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Better than expected: Leonard Croft, president of Mattel Canada Inc., says video game and catridge sales this year will be much higher than the $200 million estimated for 1982.
Better than expected: Leonard Croft, president of Mattel Canada Inc., says video game and catridge sales this year will be much higher than the $200 million estimated for 1982.

Better than expected: Leonard Croft, president of Mattel Canada Inc., says video game and catridge sales this year will be much higher than the $200 million estimated for 1982.

Date1/17/1983
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Metal Markets: Bill Mair, founder and president of Metal Supermarkets, cuts some of his own products. Sales this year are expected to top $5 million.
Metal Markets: Bill Mair, founder and president of Metal Supermarkets, cuts some of his own products. Sales this year are expected to top $5 million.
10/27/1990
Sales bar: Paul Doyle, president of Gilbey Canada Inc., says punitive federal and provincial taxes are damaging Canada's liquor producers.
Sales bar: Paul Doyle, president of Gilbey Canada Inc., says punitive federal and provincial taxes are damaging Canada's liquor producers.
11/25/1982
Brian Doe, 29-year-old Briton, heads the British Ever Ready Co.'s assault on the Canadian battery market - estimated at $40 million a year. Doe, backed by a hefty advertising budget, hopes to capture 25 percent of battery sales in this country within five years. Growth rate in demand is about 8 per cent annually.
Brian Doe, 29-year-old Briton, heads the British Ever Ready Co.'s assault on the Canadian battery market - estimated at $40 million a year. Doe, backed by a hefty advertising budget, hopes to capture 25 percent of battery sales in this country within five years. Growth rate in demand is about 8 per cent annually.
10/29/1969
Big plans: Bob Collins-Wright, president of Inglis, says his company will invest $60 million over the next five years and hire an additional 1,000 workers. He predicts his expanded firm will capture 35-to-40 per cent of all appliance sales in Canada this year.
Big plans: Bob Collins-Wright, president of Inglis, says his company will invest $60 million over the next five years and hire an additional 1,000 workers. He predicts his expanded firm will capture 35-to-40 per cent of all appliance sales in Canada this year.
3/29/1982
Biggest store: Though sales were flat chain-wide in 1982, Holt, Renfrew is planning to expand some smaller outlets so business can grow, says president Robert Herber (inset)
Biggest store: Though sales were flat chain-wide in 1982, Holt, Renfrew is planning to expand some smaller outlets so business can grow, says president Robert Herber (inset)
2/13/1983
Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]
Kidney specialist Dr. Paul Tam vowed to bring a $1 million kidney dialysis unit to Scarborough after Gary Belz died of a heart attack due to kidney failure more than two years ago. Tam said if Belz, then 37, hadn't had to wait a month for dialysis treatment at a downtown hospital, he would still be alive today. And Tam said the dozens of patients who travel downtown for dialysis would have a much, much better quality of life if a unit were Scaborough. But after [Incomplete]
11/24/1986
Beefed up: Canada Packers president Valentine Stock, right, says branded and processed products offer potential for higher profit than traditional slaughter and meat packing operations
Beefed up: Canada Packers president Valentine Stock, right, says branded and processed products offer potential for higher profit than traditional slaughter and meat packing operations
6/24/1980
W. H. Thornburn, chairman of the Toronto Stock Exchange board of governors, sees a small revival of confidence by Canadian investors, but much less than I had expected by this time. He forecasts continued sluggishness in trading until corporate earnings improve. Thornburn thinks there could be new speculation in oil and gas stocks when results of winter drilling become available. Cost-cutting and other controls have prepared brokers for any new storms, he says.
W. H. Thornburn, chairman of the Toronto Stock Exchange board of governors, sees a small revival of confidence by Canadian investors, but much less than I had expected by this time. He forecasts continued sluggishness in trading until corporate earnings improve. Thornburn thinks there could be new speculation in oil and gas stocks when results of winter drilling become available. Cost-cutting and other controls have prepared brokers for any new storms, he says.
12/31/1970
Art Ehara: Suzuki Canada Inc. president shows off one of his company's four-wheel-drive utility vehicles, to go on sale in Eastern Canada next month. Base price for cheapest Suzuki vehicle is $6,594. Engine is smaller than on some motorcycles.
Art Ehara: Suzuki Canada Inc. president shows off one of his company's four-wheel-drive utility vehicles, to go on sale in Eastern Canada next month. Base price for cheapest Suzuki vehicle is $6,594. Engine is smaller than on some motorcycles.
11/28/1980
Veteran Merchandiser Chuck Drury is heading an ambitious expansion in the catalogue showroom business by Shop-Rite, a division of Hudson's Bay Co. Sho-Rite will open 30 sales rooms next month, several in the Toronto area. More units under banners of Woolco, Cardinal and Consumers Distributing will push sales over $200 million.
Veteran Merchandiser Chuck Drury is heading an ambitious expansion in the catalogue showroom business by Shop-Rite, a division of Hudson's Bay Co. Sho-Rite will open 30 sales rooms next month, several in the Toronto area. More units under banners of Woolco, Cardinal and Consumers Distributing will push sales over $200 million.
8/29/1973
Make-up-man: Jurgen Schemmer of Sonora Cosemitcs Inc. says his firm's sales are booming.
Make-up-man: Jurgen Schemmer of Sonora Cosemitcs Inc. says his firm's sales are booming.
6/18/1982
Salary levels at Canadian universities are about 30 per cent higher than at American universities - and the difference is unjustifiable, says Jerry Malzan, right, an assistant professor of mathematics at the University of Waterloo whose salary is $19,700 a year
Salary levels at Canadian universities are about 30 per cent higher than at American universities - and the difference is unjustifiable, says Jerry Malzan, right, an assistant professor of mathematics at the University of Waterloo whose salary is $19,700 a year
2/22/1977