Retailers Compete For Customers With Holiday Promotions
Saturday, December 1st, 2012Tweet Christmas is fast approaching and shopping is on most people’s minds as the malls and stores start to become busier this time of year. Retailers are counting on big volume holiday season sales to translate into more dollars at the till. Research indicates that price will be foremost on customers’ minds this year as [...]
Father’s Day Targets Dad!
Sunday, June 10th, 2012Tweet Dad may be relaxed and content to spend time with family on Father’s Day. But, shoppers want to do more for dads and this has been ringing true at the till. Father’s Day is almost upon us. Although the holiday may not be as big as its biggest competitor, Mother’s Day, it continues to [...]
SINS Canadian Retail Index – Week Ending July 1, 2011
Saturday, July 2nd, 2011Tweet At the end of Q2 the fates of the Canadian Retail Stocks that make up the SINS Index have met a range of fates so far in 2011. Our best performing stocks YTD are: Forzani Group (+44.3%), which was taken over by Canadian Tire in Q2; Jean Coutu (+14.3%) and Dollarama (+13.5%). The stocks [...]
Canada’s Retail Execs Have A Tidy Payday
Monday, May 30th, 2011Tweet There was an interesting compensation survey in Monday’s Globe & Mail that showed the top paid executives at Canada’s largest corporations (by market capitalization). Several executives at Canadian retailers made the cut with some rather big paydays given the tight operating margins of the retail trade. Below are the retail executives that appeared in [...]
Updates: SINS Canadian Retailer Year In Review
Friday, May 20th, 2011Tweet We are pleased to announce that updates are now available for 16 Canadian Retailers in our SINS Canadian Retailer Year In Review. In this popular report we feature 23 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 [...]
Target Looks To Reach $6 Billion in Canadian Sales
Thursday, April 7th, 2011Tweet Reuters reported this week that Target will be looking to achieve $6 billion in turnover at its Canadian operations as it looks to grow to a $100 billion company in six or seven years time. Target CFO Douglas Scovanner also seemed to give the first indication that the store count in Canada could reach [...]
SINS Canadian Mobile Shopping Apps Review
Sunday, March 27th, 2011Tweet The internet revolutionized shopping over the past ten years by breaking down the walls of the store, allowing shoppers to access the store 24/7, compare products and prices across retailers, get feedback on product performance through on-line reviews and to make a purchase and have product delivered directly to their door. Music, books, video, [...]
SINS Must Read: Deloitte Global Powers of Retailing 2011
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011Tweet My favorite report on the global retail industry has just been released and you need to get a copy and give it a good read. This report reviews the performance of the Top 250 retailers in the world based on 2009 data – the latest available. It also reviews the global retail landscape with [...]
More Bad News for #3 and #4 Brands
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010Tweet Our very first post on this blog highlighted an Ad Age article about Wal-mart’s move in the US to eliminate all but one brand of lunchbags (Ziploc), in favor of creating space and sales opportunity for their PL brand – Great Value. The idea was that reducing choice would actually increase sales in the [...]
Retailers Among Canada’s Most Reputable Companies
Friday, May 7th, 2010Tweet Canadian Business and the Reputation Institute have released their annual list of the 50 Most Reputable Companies in Canada and retailers did very well with 12 of 50 spots on the list and 9 in the top 20. The Jean Coutu Group did particularly well, reaching the number two spot sandwiched in between Tim [...]
