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Cross-border shopping, coupled with recession, put pressure on multinational manufacturers to bring Canadian prices of consumer electronics in line with those in the U.S.
Cross-border shopping, coupled with recession, put pressure on multinational manufacturers to bring Canadian prices of consumer electronics in line with those in the U.S.

Cross-border shopping, coupled with recession, put pressure on multinational manufacturers to bring Canadian prices of consumer electronics in line with those in the U.S.

Date12/17/1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: Cross-border shopping; coupled with recession; put pressure on multinational manufacturers to bring Canadian prices of consumer electronics in line with those in the U.S.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0015286F
Consumers are finding the prices are just too good to ignore
Consumers are finding the prices are just too good to ignore
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Throngs of serious bargain-hunters armed with credit cards and Christmas cash invade the Eaton Centre yesterday on a mission to seek and purchase marked-down shoes, electronics and leather jackets
Throngs of serious bargain-hunters armed with credit cards and Christmas cash invade the Eaton Centre yesterday on a mission to seek and purchase marked-down shoes, electronics and leather jackets
12/27/1992
Compliments of J. & J. Lugsdin, Manufacturers of Ladies' & Gentlemen's Fine Furs of Every Description
Compliments of J. & J. Lugsdin, Manufacturers of Ladies' & Gentlemen's Fine Furs of Every Description
approximately 1890
The last word in fur garments for fall 1929 H. Gruneir & Company manufacturers of high grade furs
The last word in fur garments for fall 1929 H. Gruneir & Company manufacturers of high grade furs
1929
While many busy consumers seem to like the prospect of shopping on Sunday, a letter to the editor from Kelly Breau published Dec. 14 has drawn the ang(...)
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Push-button prices
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There's a store, In North York where salespeople sometimes knock down prices of goods and it still manages to stay in business. The Forget-Me-Not-Shop(...)
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Loblaws vice-president f. w. Morley talks prices with protestor, He remained unruffled, kept smiling and pouring coffee for the housewives
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Whispers of recession grow louder every day
Whispers of recession grow louder every day
1/31/1990
Born to shop: Study shows Canadians spend more time shopping (an average of 53 minutes a day) than any other industrial nation on Earth
Born to shop: Study shows Canadians spend more time shopping (an average of 53 minutes a day) than any other industrial nation on Earth
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