Canada February retail sales for April 2020:
- Fourth consecutive month of gains
- Prior was +0.4% m/m
- Retail sales ex-autos 0.0% vs +0.3% expected
- Prior retail sales ex-autos -0.1%
- Sales were up in 6 of 11 subsectors, representing 62.5% of retail trade
- Approx 25% of retailers reported that rail blockades/COVID-19 affected their activity
- E-commerce increased 17.8% y/y
- Full report
There were rail blockades in February but Statistics Canada said the affect on retail sales was negligible.
