Media Matters – SFU Business in the News – August 21
Sep 03, 2009
How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending August 21, 2009.
BC News
- Burnaby Now invited opinions on the proposed Harmonized Sales Tax. And one came from marketing prof Lindsay Meredith of SFU Business: “Small businesses are really screwed because they depend on the local consumer for their business. … If you’re having to sell to the guy in Burnaby, who comes in for a meal or comes in to get his hair cut, you know what? This is a recession, and he’s got even more tax to pay. Small business has a tough enough bloody time in this big downturn.”
Skytrain Opening
- Marketing prof Lindsay Meredith was in a Canada Line story in The Province, recalling a visit to Vienna: “I could go anywhere I wanted in the city in 22 minutes flat. You can’t go right across Vancouver in 22 minutes.” He expressed sympathy for Cambie Street merchants who lost business during Canada Line construction, but said: “You simply cannot operate large, large cities with antiquated models of transportation. It’s terrible for business. Guys that have gone with the road model, they’re all living to regret it. They’re full of cars—not moving.”