Market research on consumer products, commercial industries, demo...
Market research on consumer products, commercial industries, demographics trends and consumer lifestyles in Canada. Includes comprehensive data and analysis, tables and charts, with five-year forecasts.
The global economy is facing weaker growth and increasing fragmentation, as a result of rising geopolitical tensions, especially due to the war in Ukraine and the US-China strategic rivalry. Protectionism, industrial policy and a focus on resilience…
In the upcoming years, consumers and businesses face an array of challenges, with income inequality, mass migration and rising uncertainty about another crisis being among the major ones. Nevertheless, within this lie untapped opportunities. This…
Wearable electronics experienced modest growth in retail volume terms in 2023. Demand continued to be impacted by a high rate of inflation, at least during the first half of the year, which led to more guarded discretionary spending. Continuing the…
Retail volume sales of portable players increased in 2023, thanks to better economic conditions, which impacted positively on discretionary consumer spending. Wireless speakers were the key beneficiary of this trend, with a growing demand for these…
Retail volume sales of smartphones saw a marginal decline in 2023, although this represented an improvement over the previous year. In 2022, the high rate of inflation had negative impact on discretionary spending, and this trend continued into the…