SEP T EMBER 2015
SePTemBer 2015 BCBusiness 3 cover: roBerT KeNNeY; ToP lefT: PAUl JoSePH; ToP rigHT: STeve ogle; BoTTom: SUHArU ogAwA
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v o l u m e 4 3 n u m b e r 9
The Small
Business Issue
what you need to know about buying somebody else's
baby. Plus details from our exclusive survey on the state
of small business in B.c. by Dee Hon and Matt O'Grady
At Your Service
A look at the arrival of Nordstrom in
vancouver and what it means for the
city's leading retailers. Plus we survey
British columbians on who gives good
service–in store, online and
over the phone by Josh
Murray, Matt O'Grady and
Felicity Stone
The Norwegian
Way
As the B.c. government tries to kickstart
an
lNg industry, it could stand to learn a
thing or two from this tiny Scandinavian
country with big oil-and-gas wealth
by Andrew Findlay
"We have 6,700 billion
Norwegian krone in the
government bank account
because of oil and gas. We're
lucky that we had some very
visionary politicians back in
the 1960s" – p.30
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path less chosen
Nature's Path founder Arran
Stephens built his enterprise
by buying another family
business
SePTem U ogAwA
At Your Service
A look at the arrival of Nordstrom in
vancouver and what it means for the
city's leading retailers. Plus we survey
British columbians on who gives good
service–in store, online and
over the phone
Murray, Matt O'Grady and
Felicity Stone
