November 2011

SINS Canadian Retail Index – Week Ending November 25, 2011

Sunday, November 27th, 2011

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Save On Foods Focuses On Local Foods

Friday, November 25th, 2011

Tweet The definition of local food can be defined in many ways, but the most common definition is that of 100 miles.  Is this 100-mile definition attainable for Canadian consumers?  Are we only able to eat certain local foods, whereas others have to be imported from other countries or other far-off areas of our own [...]

Target Watch: Video Games, Doritos and Mountain Dew

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

Tweet Recently we were in Minneapolis touring Target stores in advance of our Canada 101 session and we saw a unique display that shows great understanding of shopper needs and the out of the box thinking about merchandising for which Target is famous. The display pictured below is located in the “PFresh” food section and [...]

SINS Canadian Retail Index – Week Ending November 18, 2011

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

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SINS Canadian Retail Index – Week Ending November 11, 2011

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

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A Special Message From Zellers

Saturday, November 12th, 2011

Tweet Many of you have likely seen the Zellers holiday television commercials that are on-air right now and also making the rounds on YouTube. In our mind this is an excellent execution and a great way of getting people talking about Zellers again after almost 10 months of non-stop Target talk. Some industry folks we [...]

Updates: SINS Canadian Retailer Year In Review

Friday, November 4th, 2011

Tweet We are pleased to announce that updates are now available for six Canadian Retailers in our SINS Canadian Retailer Year In Review. In this popular report we feature 24 of the largest publically traded retailers in Canada in concise one-page snapshots, which highlight the key achievements over the past year and a glimpse at [...]