Trends, fads, time – like all apparel companies, London-based Illbury + Goose has endured its share of the familiar tests in a notoriously fickle industry. To that you can add a pandemic that left many merchants, including small clothing retailers, scrambling to reinvent their business, and – now – a U.S-triggered trade war that’s slapped […]
A Free Press reader says U.S. President Donald Trump changes his "mind" on a whim and "is not a rational person."
Two London manufacturers have shaken off industry uncertainty to settle collective agreements delivering wage, benefit increases to workers.
Rachel Gilbert spoke with Norman De Bono about Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada-made automobiles and the threat facing the sector
London-area home sales are the latest casualty in the U,S.-Canada tariff and trade war.
Ontario's southwest will bear the brunt of the tariff war between Canada and the U.S., with the London region projected to lose 11,500 jobs, a new Ontario report says.
The Canada-U.S. trade war is hurting more than business and industry, driving up costs and reducing funding to non-profit and charitable agencies, according to a London umbrella group for the sector. Of nearly 100 London and area agencies surveyed, 65 per cent said costs will rise and more than 50 per cent said they will […]
The cost of many new vehicles on dealership lots across Canada will soon climb. Canada’s counter-tariffs on U.S.-made vehicles will hike the price about $5,000 to $6,000 on average when they hit lots here, with amounts ranging from $2,500 to $12,000, depending on the vehicle, industry experts say. “Every automotive manufacturer is meeting with dealers, […]
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Hit hard by U.S. tariffs and slow sales, Cami Assembly is cutting 450 jobs and shutting down for several months.
U.S.-Canada trade tensions led to a steep drop in Canadians heading south last month – a trend that, if it continues, could help boost the London region’s tourism sector, an industry watcher says. Some 1.5 million Canadians made return trips to the U.S. by car in March, a 31.9 per cent drop from the same […]
Trump's "tariffs on everybody" policy offers a glimpse of what may come: the U.S. against the world, with Russia its only great power ally