Canadian Retailer - Holiday 2013 - 10

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CANADIAN RETAILERS SLOW OUT OF ONLINE GATE

RCC EVENTS

Canadian online sales continue to increase year over year, at considerably staggering amounts. Statistics Canada recently reported
that the total value of online retail orders in 2012 totalled $18.9-billion, representing an increase of 25 per cent from 2010. However, this
still only accounts for 4 per cent of total retail sales in the country,
exactly half that of American retail sales (8 per cent).
StatsCan also noted that 83 per cent of Canadians used a computer
for personal purposes in 2012, leading to the big question: why are
Canadian retailers and consumers alike lagging in the adoption of
online shopping.
The Statistics Canada survey also indicated that 56 per cent of
Canadians placed an order online in 2012, representing a modest rise
from 51 per cent in 2011.
The country's largest generator of statistics also found some interesting, yet mildly misleading, data with respect to where Canadians
are buying from online. StatsCan found that 82 per cent of Canadian
consumer placed orders online from Canadian sources. But it's more
than worth noting that of these orders, many were placed through
Canadian websites of large U.S. retailers.

Human Resources Conference

The total value of orders placed
online by Canadian consumers
in 2012.

Tuesday, April 1 -
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Toronto Congress Centre,
Toronto, ON
www.retailcouncil.org/events/
retail-human-resourcesconference
STORE Conference 2014

Tuesday, June 3 -
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Toronto Congress Centre,
Toronto, ON
www.storeconference.ca
Grand Prix Awards

Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Toronto Congress Centre,
Toronto, ON
www.retailcouncil.org/events/
grandprix
For more information
concerning RCC events, visit
www.retailcouncil.org.
INDUSTRY EVENTS
NRF Convention

24%
The increase in the total
value of orders placed online
by Canadian consumers

+6.7%
The percentage increase in
total retail sales in Canada
in 2012 from 2011.

Sunday, January 12 -
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Jacob K. Javitz Convention Centre,
New York City, NY
RCC member discount available:
Members of RCC have the
opportunity to receive a discount
on registration for the 2014 NRF
Convention. For more information,
call RCC's Membership team at
1 (888) 373-8245. To download
a registration form, visit www.
retailcouncil.org/events/industry
EuroShop 2014

4%
The percentage of total
retail sales in Canada,
compared to 8%
in the U.S.

10 |

56%
The percentage of Canadian
consumers who say that
they placed an order online
in 2012, up marginally from
51% in 2011.

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Sunday, February 16 -
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Düsseldorf, Germany
www.euroshop-tradefair.com/static/
euroshop/landing/index_en.html
Events subject to change. For more
information about these events,
as well as updates and other
industry events listings, visit our
website at www.retailcouncil.
org. Send your events at least two
months in advance to cdnretailer@
retailcouncil.org.

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