SAMSUNG CANADA HAS become the latest high-tech giant to expand its footprint in Vancouver.
On Thursday (November 28), it announced its first Canadian research and development centre has opened in the city.
It comes not long after Microsoft Canada opened a new store in Metropolis at Metrotown. Perhaps not coincidentally, that's where Samsung launched its first Canadian retail outlet last year, which came after an Apple store was established.
Meanwhile, Vancouver-based social-media analytics firm HootSuite has been on a hiring spree after raising $165 million in the summer.
Facebook also set up shop on West Pender Street earlier this year.
Each of these are indications the broader changes taking place in the B.C. economy.
An SFU report earlier this year noted that professional, scientific, and technical services made up $10.3 billion of B.C.'s gross domestic product in 2012.
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