Retail Spending

• Canada leading most countries in retail sales. Why is spending so high?

  Canadian retail sales climbed 2.4 per cent in March compared with the same month a year earlier, outperforming most developed markets around the world, a new report shows.

  Consumer

  Jun 19, 2023
  
• Slower gas, food spending drove September drop in retail sales

  Sales at gas stations fell 2.4 per cent as prices fell in September, Statistics Canada said.

  Economy

  Nov 22, 2022
  
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• Have Canadian shoppers hit their spending limit?

  Households are looking increasingly spent, many experts have begun to suggest, and a ceiling on growth in the near term has perhaps been hit.

  Canada

  Mar 2, 2016
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• Jump in gas prices fuels uptick in consumer spending, StatsCan says

  Sales at gasoline stations have increased five months in a row, following seven consecutive decreases, federal statistics agency says.

  Canada

  Aug 21, 2015
• Falling traffic to malls, consumer debt fuel retail upheaval: Reitmans

  Several forces are conspiring against the country's traditional retailers, many of whom have faced a reckoning.

  Canada

  Apr 2, 2015
• Wave of retail bankruptcies a sign Canadians are tapped out?

  Target is the latest victim in what’s undeniably a difficult market for retailers at present. But that’s not because shoppers have reined in spending.

  Canada

  Jan 16, 2015
• Loonie lower amid sliding retail sales

  The Canadian dollar was lower Friday amid data showing a bigger than expected drop in December retail sales and tame inflation.

  Money

  Feb 21, 2014
• Retail sales rise in September: StatsCan

  Statistics Canada says retail sales rose 1.0 per cent in September to $40.7 billion.

  Money

  Nov 22, 2013