Category: News

Online Shopping
Distribution, Logistics, News

“Prime Day” Fallout

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Holiday shopping has begun Amazon’s “Prime Day” which traditionally is held in mid-July, was delayed this year and ran instead from midnight October 13th through the 14th. Their mega-sale gave third party retailers a much needed opportunity to make up for lost revenue due to coronavirus closures.  It also generated mind blowing sales for online […]
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News, US Sales, Webinar

Doing Business in the USA – Webinars

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Understand Your Options, Determine Your Structure, Expand Your Sales The DBUSA webinars are informative online conferences dedicated to helping Canadian business owners enter the American marketplace. AmCham: Doing Business in the USA Webinar When: Nov. 17, 2020 from 10:00 am – 12:00 am (PT) Where: Online Cost: Free During COVID-19 Pandemic Info: http://amchampacific.com/events Register Presented […]
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E-Commerce, News, Warehousing

E-Commerce and the ‘Industrial Real Estate Boom.’

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Author: Bryce McDermott, General Manager, UCanTrade, Inc. As we continue to see how COVID-19 is shaping consumer behavior and the US business landscape, e-commerce has emerged as a vital, and growing, channel for many industries. In the last month, Amazon and others have announced “peak season” storage restrictions and additional charges and warehouse space is […]
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Canadian Exports, News

Innovation Leads the Way

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Business leaders and individual citizens alike are reinventing their roles to serve their respective communities. From Saanich, B.C.’s 6 year old budding comedian, Callaghan McLaughlin, who reportedly is delivering jokes to passersby from his ‘sidewalk stand’ because he “want[s] to get some smiles on people’s faces,” to B.C. utility company, Fortis BC who modified its […]
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Cross-Border Business, News

Export Assistance

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Export Assistance for Washington State Businesses Impacted by Covid-19 Coronavirus. From the office of Washington State Governor Inslee, “… to defray the costs of trade show or trade mission fees, airfare, interpreter and translation services, business matchmaking, export training programs and more.” The Washington State Department of Commerce’s STEP Vouchers are just one of many […]
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Canadian Exports, News

U.S.A. Remains ‘Key Market’ for Canadian Exporters

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Recently released, Export Development Canada (EDC)’s 2019 year-end Trade Confidence Index provides insight into Canadian exporters’ confidence moving forward into 2020. According to EDC, “the results are a pulse check of Canadian exporters’ level of confidence and their expectations of international trade opportunities over the next six months.” Their TCI survey was conducted November – […]