Statistics Canada reports that January 2016 has shown definite growth over 2015 in retail sales across all industries.
December 2015 to January 2016 growth was 3.5 per cent in the health retail sector, which was bettered only by department store and automotive parts retailers. One year growth from January 2015 to January 2016 was at 6.6 per cent with stats showing that health food retail did better than food/beverage stores and department stores combined. This growth in the health food retail sector surpasses but keeps close to the national average of 6.4 per cent over the previous year for all retail trades.
It would appear our natural health retail market is showing strength and steady gains. So how did your annual or December and January sales stack up against the national average?
