Canada's retail market now matches U.S. per capita With Target’s plan to take over Zellers storefronts, there are only three Top 10 U.S. retailers without Canadian expansion plans: Kroger, Walgreen and CVS Caremark. (source ctv.ca)

In 4 years Canada will face what demographers have dubbed "the cross-over": the day when there are more seniors than children Some of the biggest changes will have to be in the workplace. The census shows that the traditional working age population–aged 15 to 65–makes up 68.5 per cent of the total, giving Canada one of the largest workforces in the G8 relative to its size. But a large proportion of the country’s workers were on the older end of that spectrum, with 42.4 per cent between 45 and 64 years old. Therefore meaning that when you go to fill retail jobs you'll find even an older group of employees than you'll find in the U.S. (Source canadiangrocer.com)

Redbox is making its Canadian debut next month in Wal-Mart stores and convenience stores operated by Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. The company, a division of Coinstar Inc., hopes to install 2,000 to 2,500 kiosks in Canada. The DVD rental business has become a wide open market over the past year as Blockbuster Video stores closed down and Rogers began a discount clearance of its inventory of rental items. (Source canadiangrocer.com)

Quarterly Sales Report

Reitmans (Canada) 1Q same store sales down 0.7% with total sales down 1%