Canada Post & Borderfree team to present hassle-free cross-border shopping
23 Sep '05
4 min read
Direct Shopping: Catalogue Borderfree is more than just improved e-commerce. A significant area of growth and focus for the Company is in the catalogue business, which is significantly underdeveloped in Canada.
Bartlett says that the US catalogue industry is a $76.8 billion industry with approximately 13,000 catalogues in circulation. By comparison there are only 35 major catalogues in Canada. It's their goal to work in partnership with North American retailers to close this gap and offer Canadians greater access to the catalogue shopping experience.
Direct Shopping: Online The other main focus for Borderfree is the improvement of the online shopping experience for Canadians. Borderfree provides partner retailers with the technology and expertise to make selling their merchandise online and shipping to Canada easy, convenient and secure. The easiest way to find out the retailers who are enabled in this way is by going through Borderfree.ca.
Bartlett includes despite rising demands for online shopping in Canada, only 50 per cent of US e-commerce sites ship internationally or across the border. We're out to grow that number significantly over the coming years.
Customs Efficiencies: Canadian shoppers that shop through a Borderfree retail partner will enjoy superior home delivery service because Borderfree gives Canada Customs advance notice of shipments at the time of purchase. This eliminates border crossing hang-ups and delivery delays.
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