Survey suggests more cross-border shoppers are staying home

The Canadian dollar’s fall in value over the past year has caused some residents north of the border to make fewer shopping trips into the U.S., according to a recent poll of people living in lower British Columbia.
Steve Mossop, president of Insights West, a Canadian market research firm, shared the results from his company’s latest survey of border-crossing habits during a Feb. 19 panel discussion in downtown Vancouver, organized by Retail Marketing and Advertising Canada, a trade group. Panelists’ commentary focused on cross-border shopping and its impacts to Canadian business.