Our Sears is still boarded up as well but Nordstrom is arriving sometime this year.....can't wait. Fingers crossed that they have a nice selection of petites in store.

We're also getting a Simons which should be good. My MIL lives in Montreal and has raved about how nice it is.

Let's hope Danier keeps afloat. I read recently that it's one of the many Canadian stores that may face trouble. I picked up a black moto jacket in the fall....sale on sale price which was awesome....and they shortened the zippered sleeves to fit my little arms perfectly for just $25. I was impressed.

I remember how Gap was kind of a luxury brand growing up, and was shocked to discover how cheap the jeans could be in the US. Now that I live in the US, I find the price difference disturbing, and refuse to buy in Canada what I can buy in the US, unless it's an "emergency" situation. It's worth it to save up and visit the US, either in Buffalo, Seattle, Detroit, etc. There are services where you can rent a US postal box and have items delivered there, and then pick them up when you're able to.

lisap - thank you! It's fun seeing all the familiar names. SImons used to be one of my fave places to shop..
To all the US-based fabbers - with the weakening Canadian $, shopping in Montreal will be actually a good deal for you!

I wish Danier would sell to theUS; from what I've seen they have great stuff and I'd happily buy from them. Or maybe I don't wish they did...

My DH and I were hoping to visit Montreal in April but now his dad's gotta have a medical procedure in March so that may not happen, boo.

When my sister lived in Toronto I found the prices were quite high - even at the second hand shops! Living in Israel, I certainly do have occasional Nordstrom's frustration, and there really isn't the concept of returning for cash. Zara, which is well represented, allows store credit and that seems like a luxury. On the other hand, I have access to some amazing thrift and second hand shops stocked with European clothes (Israelis love to travel and love to shop when they travel), and the prices are less than the equivalent stores in New York. We also get imports of European (particularly Spanish) and Australian shoes like Senso, free shipping and returns from ASOS and shopbop, and once in a while JCrew, and the places shipping here seems to grow daily. So I am not complaining!

Here's a rub for those of us in Australia... Some brands would charge around 25% MORE on the Australian site than the US when our dollar was better than the USA so the item should have cost us LESS. We would still pay shipping. Now I can get things from the UK to Australia when the $ exchange price is the same, they take OFF the UK VAT and then the shipping is less than the cost of the bus fare to the stores here! That all adds up to scam from US retailers in my books.... On top of the price differential of the item, postage differs between $6-$10 from the UK to $60-70 from the USA... I do believe it is further to the UK than the USA... So I can only imagine how it feels being in Canada

shevia - I was actually researching companies shipping to Israel (my friends there have just had a baby) and found out that nextdirect ships worldwide (including Israel).