Canadian Retail Thread

[Gerrard]

I think it's great all these U.S. retailers want in on the Canadian landscape.

However, I have to say my favorite shopping city in the world is probably Paris. There's high end, there's low end but there's also a lot of middle end as well (something North America kinda lacks). But my favorite thing about shopping in Paris is the amount of stores that may sell just one thing, there's a store that may only sell finger puppets, chocolate or salts etc. but they aren't part of any chain and their window displays are always works of art enticing you to enter to browse, even if you have no intention of purchasing what they are selling. Plus, food halls, food halls food halls. And of course bookstores, that aren't big box, with knowledgeable staff that are made for browsing (something I'd need a time machine or transportation to find now).

All of it makes shopping there a joy rather than a sport.