Sections
| Title | Starting Page | Number of Pages |
|---|
| Cover Page | 1 | 1 |
| List of Contents and Tables | 2 | 1 |
| Table/Chart: Tabular Data Analysis | 2 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 3 | 1 |
| General Merchandise Stores in Canada - Category Analysis | 4 | 1 |
| Key Data Insights | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 Developments | 4 | 1 |
| General merchandise stores summary | 4 | 1 |
| Key Industry Trends | 4 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 5 | 1 |
| Allure of Discount Retail | 5 | 1 |
| Graph - Reconceptualising Physical Space | 5 | 1 |
| Industry Performance | 5 | 1 |
| Dollarama capitalises on trading down amid department store closures | 5 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 6 | 1 |
| Hudson's bay closures accelerate shift to high-throughput discount formats | 6 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 7 | 1 |
| Graph - Chart 3 Value Sales 2020-2030 | 7 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 8 | 1 |
| Sales of General Merchandise Stores by Category | 8 | 1 |
| Graph - Retail rsp ex VAT - CAD million current | 8 | 1 |
| What's Next? | 8 | 1 |
| Contrasting outlook for variety stores and department stores | 8 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 9 | 1 |
| Chart 5 Analyst Insight for General Merchandise Stores | 9 | 1 |
| Dollarama and giant tiger boost private label to defend margins | 9 | 1 |
| Graph - GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 10 | 1 |
| Graph - Chart 7 Forecast Value Sales by Category 2025-2030 | 10 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 11 | 1 |
| Graph - Forecast Sales of General Merchandise Stores by Category | 11 | 1 |
| Competitive Landscape | 11 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 12 | 1 |
| Graph - Chart 8 Dollarama and Other Dollar Chains Become the Default One-Stop Shop for Everyday Items | 12 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 13 | 1 |
| Company Shares of General Merchandise Stores | 13 | 1 |
| Table/Chart: % Share (GBO) = Retail Value RSP ex VAT - 2025 | 13 | 1 |
| Table/Chart: Tabular Data Analysis | 13 | 1 |
| Table/Chart: Brand Shares of General Merchandise Stores % Share (LBN) - Retail ex VAT Value RSP 2025 | 13 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 14 | 1 |
| Political | 14 | 1 |
| Graph - Economic | 14 | 1 |
| Technological | 14 | 1 |
| Graph - Chart 12 Real Gdp Growth 2020-2030 | 14 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 15 | 1 |
| Inflation | 15 | 1 |
| Graph - Annual Rates of Inflation % | 15 | 1 |
| Consumer Context | 15 | 1 |
| Population | 15 | 1 |
| Graph - Income and Expenditure | 15 | 1 |
| Lifestyles | 15 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 16 | 1 |
| Graph - Population | 16 | 1 |
| Graph - Chart 16 Population by Generation 2025 | 16 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 17 | 1 |
| Graph - Report closing date: 9 April 2026 | 17 | 1 |
| Retail in Canada - Industry Overview | 18 | 1 |
| Executive Summary | 18 | 1 |
| 2025 developments | 18 | 1 |
| Key Data Insights | 18 | 1 |
| Key Industry Trends | 18 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 19 | 1 |
| Allure of Discount Retail | 19 | 1 |
| Graph - Rise of E-commerce | 19 | 1 |
| Industry Performance | 19 | 1 |
| Dollarama and discounters gain as households trade down | 19 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 20 | 1 |
| Chart Rating Shift to Discount-Focused Retailers | 20 | 1 |
| Retail e-commerce extends reach as shopping habits evolve | 20 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 21 | 1 |
| Loblaw and dollarama drive value revolution in everyday spend | 21 | 1 |
| Graph - Chart 19 Value Sales 2020-2030 | 21 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 22 | 1 |
| Graph - Retail rsp ex VAT - CAD million current | 22 | 1 |
| Graph - Sales of Retail by Category | 22 | 1 |
| What's Next? | 22 | 1 |
| Discounters and e-commerce accelerate as mid-market shrinks | 22 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 23 | 1 |
| Chart 21 Analyst Insight for Retail | 23 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 24 | 1 |
| Graph - Chart 22 Forecast Value Sales 2020-2030 | 24 | 1 |
| Graph - Chart 23 Forecast Value Sales by Category 2025-2030 | 24 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 25 | 1 |
| Forecast Sales of Retail by Category | 25 | 1 |
| Graph - Retail ex VAT CAD million current Value RSP CAGR 2025-2030 | 25 | 1 |
| Competitive Landscape | 25 | 1 |
| Amazon and costco gain as mid-market banners lose ground | 25 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 26 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 27 | 1 |
| Graph - Chart 25 Staples Canada Tests New Burlington Concept Store, Reimagining Working-And- Learning | 27 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 28 | 1 |
| Company Shares of Retail | 28 | 1 |
| Graph - Chart 27 Brand Shares 2025 | 28 | 1 |
| Table/Chart: % Share (GBO) - Retail Value RSP ex VAT - 2025 | 28 | 1 |
| Table/Chart: Tabular Data Analysis | 28 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 29 | 1 |
| Brand Shares of Retail | 29 | 1 |
| Operating Environment | 29 | 1 |
| Informal retail | 29 | 1 |
| Table/Chart: % Share (LBN) - Retail ex VAT Value RSP - 2025 | 29 | 1 |
| Table/Chart: Tabular Data Analysis | 29 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 30 | 1 |
| Opening hours for physical retail | 30 | 1 |
| Seasonality | 30 | 1 |
| Table/Chart: Chart 28 Standard Opening Hours by Channel Type 2025 | 30 | 1 |
| Table/Chart: Tabular Data Analysis | 30 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 31 | 1 |
| Valentine's Day | 31 | 1 |
| Easter | 31 | 1 |
| Mother's Day | 31 | 1 |
| Father's Day | 31 | 1 |
| Canada Day | 31 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 32 | 1 |
| Back-to-School | 32 | 1 |
| Thanksgiving | 32 | 1 |
| Halloween | 32 | 1 |
| Black Friday | 32 | 1 |
| Cyber Monday | 32 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 33 | 1 |
| Christmas | 33 | 1 |
| Boxing Day | 33 | 1 |
| Economic Context | 33 | 1 |
| Political | 33 | 1 |
| Graph - Economic | 33 | 1 |
| Graph - Technological | 33 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 34 | 1 |
| Graph - Real GDP Growth Real GDP Growth % | 34 | 1 |
| Graph - Chart 31 Inflation 2020-2030 | 34 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 35 | 1 |
| Income and Expenditure | 35 | 1 |
| Graph - Lifestyles | 35 | 1 |
| Graph - Chart 33 Population 2020-2030 | 35 | 1 |
| GENERAL MERCHANDISE STORES IN CANADA | 36 | 1 |
| Graph - Population by Generation Share of total population % | 36 | 1 |
| Country Reports Disclaimer | 36 | 1 |
