RI Report: Consumer Behavior

Quarterly Retail Insider reports tracking Canadian consumer behaviour, including shopping habits, spending priorities, demographics, loyalty, purchasing decisions, affordability pressures, and evolving customer expectations. These reports provide consumer-level intelligence for retailers, brands, landlords, suppliers, investors, and retail industry professionals.

Q3 2026 Consumer Behaviour / Retail Economy: Spending Holds Up as Shoppers Become More Selective

Craig Patterson -
Canadian consumer spending remained resilient during Q3 2026, while household financial pressure produced widening differences in purchasing behaviour. The report examines retail sales, value seeking, credit use and shopping decisions, distinguishing aggregate spending growth from changes in individual household demand.

Q2 2026 Consumer Behavior and Retail Economy: A Market Increasingly Divided

Craig Patterson -
Canadian retail in Q2 2026 was increasingly defined by a widening divide between value and premium, prime and secondary real estate, and resilient and vulnerable consumers.
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