Canada's border trade falters
30-Jul-2004
CANADA. Dollar sales at Canada's border stores fell by 6.5% in the first five months of the year to C$60.4m ($46m) as the expected recovery from last year's downturn failed to materialise.
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Sales fell back to 1999 levels last year as a result of a large reduction in tourist volumes, and analysts had predicted that 2004 would see a return to
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