Pet Retail
Coverage of pet supply retailers, pricing pressures, consumer behaviour, and category trends.
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Reports
Structured intelligence across Canadian retail sectors, ecosystem, and market trends
- Quarterly analysis of key retail sectors
- Coverage of retail ecosystem players
- Insights across luxury, e-commerce, and emerging trends
Retail Sector Reports
Category-level analysis of Canadian retail operators across key sectors.
Food Service
Quarterly review of food service operators, traffic trends, expansion, and competitive shifts.
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Grocery
Insights on performance, pricing, consumer trends, and outlook for Canada’s grocery sector.
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Apparel & Fashion
Retail activity, performance, openings, and strategy across Canadian fashion operators.
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Home Furnishings
Analysis of demand, retailers, store activity, and trends in the home furnishings market.
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Health & Beauty
Trends, category shifts, retail activity, and brand performance in health and beauty.
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Sporting Goods & Outdoor
Performance and trends across sporting goods, outdoor retail, and related operators.
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Jewelry & Watches
Market overview, retailer activity, consumer trends, and sector highlights.
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Books & Entertainment
Experiential retail, fandom culture, gaming, cinema, collectibles, and evolving consumer behaviour across books and entertainment retail.
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Retail Ecosystem
Analysis of the infrastructure powering retail — real estate, technology, logistics, and services.
Real Estate & Leasing
Trends, leasing activity, redevelopment, and outlook for Canadian retail real estate.
Retail Technology
Technology investment, AI, POS, digital transformation, and tools shaping retail operations.
Marketing & Media
Retail media, advertising, brand strategy, customer engagement, and shopper marketing trends.
Government Policy & Regulation
Government policy, regulation, trade rules, compliance, and industry codes affecting retailers.
Logistics & Supply Chain
Supply chain pressures, delivery models, capacity, fulfilment, and retail logistics innovation.
Design & Construction
Retail development, store design, buildouts, construction activity, and project delivery.
Loss Prevention & Security
Retail theft, security tools, risk mitigation, fraud prevention, and operational resilience.
Cross-Sector Insights
Intelligence across positioning, channels, and evolving retail dynamics.
Retail Economy
Macroeconomic trends, inflation, sales activity, consumer confidence, and broader retail indicators.
Broad Retail Trends
Broad shifts in Canadian retail, including consumer behaviour, affordability, labour, technology, loyalty, and changing expectations across sectors.
Luxury Retail Trends
Performance, strategy, positioning, and consumer insights across Canada’s luxury retail market.
Value/Discount Retail Trends
Discount, value, price sensitivity, household spending pressure, and affordability-led retail behaviour.
E-commerce & Omnichannel
Channel shifts, digital performance, fulfilment, marketplace strategy, and omnichannel execution.
Consumer Behaviour
Changing shopper expectations, affordability pressures, loyalty shifts, and evolving demand patterns.
Latest Reports
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Q1 2026 Value + Discount + Off-Price Retail Report: Value Gets Costlier To Deliver
Q1 2026 showed value retail is still winning trips, but it’s getting costlier to deliver. Expansion, discount formats, and real estate moves raised the stakes.
Q1 2026 Luxury Retail Report: Flagships Expand as Brands Seek Greater Control
Q1 2026 luxury in Canada split in two: brands doubled down on flagships and boutiques, while platforms and department stores faced restructuring risk.
Q1 2026 Policy & Regulation Retail Report: Compliance Costs Rise As Provinces Diverge
Q1 2026 saw hiring rules, Quebec pilots, tariff volatility, and food affordability moves collide—raising compliance costs and widening gaps between prepared and exposed operators.
Q1 2026 Broad Retail Trends Retail Report: Polarized Spending Forces Hard Choices
Q1 2026 split Canadian retail into premium worth paying for and value cheap enough to forgive. Here’s who’s winning, who’s exposed, and what to watch next.
Q1 2026 Marketing & Media Retail Report: AI And DOOH Reprice Attention In Canada
Q1 2026 repriced attention: AI reshaped discovery, DOOH and CTV moved toward performance, loyalty partnerships deepened ecosystems, and promo automation protected margins.
