Tag: Canadian Retail

Canadian Consumer Spending Intentions Lag Global Peers

September 12, 2023

Canada’s uneventful, but huge debt and frothy shelter costs, may finally come home to roost. Credit rating-giant Transunion released the results of its Q3 2023 Consumer Pulse Survey. Amongst the insights was the share of households expecting to consume more, revealing how a country stacks up to its peers. When it comes to households spending […]

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Canadian Retail Spending Is Up, And Nearly A Third of Growth Was Building Supplies

April 28, 2021

Many Canadian retail stores closed, but households are still finding ways to spend. Statistics Canada (Stat Can) data shows retail spending made a big jump in February. The rise in sales was strong in the building materials and gardening categories. Combined, both of those trends represented nearly a third of all annual growth. The combination […]