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…
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…
Several delivery companies have readied for what could potentially be the busiest Christmas period in terms of online shopping and deliveries Both Canada Post and FedEx have brought in new employees as the they expect to see massive increases in ecommerce shopping before and after Christmas In a recent survey by FedEx, they found that…
Purolator CEO John Ferguson has said the company is expecting to deliver 46 million packages through December this year The Canadian courier is seeing package volume 10% higher then expected as large and small businesses alike move to online sales this Christmas season Total deliveries for Purolator are up 50% whilst ecommerce based deliveries have…
Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday have given small businesses a good start to the Christmas season as online sales climbed Ecommerce platform provider Bigcommerce saw sales increase 74% during the 5 day period with the Sunday sales rising 86% year over year The total number of orders from the Thursday to Monday period increased…
ShopHERE, launched in May of this year, will recieved C$1 million in funding from Google Canada as it expands across Canada. Originally set up as a City of Toronto initiative, the scheme is designed to help local independent businesses and artists setup online storefronts so that they can continue to operate despite lockdown measures.…
