Coronavirus

Ipsos have released new research indicating that as Canadians begin to resume more and more of their day-to-day lives and as areas of the country enter phase 3 and 4, consumer trust in businesses to k...Learn More

Retail Council of Canada is proud to be a sponsor and supporter of Canada United, a joint effort with other organizations across Canada to support local merchants & businesses. RCC encourages retailer...Learn More

Diane Brisebois, President & CEO of Retail Council of Canada, said retailers are adapting to demand dictated by the pandemic. “We do predict that what will be sold will be very different from what w...Learn More

Google mobility data shows travel to retail and recreation locations on PEI has reached levels comparable to the months leading up to the pandemic. While those numbers have increased since April and M...Learn More

Earlier this month, when Quebec unveiled its indoor masking rule, it initially established fines only for businesses who fail to enforce the rules, leaving individual penalties to a later announcement...Learn More

Retail Council of Canada notes with cautious optimism that the May retail numbers reported recently by Statistics Canada provide some hope that consumers are returning to retail stores but continues ...Learn More

Michael LeBlanc, Senior Retail Advisor, Retail Council of Canada, on CJOB discussing a number of timely issues including Canadian retail sales in the COVID era, the acceleration of eCommerce, and the ...Learn More

Each week, Leger publishes a survey conducted in partnership with the Association for Canadian Studies (ACS), helping us better understand the attitudes and behaviours of Canadians in the face of the ...Learn More

Provincial governments continue to announce tentative plans and details of what school will look like for this coming fall. As retailers consider their back-to-school strategies and product mix, we ha...Learn More

Released today, Statistics Canada”s study “Willingness of Canadians to use a contact tracing application” suggests that only 56% of Canadians would be somewhat or very likely to use a contact tr...Learn More