Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
Sales climbing: Upper Canada Brewing Company president Frank Heaps says sales have jumped about 60 per cent since opening in 1985
Sales climbing: Upper Canada Brewing Company president Frank Heaps says sales have jumped about 60 per cent since opening in 1985

Sales climbing: Upper Canada Brewing Company president Frank Heaps says sales have jumped about 60 per cent since opening in 1985

Date4/19/1998
Names
(photographer)
Format
Medium
Language
ProvenanceCourtesy: Toronto Star Photograph Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0128265F
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
Sartorial splendor: Milton Eugene, owner of Eugene Manufacturing, displays some of the ties he has produced for 660 companies in Canada. Eugene says sales are up 30 per cent this year and he plans to expand by opening outlets in Atlanta and Dallas next ye
Sartorial splendor: Milton Eugene, owner of Eugene Manufacturing, displays some of the ties he has produced for 660 companies in Canada. Eugene says sales are up 30 per cent this year and he plans to expand by opening outlets in Atlanta and Dallas next ye
12/16/1982
Some lift!, From a bosun's chair hoist at a company party yesterday Swing Stage president Dean Dunlop said, with quarterly sales for its scaffolding up 65 per cent, I can't be glum about the future.
Some lift!, From a bosun's chair hoist at a company party yesterday Swing Stage president Dean Dunlop said, with quarterly sales for its scaffolding up 65 per cent, I can't be glum about the future.
4/20/1982
A bomb threat followed realtor Ernest Ferguson's announcement that he was reducing his commission on house sales from 5 or 6 per cent to 4 per cent. The Leaside realtor suspects the call may have come from one of 9,191 other men and women who sell real es
A bomb threat followed realtor Ernest Ferguson's announcement that he was reducing his commission on house sales from 5 or 6 per cent to 4 per cent. The Leaside realtor suspects the call may have come from one of 9,191 other men and women who sell real es
5/14/1976
Drive to get away is causing a boom in the utility vehicle market, according to Bill Fleming, new president of International Harvester Co. of Canada Ltd. Sales of the rugged buggies are growing at a rate of 25 to 30 per cent a year. People want to get out
Drive to get away is causing a boom in the utility vehicle market, according to Bill Fleming, new president of International Harvester Co. of Canada Ltd. Sales of the rugged buggies are growing at a rate of 25 to 30 per cent a year. People want to get out
11/10/1977
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
These are sweet days for spice merchant Tom Horton - his sales are up 30 per cent in five years
These are sweet days for spice merchant Tom Horton - his sales are up 30 per cent in five years
8/21/1977
Testing the tax: U of T economist Peter Dungan and a colleague concluded in a study that a 9 per cent federal sales tax is likely to push by inflation.
Testing the tax: U of T economist Peter Dungan and a colleague concluded in a study that a 9 per cent federal sales tax is likely to push by inflation.
8/15/1989
Retailer Gordon Frattini, above, complains that reduction in sales tax from 7 to 4 per cent will cost him $70 for adjustments to his electronic cash register
Retailer Gordon Frattini, above, complains that reduction in sales tax from 7 to 4 per cent will cost him $70 for adjustments to his electronic cash register
4/14/1978
Mr. Vitamin E, as Bill Gutterson is called, stands in the Rexdale office of Webber Pharmaceuticals Ltd., which has increased sales by 40 per cent over last year. There's been a great revival in vitamin E. It's being used for everything from heart trouble to pollution ailments.
Mr. Vitamin E, as Bill Gutterson is called, stands in the Rexdale office of Webber Pharmaceuticals Ltd., which has increased sales by 40 per cent over last year. There's been a great revival in vitamin E. It's being used for everything from heart trouble to pollution ailments.
10/1/1971
Ready to roll: Alain Sutton, Toro's director of Canadian operations, shows the company's new snow blower, one of many products with which Toro intends to dazzle the Canadian market to the extent of some $35 million in sales per year
Ready to roll: Alain Sutton, Toro's director of Canadian operations, shows the company's new snow blower, one of many products with which Toro intends to dazzle the Canadian market to the extent of some $35 million in sales per year
9/18/1979
Big seller: Cathy Pitt, manager of A and A Record and Tapes' main store on Yonge, says compact discs represent 30 per cent of sales
Big seller: Cathy Pitt, manager of A and A Record and Tapes' main store on Yonge, says compact discs represent 30 per cent of sales
12/5/1985