- Retail sales continue to steadily grow in Canada, thanks in part to the huge success of ecommerce, with new statistics from August showing another rise
- Growing 0.4%, to C$53.2 billion, retail saw goods such as building materials, gardening equipment and food and drink provide the largest sales, whilst apparel sales are still 12% down from August last year
- Ecommerce sales took up a bigger slice of overall sales, rising to 5.0% of total retail trade, up from 4.8% in the month before, which overall is a 60% rise year on year
