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…
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…
Neighbourhood associations and small businesses are looking to more creative ideas to engage with customers ahead of the christmas season Many local Business Improvement Area’s have looked to innovate and find new ways to connect with local customer bases. In Oakville and Beach Village, Toronto, online gift guides have been created to directly link customers…
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…
A new report by Scotiabank found that 7 out of 10 small businesses asked said they were confident having survived Covid-19’s second wave and lockdown measures A further 4 in 10 said that they were ‘very’ or ‘extremely’ confident for the future. The report saw that many businesses feel far better equipped then prior to…
The company, which specialises in providing samples of products to customers, had to close due to the pandemic, but has flourished online, with second quarter sales up 35% in April from the previous 3 months CEO and founder Marie Chevrier Schwartz said that when looking at the pandemic “We went pretty quickly from ‘Uh-oh’…
The Ottawa based company recorded a profit of US$36 million for the second quarter of this year. Reported in US dollars, Shopify recorded their adjusted earnings at $129.4 million, up $10.7 million from this time last year. Financial market data firm Refinitiv had expected the company to be reporting a net loss this year,…
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.…
Google has announced that it is making nearby products easier to discover with new shopping UI features, such as a ‘nearby’ filter, and greater visibility of curbside and in-store pickup labels This comes after the company said that it had seen searches for “curbside pickup’ rise “tenfold” in the last few months Adobe’s Digital…