Retail

Point-of-sale financing companies Afterpay, Splitit and Sezzle have found their moment during the pandemic, as Canadians turn to online shopping for a quick hit of dopamine

Can I still use my Canadian Tire money?

Apps like Instacart are aiming to revolutionize how Canadians shop for groceries, but established players have their own plans to challenge them

The Japanese-styled value retailer is planning to open hundreds of stores in Canada. What will that mean for the reigning homegrown dollar store king?

Opinion: Expressing grief has become a spectacle—and when it comes to the closure of dimmed companies like Sears, it’s often misplaced, too

The retail giant has been led by five different people in four years, as it faces declining sales, store closures and layoffs

Marc Metrick, the president of Saks Fifth Avenue, on why the luxury retailer is targeting Canada

Have consumers hit their limit for buying furniture, as one Ikea executive recently claimed? Don’t bet on it. Ikea sure isn’t.

There are pitfalls for both sides: Black Friday is a ’zero-sum game’ for retailers, while Canadian shoppers can get better deals on Boxing Day

From cars to clothing to condos, the masses in Canada have developed a taste for the sumptuous—but not everything is quite as it seems