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Behind The Store Front

Prepared for the Retail Council of Canada in partnership with Industry Canada By Jacobson Consulting Inc.

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Figures

Figure 1: Retail Establishment Counts
Figure 2: Store Counts Per 1000 Persons
Figure 3: Retail Commodity Sales 2004
Figure 4: Market Share of Major Commodity Groupings 2004
Figure 5: Market Share of Large Retailers — 2004
Figure 6: Operating Revenue by Trade Group — 2003
Figure 7: Operating Revenue Per Store by Trade Group
Figure 8: Sales Per Square Foot For Chains
Figure 9: Operating Revenue by Trade Group and Store Type
Figure 10: Gross Margin by Trade Group
Figure 11: Profit Margin Rate by Trade Group
Figure 12: Regional Profit Margin by Trade Group — 2003
Figure 13: Capital Investment Activity
Figure 14: Capital Expenditures 2003
Figure 15: Capital and Repair Investment — 2003
Figure 16: Labour Costs as a Share of Operating Revenue
Figure 17: Labour costs as a share of Operating Expenses
Figure 18: Growth Rates of Sales and Income
Figure 19: Selected Household Statistics by Income Quintile — 2003
Figure 20: Relationships in Household Spending — 2003
Figure 21: Incidence of Purchases
Figure 22: Household Statistics by Income Quintile
Figure 23: Home Renovation by Income Quintile
Figure 24: Import Shares of Domestic Market
Figure 25: Chinese Share of Retail-related Imports
Figure 26: Store Counts for Canada
Figure 27: Growth in Store Counts by Province 1999-2003
Figure 28: Growth in Locations by Trade Group — 1999-2003
Figure 29: Top 15 Markets by Chain Locations
Figure 30: Fastest Growing Urban Markets
Figure 31: Industry Gross Domestic Product
Figure 32: Average Annual Growth Rates of Retail Sales by Trade Group
Figure 33: Per Capita Retail Sales by Province
Figure 34: Sales of Commodities by Large Retailers
Figure 35: Employment Growth 2000-04
Figure 36: Net Employment Gains 2000-04
Figure 37: Retail Employment 1987-2004
Figure 38: Retail Employment by Class of Worker
Figure 39: Employed Workers in Retail
Figure 40: Recent Retail Employees by Sector
Figure 41: Hourly Wages
Figure 42: Retail Employment 2001
Figure 43: Retail Employment by Size of Enterprise
Figure 44: Employees by Workplace Size
Figure 45: Retail Employment Structure 2001
Figure 46: Retail Employment by Class of Worker
Figure 47: Structure of Retail Employment — 2004
Figure 48: Weekly Hours Worked
Figure 49: Labour Force Characteristics
Figure 50: Educational Attainment by Sector
Figure 51: Immigrated in the Last 5 Years
Figure 52: Prevalence of Female and Part-Time Employment
Figure 53: Labour Force Occupational Characteristics
Figure 54: Occupational Comparison — Retail and Manufacturing
Figure 55: Structure of Income by Sector
Figure 56: Structure of Income for Retail Managers By Sector
Figure 57: Employed Workers — Union Coverage — 2004
Figure 58: Average Weekly Earnings by Sector
Figure 59: Average Weekly Earnings
Figure 60: Distribution of Hourly Wage Rates — Retail Sales Occupation
Figure 61: Incidence of Health Benefits — 2001
Figure 62: Incidence of Health Benefits by Occupation — 2001
Figure 63: Structure of Tenure by Sector 2004
Figure 64: Employee Turnover Estimates
Figure 65: Worker Retention — Same Employer in 2001 and 2002
Figure 66: Same Employer in 2001 and 2002 by Region
Figure 67: Job Satisfaction 2001
Figure 68: Pay Satisfaction 2001
Figure 69: Training Activities
Figure 70: Training by Workplace Size and Employment Status

Tables

Table 1: Retail Establishment Counts
Table 2: Store Counts by Region
Table 3: Per Capita Store Counts
Table 4: Market Shares of Major Commodity Groupings — 2004
Table 5: Sales of Commodities by Large Retailers
Table 6: Market Share of Large Retailers
Table 7: Operating Revenue by Trade Group
Table 8: Operating Revenue Per Store By Trade Group
Table 9: Sales Per Square Foot for Chain Stores
Table 10: Operating Revenue by Trade Group and Store Type — 2003
Table 11: Gross Margin by Trade Group
Table 12: Profit Margin by Trade Group
Table 13: Profit Margin by Trade Group by Type
Table 14: Profit Margin Rate by Trade Group and Province
Table 15: Gross Margin by Trade Group and Province
Table 16: Structures Investment by Retail — 2003
Table 17: Machinery & Equipment Investment by Retail — 2003
Table 18: Total Investment by Retail — 2003
Table 19: Capital Expenditure by the Retail Sector
Table 20: Capital and Repair Investment in Retail — 2003
Table 21: Labour Costs by Trade Group
Table 22: Labour Costs as a share of Operating Revenue by Type
Table 23: Labour Costs as a share of Operating Expenses by Type
Table 24: Sales and Income
Table 25: Personal Disposable Income Per Capita
Table 26: Selected Household Statistics by Income Quintile
Table 27: Relationships in Household Spending — 2003
Table 28: Selected Household Expenditure Statistics
Table 29: Incidence of Purchases of Selected Goods
Table 30: Average Expenditure of Reporting Households
Table 31: Median Expenditure on Selected Goods
Table 32: Home Renovation Expenditure
Table 33: Import Shares for Key Markets
Table 34: Chinese Share of Imports for Selected Sectors
Table 35: Store Counts for Canada
Table 36: Store Counts by Province
Table 37: Store Counts by Type
Table 38: Fastest Growing Urban Markets — Chain Locations
Table 39: Top 15 Markets by Chain Locations
Table 40: Retail Trade by Trade Group
Table 41: Retail Sales Per Capita
Table 42: Sales of Commodities by Large Retailers
Table 43: Employment Gain 2000 to 2004
Table 44: Retail Employment Over Time
Table 45: Role of Women and Part-time
Table 46: Prevalence of Female and Part-time Employment
Table 47: Total Employment in Retail by Sector
Table 48: Self-Employment in Retail by Sector
Table 49: Self-Employment Share in Retail
Table 50: Structure of Retail Employment — 2004 — Shares
Table 51: Structure of Retail Employment — 2004
Table 52: Retail Employment by Class of Worker
Table 53: Retail Employed Workers
Table 54: Retail Employed Workers — 1-3 Months Tenure
Table 55: Share of Employees Recently Hired
Table 56: Retail Employed Workers by Province
Table 57: Workers with 1-3 Month Tenure by Province
Table 58: Share of Employees Recently Hired by Province
Table 59: Full-time Retail Employed Workers
Table 60: Employed Workers with Union Coverage
Table 61: Share of Union Coverage
Table 62: Hourly Earnings of Hourly-Rated Employees
Table 63: Labour Force Employment Characteristics — Census
Table 64: Retail Employment by Size of Enterprise
Table 65: Employees by Workplace Size — 2001
Table 66: Distribution of Hours Worked — 2001
Table 67: Labour Force Characteristics — 2001
Table 68: Labour Force Occupational Characteristics
Table 69: Educational Attainment by Sector
Table 70: Occupational Comparison — Retail and Manufacturing
Table 71: Structure of Income by Sector
Table 72: Structure of Income for Retail Managers by Sector
Table 73: Average Weekly Earnings
Table 74: Distribution of Wage Rates — Retail Sales Occupation
Table 75: Incidence of Health Benefits
Table 76: Incidence of Health Benefits by Occupation
Table 77: Structure of Tenure by Sector — 2004
Table 78: Employee Turnover Estimates
Table 79: Employee Mobility
Table 80: Employee Mobility by Province
Table 81: Job Satisfaction — 2001
Table 82: Job and Pay Satisfaction — 2001
Table 83: Training Received by Employees
Table 84: Training by Workplace Size and Employment Status