Post Tagged with: "E-commerce"

Canadian E-Commerce Market Hits $50 Billion

Statistics Canada has released its annual review of e-commerce sales in Canada. It reports that sales surged by 40 percent last year, hitting the $50 billion mark. The review provides a reminder about the importance of B2B sales and considers whether Canadian firms are becoming more innovative in their approaches […]

April 20, 2007 — Comments are Disabled — News

Statscan E-commerce Release Points to Digital Divide

Statistics Canada is out today with a new report on Canadian e-commerce trends. The data confirms that e-commerce is growing with travel, books, clothing, software, and music leading the way. It also points to substantial "window shopping" and notable differences in demographic purchasing habits (younger age groups buy music, older […]

November 1, 2006 — Comments are Disabled — News

Statscan Survey Shows Internet’s Potential and Pitfalls

My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) examines recent Statistics Canada data on Internet use. The survey found that nearly 17 million Canadians – 68 percent of the adult population – used the Internet for personal non-business reasons last year. Moreover, almost two-thirds of Canadian adults who […]

August 21, 2006 — 1 comment — Columns

Statscan Survey Shows Internet’s Potential and Pitfalls

Appeared in the Toronto Star on August 21, 2006 as Public Sector Should Step in if Private Can't Provide Canadian Internet policy has long been based on the principle of private sector leadership. The 2005 Canadian Internet Use Survey, released last week by Statistics Canada, suggests that the approach […]