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Western’s Center for Canadian–American Studies to Host Free March Screenings of Three Canadian Indigenous Films at the Pickford 2020-03-05
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Retail sales in Whatcom stores slump during holidays

For Whatcom County retailers, the holiday season was not so jolly.

Sales of goods sold in stores were down 5.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015 compared to a year earlier, according to newly released data from the Washington State Department of Revenue. Whatcom was the only county in…

2016-04-28
New BPRI study shows suffering internet sales

A new study released by the Border Policy Research Institute at Western Washington University found year-over-year sales from online retailers has slowed significantly since 2010.

Online sales is one of the largest economic drivers for border towns like Blaine and Sumas. Canadians from…

2016-04-21
Online sales slow in Whatcom border towns as loonie falters

It’s clear fewer British Columbia residents are shopping at Whatcom County stores since the Canadian currency has weakened, but it appears they also have cut back on having online products shipped here.

2016-03-29
Pharmacies fret over McKesson takeover of Rexall

A U.S. healthcare services company is poised to become the single largest player in the Canadian retail pharmacy sector, both supplying and selling drugs at retail, a move competitors say will put them at a disadvantage.

“The supplier who supplies me with medicine now competes with me…

2016-03-07
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