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Macy’s Joins CrossBorderShopping.ca

sjfine — Wed, 09 May 2012 11:48:06 PDT

We are happy to announce that Macy’s, one of the premiere department stores in the United States, has joined CrossBorderShopping.ca, and will be offering deals, coupons, discounts and sale updates to our visitors and cross border club subscribers.

Canadian Duty Free Allowances Set to Increase

sjfine — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 19:06:43 PDT

Canadian cross border shoppers received some good news in last week's federal budget.

Starting on June 1, 2012, duty free limits for cross border shoppers will increase as follows:

Mall of America Joins CrossBorderShopping.ca

sjfine — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 10:31:41 PDT

We are happy to announce that the Mall of America, the largest shopping mall in the United States, has joined CrossBorderShopping.ca, and will be offering deals, coupons, discounts and sale updates to our visitors and subscribers.

CrossBorderShopping.ca adds five new U.S. shopping destinations

sjfine — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:05:16 PDT

To help our visitors shop and save in even more locations, CrossBorderShopping.ca has recently added five new cross border shopping destinations just across the Canadian border, bringing our total number of U.S. shopping destinations to 26. The new destinations are:

Petition Launched to Increase Canadian Duty Free Limits

sjfine — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:54:15 PST

Take action to increase our outdated and unreasonably low duty free allowances.

We are happy to announce that we have launched a petition requesting that the Minister of Finance institute a personal exemption of $200 for Canadians returning from stays of less than 48 hours in the United States.

Black Friday Online Deals & Coupons are Here!

sjfine — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:42:22 PST

Get Black Friday deals here.

We have updated our Shop Online section to include the latest Black Friday deals and coupons from U.S. Online Retailers.

We will continue to update online Black Friday deals as they become availbale in the coming hours and days.

U.S. Shipping Address Directory Launched

sjfine — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:06:03 PST

We are happy to announce that we have added a U.S. Shipping Address Directory to our website.

The directory will include business listings for U.S. Shipping Address & Parcel Receiving services all along the Canada - U.S. border. Canadians who make purhcases from U.S. online retailers now have a on-stop resource for finding a U.S. Shipping Address just across the border from them.

Canadian Duty Calculator Launched

sjfine — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:45:02 PST

We are happy to announce that we have added a Canadian Duty Calculator to our website to help Canadian cross border shoppers calculate how much duty and tax they may have to pay when bringing goods across the border or having goods shipped to Canada from U.S. online retailers.

U.S. Sales Tax – Which States Offer the Lowest Sale Tax Rates?

sjfine — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:37:22 PST

Many U.S. states that are popular cross border shopping destinations for Canadians have lower sales tax rates than Canadian provinces, and some offer sales tax exemptions on items that are of particular interest to Canadian shoppers, such as groceries, clothing, footwear, baby supplies and cars.

Are Canadian Duty Free Allowances Going to Increase?

sjfine — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:31:40 PDT

Recently, the U.S. has been urging the Canadian government to increase same-day duty free allowances for Canadians returning from shopping in the United States.