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Industry Trends

Industry Overview: Craft Breweries & Microbreweries

Jul 7, 2013

Craft breweries and microbreweries produce beer in limited quantities when compared to large breweries (generally under 10,000 barrels per year) and usually distribute their beer within a limited geographic region. Craft breweries often specialize in specific styles of beer, and focus on providing customers a superior product, using traditional brewing techniques. Certain craft breweries sell beer directly on their premises, and are called brewpubs. Craft breweries are known to develop clever marketing strategies with limited budgets in order to connect with their target markets.

Industry Overview: Event Planning

Aug 8, 2018

Event planners organize, execute, and promote events like trade shows, conferences, corporate meetings, and more. Event planning is a business with a low barrier to entry, so competition within the industry is high (Couillard, 2018).

Industry Overview: Financial Industry

Apr 4, 2017

Tax season is upon us! We doubt many of you look forward to this period, except of course the accountants among us.   It is a time when we reflect on our finances and whether someone can assist us in meeting our financial targets.  This overview is for the financial savvy among us who dream of helping others meet their financial goals and build a safety net.

Industry Overview: Florist Shop Business

May 5, 2018

A florist shop is a retail establishment that sells cut flowers and ornamental plants. The floral trade involves activities such as flower care, flower arranging, floral design, merchandising, and often flower delivery. Florist shops are an ever popular industry. As such, we want to provide you with snapshots of the current industry overview, trends and challenges as well as provide some research resources for those interested in the florist shop business.

Industry Overview: Florist Shop Business

Apr 4, 2014

A florist shop is a retail establishment that sells cut flowers and ornamental plants. The floral trade involves activities such as flower care, flower arranging, floral design, merchandising, and often flower delivery. Florist shops are an ever popular industry and one of the most searched guides on our website. As such, we want to provide you with a current industry overview, trends and challenges as well as provide some research resources for those interested in the florist shop business.

Industry Overview: Graphic Design

Jul 7, 2017

Graphic design involves using both graphics and text to convey a concept or idea. The graphic design industry includes many activities, including corporate identity/branding, advertising, print production, and web design. Graphic designers create logos, posters, newsletters, brochures, signs, and other forms of visual communication. The graphic design industry in Canada is slated to grow as high-quality graphic design services will become increasingly integral for companies seeking to develop brand awareness.

Industry Overview: Home Care Providers in Canada

Jun 6, 2019

This industry overview will discuss the latest statistics and trends for Home Care Providers in Canada. For a definition of Home Care please click here. Photo Credit: Photo by Bejamin Balazs from Pixabay