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  • 1. Retail e-commerce and COVID-19: How online shopping opened doors while many were closing Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100064
    Description:

    The COVID-19 pandemic triggered decisions at all levels of government to try and minimize its spread, including shutting down non-essential retail establishments. This led to an abrupt shift in the Canadian retail environment, to which many industries had to adapt. This paper examines the impact of COVID-19 on retail e-commerce as a method of doing business during the first months of the pandemic.

    Release date: 2020-07-24
  • 2. Christmas Shopping: 2006 in Review Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2007065
    Geography: Canada, Census metropolitan area
    Description:

    This paper will update the analysis of what the retail trade patterns were for 2006 Christmas period. In addition, analysis is available for the first time for three of Canada's Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs). Comparable December retail sales data for Toronto, Vancouver and Montréal will be analyzed against an 'average' of the January to November period. Comparisons will also be made against the month of December in previous years. Analysis will also include a decomposition of the growth of retail sales.

    Release date: 2007-12-06
  • 3. Gift Cards: A Win-win Way to Give Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2005029
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This study looks at the growing popularity of gift cards, both with retailers and consumers. It presents some details of the types of stores that offer these cards and some of the attractions of gift cards to retailers and their customers.

    Release date: 2005-05-24
  • 4. Consumer Holiday Shopping Patterns Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2004019
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This study examines the effect of Christmas shopping on retail sales and employment during the months of November, December and January. The analysis focusses on stores registering significantly increased activity during the holiday season. These stores were grouped by the relative expensiveness of their most popular offerings during this period. This study uses data from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey and the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours.

    Release date: 2004-12-09
  • 5. On the Move with Homebuyers: Shopping for Furniture Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2004012
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article examines retail sales and household expenditures data from 1997 to 2002 to show the impact of homebuyers on furniture and appliance spending.

    Release date: 2004-05-13
  • 6. Christmas: Consumers' Season Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2003007
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Consumers buy more in December than in any other month of the year. Consumers rush to get gifts for the Christmas season while retailers rely on this period to register a high proportion of their yearly sales. The most popular stores at Christmas time are jewellery, music, toy, book, clothing, and general merchandise stores. This article examines monthly and quarterly retail sales to show the importance of Christmas for consumers and retailers.

    Release date: 2003-12-11
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  • 1. Retail e-commerce and COVID-19: How online shopping opened doors while many were closing Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202000100064
    Description:

    The COVID-19 pandemic triggered decisions at all levels of government to try and minimize its spread, including shutting down non-essential retail establishments. This led to an abrupt shift in the Canadian retail environment, to which many industries had to adapt. This paper examines the impact of COVID-19 on retail e-commerce as a method of doing business during the first months of the pandemic.

    Release date: 2020-07-24
  • 2. Christmas Shopping: 2006 in Review Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2007065
    Geography: Canada, Census metropolitan area
    Description:

    This paper will update the analysis of what the retail trade patterns were for 2006 Christmas period. In addition, analysis is available for the first time for three of Canada's Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs). Comparable December retail sales data for Toronto, Vancouver and Montréal will be analyzed against an 'average' of the January to November period. Comparisons will also be made against the month of December in previous years. Analysis will also include a decomposition of the growth of retail sales.

    Release date: 2007-12-06
  • 3. Gift Cards: A Win-win Way to Give Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2005029
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This study looks at the growing popularity of gift cards, both with retailers and consumers. It presents some details of the types of stores that offer these cards and some of the attractions of gift cards to retailers and their customers.

    Release date: 2005-05-24
  • 4. Consumer Holiday Shopping Patterns Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2004019
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This study examines the effect of Christmas shopping on retail sales and employment during the months of November, December and January. The analysis focusses on stores registering significantly increased activity during the holiday season. These stores were grouped by the relative expensiveness of their most popular offerings during this period. This study uses data from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey and the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours.

    Release date: 2004-12-09
  • 5. On the Move with Homebuyers: Shopping for Furniture Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2004012
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article examines retail sales and household expenditures data from 1997 to 2002 to show the impact of homebuyers on furniture and appliance spending.

    Release date: 2004-05-13
  • 6. Christmas: Consumers' Season Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-621-M2003007
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    Consumers buy more in December than in any other month of the year. Consumers rush to get gifts for the Christmas season while retailers rely on this period to register a high proportion of their yearly sales. The most popular stores at Christmas time are jewellery, music, toy, book, clothing, and general merchandise stores. This article examines monthly and quarterly retail sales to show the importance of Christmas for consumers and retailers.

    Release date: 2003-12-11
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