Finance & Taxation | Retail By The Numbers | Store Operations
Retail By The Numbers
Retail By The Numbers is a monthly report issued by Retail Council of Canada. It consolidates Statistics Canada data and provides a summary of key performance measures for retail trade by sales sector and province.
Canada’s Retail Growth; Seasonally Adjusted Sales
| Percent Growth | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Category |
March 2020 to April 2020 | April 2019 to April 2020 |
 Total Retail Sales |
– 26.36% | – 32.54% |
 Core Retail |
– 20.72% | – 16.81% |
 Auto parts |
– 21.63% | – 29.11% |
 Furniture and home furnishings stores |
– 50.60% | – 64.64% |
 Electronics and appliance stores |
– 19.15% | – 22.93% |
 Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers |
– 15.68% | – 10.83% |
 Food and beverage stores |
– 12.71% | + 9.37% |
 Health and personal care stores |
– 18.10% | – 12.38% |
 Clothing and clothing accessories stores |
– 69.55% | – 84.91% |
 Sporting goods, hobby, book and music stores |
– 55.41% | – 65.70% |
 General merchandise stores |
– 18.71% | – 11.56% |
| Source: Statistics Canada. Table 20-10-0008-01 Retail trade sales by province and territory (x 1,000) | ||
