Retail and wholesale

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This article analyses Holiday retail sales in 2004 by commodity as well as by province and territory using data from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey and the Quarterly Retail Commodity Survey. Western Canadians led the country last Christmas in December 2004, with Albertans spending more per capita in retail stores than consumers in any other province. For Canada as a whole, the pace of growth in sales in stores doubled in December 2004 compared with the same month in 2003. What did shoppers buy besides toys and clothing? Jewellery, cameras and small electrical appliances were very popular gift items for the season.

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This study provides an in-depth analysis of retail trade growth nationally and provincially, and explores the underlying socio-economic-demographic forces since the turn of the millennium. The automotive retail sector is given a closer look because of its ability to dictate retail sales growth during the period. This study uses data from a fleet of Statistics Canada surveys, including Monthly Retail Trade Survey, Provincial Economic Accounts, New Motor Vehicle Sales, Canadian Vehicle Survey, Motor Vehicle Registration, and 2002 Homeowner Repairs and Renovations Survey.

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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.

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If the products and services listed do not satisfy a user's need, a product can be produced as a special request. Examples include special data retrievals or merges using any of the division's computer files. Custom-tailored analysis or sets of data generated through client defined parameters can also be arranged.

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In addition to the data published in CANSIM table 80-0011, Annual retail store survey, financial estimates by store type and trade group based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (Dollars unless otherwise noted), the following data are available on a cost recovery basis for chain stores only:

- estimates for all major financial variables at the Census Metropolitan Areas (CMA) level, all Trade Group combined (total retail).

- estimates of sales by store location ( street, shopping center, other) at the Canada level, by Trade Group.

- estimates of total operating revenue, total operating expenses, cost of goods sold and total labour expenses per square foot at the Canada by Trade Group.

- Special data tabulations with more detailed financial variables (revenues and expenses) are also available at various levels of the NAICS for all provinces and territories (subject to Statistics Canada's confidentiality rules).

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In addition to the data published in CANSIM table 80-0018 and 80-0019, Retail commodity survey based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), quarterly (Dollars), and in CANSIM table 80-0009, Survey of large retailers, monthly (Dollars), the following data from the Quarterly Retail Commodity Survey are available on a cost recovery basis:

- Quarterly estimates of sales by commodity and by trade group groupings at the Canada level. There are 8 trade group groupings available: Automotive, Clothing and Accessories Stores, Furniture, Home Furnishings and Electronics Stores, General Merchandise Stores, Building and Outdoor Home Supplies Stores, Miscellaneous Retailers, Food and Beverage Stores and Pharmacies and Personal Care Stores.

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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.

Description: This table contains 52 series, with data for years 1981 - 2004 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years), and was last released on 2004-05-26. This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 items: Canada ...), Estimates (3 items: Inventories;Coefficient of variation;Weighted response rate ...), Trade group (14 items: Total all trades;Food; beverage; drug and tobacco products ...), Seasonal adjustment (2 items: Unadjusted;Seasonally adjusted ...).

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Wholesale trade inventories, available for all members under adjustments and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) dimensions, available on a monthly basis, for Canada, in dollars x 1,000.

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Retail sales, by commodities classified under the North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2022 and by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 2022, quarterly, Canada.

Description: Wholesale trade, financial statistics which include: sales of goods (dollars x 1,000) and cost of goods sold (dollars x 1,000), by wholesale commodities classified under the North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) Canada 2022, annual, Canada.

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Annual wholesale trade survey, financial estimates by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) 41, which includes all members under Financial estimate, annual, in dollars unless otherwise indicated, Canada, provinces, and five years of data.

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Estimates of financial variables, including operating revenue and expenses, for motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers. Data are presented on an annual basis for Canada and provinces in dollars x 1,000.

Description: Retail services price index (RSPI) by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Monthly data are available from January 2008. The table presents data for the most recent reference period and the last four periods. The base period for the index is (2013=100).

Description: Retail services price index (RSPI) by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Monthly data are available from February 2008. The table presents data for the most recent reference period and the last four periods. The base period for the index is (2013=100).

Description: Retail Services Price Index (RSPI) for food and beverage stores, by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Monthly data are available from January 2008. The table presents data for the most recent reference period and the last four periods. The base period for the index is (2013=100).

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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.

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This article looks at trends in the Canadian retail clothing industry from 1997 to 2002. Findings include the following: there is a growing market share of unisex clothing stores at the expense of specialized men's and women's clothing stores, most clothing spending is for women's wear and there exists a similarity between men's and women's buying patterns. The information is based on data from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey and the Quarterly Retail Commodity Survey.

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The Canada e-Book is an online version of the Canada Year Book with texts, tables, charts and audio clips that present the country's economic and social trends. The Canada e-Book illustrates Canada and Canadians under four broad headings: The Land, The People, The Economy, and The State. You will find a wealth of information on topics including the human imprint on the environment, population and demography, health, education, household and family life, labour force, arts and leisure, industries, finance, government and justice. All Canadians will enjoy this useful reference that helps explain the social, economic and cultural forces that shape our nation.

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Food manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers have managed to sustain reasonable returns during the 1990s despite the challenges posed by the advent of free trade agreements and the changing eating habits of the population. This article looks at the returns on investment for businesses operating in the domestic food sector during the 1990s.

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Among the many changes in retail trade over the past century is the relatively recent emergence and expansion of big-box stores. This study determines what share of the total chain-store market has been accounted for by big-box stores in recent years in terms of sales, floor space and number of locations. It also compares the effectiveness of big-box stores to other stores, using median sales per square foot as an indicator.

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This study has two goals. The first is to determine what share of the total chain-store market big-box stores have carved out for themselves in recent years - in terms of numbers and locations, sales and floor space. This information is useful for those concerned with changing market structures, as well as for the general public. Secondly, the "effectiveness" of big-box stores is then compared with that of other stores.

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We develop an approach to estimating variances for X-11 seasonal adjustments that recognizes the effects of sampling error and errors from forecast extension. In our approach, seasonal adjustment error in the central values of a sufficiently long series results only from the effect of the X-11 filtering on the sampling errors. Towards either end of the series, we also recognize the contribution to seasonal adjustment error from forecast and backcast errors. We extend the approach to produce variances of errors in X-11 trend estimates, and to recognize error in estimation of regression coefficients used to model, e.g., calendar effects. In empirical results, the contribution of sampling error often dominated the seasonal adjustment variances. Trend estimate variances, however, showed large increases at the ends of series due to the effects of fore/backcast error. Nonstationarities in the sampling errors produced striking patterns in the seasonal adjustment and trend estimate variances.

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Statistics Canada's annual retail trade surveys are undergoing changes. Two activities underlie these changes. The re-design of our annual retail trade questionnaires is one. The other is the conversion from the 1980 Standard Industrial Classification (1980 SIC) to the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS). These activities will have significant impacts on the output of the annual surveys.

This paper has two goals. The first is to inform retail store data users, industry analysts, trade associations and other stakeholders about these changes. The second is to consult with stakeholders on possible data outputs resulting from the changes.

The paper is organized into five parts. Following the introduction, Part II describes the outputs from the current surveys and compares and contrasts the current outputs with the new. Part III focuses on the introduction of NAICS codes and the changes in coverage for retail trade. In Part IV, the benefits resulting from the above changes are outlined. The final part (Part V) seeks comments or suggestions from data users, retail trade associations and industry specialists on the release of data products as a result of the changes to the surveys.

Description: This survey collects detailed information about retail commodity sales in Canada to produce estimates of the distribution of the sales of various commodities at the national level, for different types of retail outlets in Canada.

Description: This survey collected data on sales of merchandise by vending machine operators through automatic vending machines, type of machine, percentage distribution of vending machines and sales, and by location for Canada and the provinces.

Description: The Monthly Retail Trade Survey collects sales, e-commerce sales, and the number of retail locations by province, territory, and selected Census Metropolitan Areas (CMA) from a sample of retailers.

Description: This monthly survey collects retail sales for all department stores classified under North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 452110 (including concessions such as travel center or restaurant sales). The data collected from this survey is integrated with the data collected from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (record number 2406) and is released at the same time as the latter.