Online sales in Canada rose 72% through 2020, one of the largest eccommerce growth rates in the world, ahead of Australia, China, Germany, Japan and the US. This figure does not include food and catering services. In total, online sales made up 6.3% of all retail sales in Canada, a percentage much lower then other…
Speciality tea retailer DavidsTea has seen an increase in ecommerce of 145% as the company bounces back from being hard hit by the first quarter of 2020 The Montreal based firm was forced to close all but 18 of its stores in March with the company moving to mainly operate online. The move has seen…
Small business from across Canada are uniting to tackle Amazon and find a foothold online with a new website named Not-Amazon.ca, designed to connect local businesses with customers Started in the Greater Toronto Area, small businesses have joined from Halifax, Calgary and Vancouver among other places as they look to successful trade online Surveys by…
Ecommerce acceleration platform MikMak has announced its software for ecommerce enablement and analytics software is open to Canadian businesses This comes as 2020 has seen consumer demand for ecommerce accelerate the equivalent of 10 years in the course of year The company, which has seen a 200% growth this year, has also expanded into the…
A new study has shown that the 18-35 demographic has been quick to engage with ecommerce, helping the massive growth seen this year The statistics, which were correlated by ecommerce software firm Spotify, showed that people were spending more online then before the pandemic, with 80% asked saying they planned to continue shopping online in…
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) has announced that there is over 3 million .CA domains under management, reaching the mark on November 30th .CA registrations are up 34% in 2020 over 2019 as more companies adopt ecommerce, especially small businesses. .CA currently stands as the 12th largest country code domain in the world Released…
