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Structure of Retail in Canada
A discussion of the structure and characteristics of the Canadian Retail Sector. (June 2006)

State of the Food and Consumer Products Industry - 2004 Executive Summary
Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors (CCGD), Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers (CFIG) and Food & Consumer Products of Canada (FCPC) launched the second joint report examining the state of the food and consumer products manufacturing, distribution and retail industry in Canada. (February 2005)

Sector Council Program - Partnerships at Work
Social Development Canada

Retail Trade - 2005 Results and 2006 Outlook
Conseil québécois du commerce de détail

Statistics Canada

Study: Retailers Competing for Market Share: 2006 Retail Sales in Review (July 25, 2007)
Canada's retailers enjoyed healthy growth rates in all major commodity groups in 2006, while many kept up their fierce competition for the consumer's dollar, even during this good year, according to a new study.

Retail Trade: How the Provinces Fared in 2006 (June 2007)
Canada’s retailers had their busiest year in nearly a decade in 2006, and it was consumers in the three westernmost provinces who opened their wallets more than in the past.

Study: A review of retail trade in the provinces - 2006 (June 27, 2007)
Canada's retailers had their busiest year in nearly a decade in 2006, and it was consumers in the three westernmost provinces who increased their spending the most, according to a new study.

Statistics Canada

Study: Retail Gift Cards, 2003-2005
This study examines the evolution of the offering of gift cards among large Canadian retailers from 2003 to 2005. It also gives a first glance at the results of a special survey about gift cards in the broader retail community. (December 4, 2006)

Study: Competing for the Retail Drug Market, 2005
This study analyzes drug sales by type of retailer between 1998 and 2005. (September 18, 2006)

Study: Canadian Retailers Competing for the Consumer's Food Dollar
This study examines market shares for retail sales and gross margins by different store types from 1997 to 2004. (April 11, 2006)

Retail Trade - August 2007
Statistics Canada – The Daily (October 23, 2007)
After two consecutive decreases in June and July, total retail sales increased 0.7 percent in August to an estimated $34.5 billion. Although sales in all eight retail trade sectors were up, sales by new car dealers (+3.0 percent) led the way.

Restaurants, caterers and taverns - May 2007
Statistics Canada – The Daily (July 31, 2007)
Total estimated sales of the restaurants, caterers and taverns industry reached $3.5 billion in May, a 3.2% increase from May 2006 on a year-over-year basis. (Data are neither seasonally adjusted, nor adjusted for inflation.)

Monthly Survey of Large Retailers – May 2007 (July 18, 2007)

Quarterly Retail Commodity Survey - First Quarter 2006
Statistics Canada – The Daily (July 14, 2006)
Since the beginning of 2005 and continuing into the first quarter of 2006, rising fuel prices at the pump have caused consumers to spend proportionately more of their retail dollar on automotive fuels, oils and additives.

Study: Retail trade since the turn of the millenium, 1996 to 2004
Statistics Canada – The Daily (October 17, 2005)
Canada's retail trade industry has grown at a relatively robust pace since the turn of the millennium, even though the economy encountered a series of dampening events, according to a new study that provides an in-depth analysis of retail sales nationally and provincially between 1996 and 2004.

Annual Retail Trade, 2005
Statistics Canada – The Daily (March 27, 2007)
Consumers shelled out more money at gas pumps and home furnishings stores in 2005, pushing annual retail sales to their fastest growth rate since 2002.