Doing Business in the USA Seminar Understand Your Options, Determine Your Structure, Expand Your Sales Event type: In-class seminar Date: Friday, November 30, 2018 Time: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Pacific Time Place: Civic Hotel 13475 Central Avenue, Surrey, BC Fee: $75.00 CAD plus GST (per attendee) CLICK HERE TO REGISTER (Registration deadline: November 26, […]
By: Jim Pettinger Many Canadian entrepreneurs (including your writer) have used this strategy to enter the U.S. market from Canada. While this formula can work, pre-planning always makes sense. That’s why this newsletter attempts to provide information about resources and upcoming events to provide help before preventable, time-delaying and costly issues can occur. In particular, […]
By: Jim Pettinger, President UCanTrade, Inc. For a foreign company entering the U.S. market, setting prices can be a challenge, especially when trying to factor in fluctuating exchange rates. There’s no simple answer, but most companies would do themselves a favor by setting aggressive prices, and then doing the marketing and sales work necessary to […]
Whether it was to catch a cheaper flight from Bellingham to Las Vegas or to shop at an I-5 outlet mall, since 2013 many British Columbians were flocking to the nearest lower-mainland border crossing and travelling to the states in search of a good deal. However, a weakened Loonie curbed many Canadian shoppers who’d been […]
Research presented by Export Development Canada (EDC) suggests small to medium sized businesses, regardless of their success domestically, will ‘do even better’ if they export. Among the potential benefits that their research showed were fast growth and a high rate of return on both revenue and investment. Click this link to read their complete article, […]
By: UCanTrade Staff According to Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) Magazine, not only are Canada and the US top global investment partners, they also share the ‘largest bilateral trade relationship’ in the world. Even with existing US Protectionist trade barriers, CME reports the US account for 74% of Canada’s exports. Due to a recovering US […]