Online sales in Canada rose 72% through 2020, one of the largest eccommerce growth rates in the world, ahead of Australia, China, Germany, Japan and the US. This figure does not include food and catering services. In total, online sales made up 6.3% of all retail sales in Canada, a percentage much lower then other…
ShopHERE, launched in May of this year, will recieved C$1 million in funding from Google Canada as it expands across Canada. Originally set up as a City of Toronto initiative, the scheme is designed to help local independent businesses and artists setup online storefronts so that they can continue to operate despite lockdown measures.…
Amazon has announced it is to open two new fulfilment centres in Ontario as it seeks to keep up with the demand of ecommerce growth. The centres, located in Ajax and Hamilton, will employ 2,500 people and adds to Amazon’s expansion, which alresdy includes delivery stations in Scarborough, Stoney Creek and Etobicoke. Fueled by…
Sobeys has begun operations in its new 25,000ft facility that will see robotics used to fulfill orders. The company has been spurred forward by the rise in ecommerce grocery and the centre is the first of it’s kind in North America Michael Medline, President and CEO of Empire, Sobeys parent company, said that inspiration…
Experts have predicted that ecommerce in Canada will continue to grow, but at a slower pace through the end of this year and the start of 2021, with it expected to go down to 7.7% growth With the expected growth, reports suggest that ecommerce will continue evolving as companies experiment with new ways to…
As Canadian ecommerce continues to strengthen in the absence of brick and mortar sales, Google has made its product listing free for companies, with the majority of results on the Google Shopping tab coming from free listings This comes as Google, like many companies, are trying to capitalize on the remarkable growth of ecommerce…
Whilst many areas of the aviation industry have suffered in 2020, Mississauga based cargo airline Cargojet has seen a profitable 3rd quarter of this year Using extra safety measures to keep operating, the cargo company has profited from the influx of deliveries caused by the rise in ecommerce In total, CargoJet finished September with…
Since Google’s change to limit search queries it reports to advertisers, it has been reported that adverts have had less visibility, with a large drop in search queries relating to ad formats and device types A report released by performance agency Tinuiti saw a ‘significant drop’, with desktop text ads falling from 98% in…
UPS Canada has opened their largest sorting and delivery facility in the country as it looks to prepare for a surge of ecommerce deliveries The 850,000 square foot centre in Caledon, Ontario, is part of a C$500 million Canada investment plan UPS announced in 2018. Its aim is to cover the increase in online…
Walmart Canada is to invest C$110 million to help give customers more options with ecommerce, brick and mortar and pickup sales The company wants to offer an ‘omichannel’ shopping experience, looking to improve ecommerce and expand delivery capacity As part of the expansion, Walmart Canada is set to open 10 ‘hybrid’ locations. These will…