Canada

The briefing introduces the Cities Households Necessities Spending Index. The index ranks 1,075 cities by household expenditure on non-discretionary items, namely food, housing, and clothing and footwear. This analysis focuses on 160 major cities.…

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…

In 2024, there has been continued value growth in contact lenses and solutions sales in Canada, primarily driven by the steady return of consumers to workplaces and out-of-home activities following the rollback of COVID-19 safety measures by Canadian…

Eyewear in Canada is witnessing a resurgence across all categories in 2024, following a year of mixed performance in 2023. While 2023 saw robust growth in contact lenses and spectacles, driven partly by pandemic-induced factors as consumers caught up…

2024 has seen a return to normalised growth for spectacles in Canada, following a strong 2023, which has been benefitting from the tailwind of consumers returning to workplaces and engaging in out-of-home activities after public COVID-19 safety…

Sunglasses in Canada resumed value growth in the first months of 2024 after experiencing a decline in 2023. This decline was primarily attributed to a normalisation of sales following a robust travel-induced recovery in 2022. Additionally, consumers…