexican-distilled tequila

Sandeep and Riti Gupta's premium brand of the popular spirit, Cada Dia, is now available in 40 restaurants across Ontario and in 34 states south of the border.

Pokémon card craze has settled into a slow simmer, Ottawa vendors say

Getting rich fast is likely not in the cards for today’s Pokémon aficionados.

Meal-kit giant Goodfood to hire 200 workers in Ottawa amid move into grocery-delivery space

Montreal-based company plans to grow its number of fulfilment centres from six at the end of this month to as many as 20 by the close of 2022.

Bridgehead revenues soar in Q4 as java chain’s stores reopen, wholesale channels grow

Bridgehead reported revenues of $3.38 million for the quarter ending Dec. 26, 2021, up from $2.69 million the previous year.

Fully furnished deal: Burovision Ottawa acquires Ottawa Business Interiors

The merger of two of Ottawa's largest office furniture dealers was triggered by furniture maker Herman Miller’s $1.8-billion acquisition last summer of another leading global manufacturer, Knoll. 

Big deal brewing: Beau’s sold to Toronto-based Steam Whistle

Beau's co-founder Steve Beauchesne said joining forces with the southern Ontario brewery will give his company a new lease on life after a tough two years during the pandemic.

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