That represents only 2.3 per
cent of total retail trade, but growth like that suggests something meaningful is happening in the way goods are bought and sold.
Canadian online retail, in short, looks a lot like Canadian retail did 20 years ago: unimpressive, outdated and at threat of being thrashed by American retailers — many of which are already making steady progress in better serving this market.Despite the country's reputation as one of the world's most wired and digitally social people, Canadians only spent $ 18 - billion online in 2010, or 3.4 per
cent of total retail sales, according to Boston Consulting Group — well behind other developed countries such as the U.S. at 5 per cent and the United Kingdom at 13.5 per cent.
In January, MasterCard's SpendingPulse reported that Canadian e-commerce spending in December represented 7.8 per
cent of total retail sales, a new high.
In 2013 the EEG - surcharge made up 18 per
cent of the total retail price for electricity consumers.
Not exact matches
Swisse generates about 50 per
cent of its
total sales from China, both from sales made in the country and from the large volume
of vitamins bought from Australian
retailers such as Chemist Warehouse, which are then sold into China by private entrepreneurs on their own sites.
After operating costs and wastage around 17 per
cent, Coles stands to make a small but useful profit on private label milk, which accounts for more than 60 per
cent of the
retailer's
total milk sales.
The a2 product commands premium prices on
retail shelves and its share
of the
total fresh milk market by value has crept up to around 9 per
cent from 5 per
cent in 2012.
It makes up 74 per
cent of total Fairtrade
retail sales, a figure that was boosted when 170 Wild Bean cafes switched to 100 per
cent Fairtrade - certified coffee beans in both countries in 2008.
Yes, as much as the
total retail cost
of included games was little short
of $ 50 USD, these fine people believed that gamers were actually no less good - willing than they, and allowed each buyer to set their own price - to as little as 1
cent for the whole pack.