The spending spirit: retail sales are finally picking up
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Many retailers are benefiting from an increase in consumer spending during the 1996 Christmas season. Experts predict that 1996 retail sales will exceed those of 1995 by 4% to 5%. Early sales and deep discounts are largely unnecessary due to more shoppers and more tightly controlled inventories.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1996
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Changing channels: high-tech TV threatens cable's traditional dominance
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Direct-to-home services and wireless cable services are challenging the market dominance of Canada's cable television industry. Cable companies feel phone companies are their greatest threat. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission supports open competition.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1996
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The big money speaks; why a campaign against CEO pay is sure to fail
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Shareholder activist Yves Michaud has launched a campaign to cap bank CEO salaries at 20 times over the average employee's earnings. However, his reform measures have little chance of winning at Royal Bank because institutional investors side with bank management on the issue.
Publication Name: Maclean's
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0024-9262
Year: 1997
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