We consider ourselves a nice and honest group as Canadians, so it surprises me that retailers in this country are in a battle every day. According to a PWC 2012 Canadian Retail Survey, Canadian retailers are losing $10.8 million a day in retail ...

The recent news about Target moving into Canada was greeted with cheers from those who love the high-style, low-cost retailer. It's another U.S. store coming into the country, offering more choice for Canadian consumers. While U.S. brick and mortar ...

Recalls are a regular fixture in the news - but with so many, how do you remember them all? The federal government has decided to consolidate all of that information into one site, Healthy Canadians, that will serve as a central spot for recalls ...

Rumblings abound in the Canadian media last year about high-profile American Department stores invading this country's shores in a play for soft international expansion. "They look at us as being a safe, very consistent-with-what-they-know market, ...

Imagine being able to access evening dresses, day dresses and ballgowns - any designer, any look, any time and all for a fraction of the retail price. No, this isn't Suzanne Rogers' closet, but it could be the closest thing Canadian women have to ...

The question heading into Black Friday is not whether Canadians will save money shopping, but if they'll be going over the border to do it. Last November, 4.2 million Canadians hopped over to the United States, many of them to take advantage of ...

It's no secret that many Americans love to sue – even over the most trivial of matters. From the infamous McDonald's hot coffee-spilled-in-the-lap incident to an elderly woman suing Apple for $1 million after she walked into the door of one of ...

Admit it, you read the fashion and décor mags, are obsessed with finding the new black and have HGTV marathons penciled in as part of your regular TV viewing -- you are part of the design savvy 21st century. But for so many of us, the ...