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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
Low, Canada: Northern neighbor’s economy sags

Sitting here in the Northwest, we can be forgiven for having a distorted picture of Canada.

Seattle has more than a little Vancouver envy, looking at a nearby city so prosperous, so beautiful, so cosmopolitan — and yet so tolerant in that Canadian way.

2016-04-18
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
Online sales in border town slows with weak Canadian dollar

Fewer Canadians appear to be ordering products online and having it shipped to Washington as the Canadian dollar weakens against the U.S. dollar.

2016-03-28
Northern Exposure: Loonie’s Fall Is Freezing Up Business at Border

When Edaleen Dairy opened the first of three new outlets in Washington state, the Canadian dollar was worth about the same as the U.S. dollar and shoppers were flowing across the border from British Columbia.

2016-03-02
Point Roberts dulled by sagging loonie

They're definitely feeling the pinch in the Point. Businesses in the tiny U.S. peninsula of Point Roberts have seen sales fall along with the declining Canadian dollar, but that doesn't mean shoppers have stopped crossing the line entirely.

Border crossings into Point Roberts…

2016-02-17
What’s next for cross-border spending in Whatcom and Canada

It’s Canada’s turn to host the cross-border shopper, but it may not be at the level of spending seen in the U.S. when the loonie was strong.

That’s one conclusion from TD Economics, a Canadian firm that released a report about cross-border spending on Monday, Feb. 8. The report indicates…

2016-02-09
Cross-border traffic into Whatcom the slowest in five years

With the Canadian dollar remaining weak throughout 2015, last year was the slowest in terms of local southbound border traffic in five years.

Last year just under 13.4 million people entered Whatcom County through the five border crossings, 2.5 million people fewer than in 2014, according…

2016-01-25
Canadian analyst predicts all-time low for the loonie

The value of the Canadian dollar may drop to an all-time low by the end of the year.

The loonie slipped to 69.9 cents on the U.S. dollar on January 11, the first time it’s dipped below 70 cents since 2003, and Canada’s top-ranking forecaster says the decline hasn’t stopped.

David…

2016-01-21
WWU students study freight traffic at border

Western Washington University’s Border Policy Research Institute is involved in a two-year project researching the movement of freight across the U.S.-Canada border at the Sumas, Lynden and Blaine truck crossings.

The project with the Whatcom Council of Governments involves Western…

2015-11-17
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