It’s cheaper, the selection is much bigger, more brands are available – this is the primary reason for Canadians to cross the border and shop in the US. Add the travel, combine it with some sightseeing and you may have…
Spending
Black Friday in Canada?
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Black Friday – the pinnacle of the shopping mania used to be only an American phenomena Not any more. Canadians are willing to travel hundreds of miles in order to buy cheaper in the US malls. The recently renovated mall in…
Credit cards becoming more secure
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Do you feel swamped with technology? Smartphones, tablets, apps and other innovations are hitting the consumer with such speed that it is becoming increasingly challenging to keep up of them. Most people use only small fraction of the abilities of…
Debt: Is it good or bad?
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Bad, really bad… Drowning in debt? If you are on of those statistical units that the Canadian government tracks, you should feel like being buried under a pile of bills – your household should owe 163% of what you earn,…
iPhone users – a league of extraordinary citizens?
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Show me your smart phone and I will tell you who you are. Such a claim may sound a bit ridiculous, however, marketers spare no efforts to decipher a very lucrative enigma – who is the iPhone user and what…
Is the color of your car important?
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Of course it is. People spend lots of time choosing the color and some even buy another brand just because they fell in love with a specific color. Women in general pay more attention to the color, especially when they…
Remodeling: Homeowners are spending more
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At least that is the conclusion of a research done by the folks at RemodelOrMove.com. Once they decide to remodel, Americans on average would do three rooms or more and spend $100,000. No doubt, these are big projects aiming to…
$16,000,000,000,000
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Just trying to figure out how big this number is can give you headache. Sixteen trillion dollars. Why should we care about it? Over the last few years we were flooded with information about bailouts and what the Fed (The…
Would you pay more just because a product is better for the environment?
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Most won’t From batteries to cleaning products to home renovation to cars and homes we have been offered a choice to pay more for a product or service that is better for the environment. What do we do? More often…
Why your next new car is not likely to be electric
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Good ideas often meet resistance Gas prices are high and people complain. Some bloggers have the nerve to suggest that gas will go to $8.0 per gallon. Since newspapers have an explanation for everything, they tell us “yes, it is…