Retail
Retail’s Strong 2025 Start Hits a Freeze (Both in Weather and Sales) in February
Commentary from the Retail Council of Canada presents how retailers started strong with sales in January but noted a freeze in February 2025.
Sports
Consumer Spending Triples Near Arenas During NHL Playoffs, Suggests Moneris Data
Discover how Canadian hockey fever fuels local economies during the NHL playoffs. Moneris data reveals triple-digit spending surges near arenas, with fans supporting both their teams and local businesses.
Data Services, Consumer Spending Insights
The Index of Consumer Spending notes small improvement in the final quarter of 2024
Exclusive commentary from the Index of Consumer Spending presents how Canadians chose to spend leading up to and during the holiday season as interest rates changed in the final quarter of 2024. Read on to find out more.
Retail
Financially Stretched Consumers Continued Their Focus on What They Deemed Essentials
As part of our latest partnership with the Retail Council of Canada (RCC) we are pleased to present this excerpt of their latest retail sentiment report
Case Studies
Case study: Moneris + Montréal centre-ville
Montréal centre-ville is downtown Montreal’s Business Improvement Area – a non-profit organization supporting the development and promotion of the downtown Montréal area.
Tourism and Events
The Calgary Stampede 2024: International Tourist Bonanza sparks 200% Increase in Restaurant spending, Moneris Data Suggests
A closer look at the economic impact of the Calgary Stampede, including a 200% increase in restaurant spending, collected and analyzed by Moneris data experts.
Consumer Spending Insights
The Index of Consumer Spending surges in the second quarter of 2024
ICS surged in the second quarter on the back of a long-awaited interest rate cut and strong population and employment growth.
Consumer Spending Insights
RCC Insights- Consumers have pulled back into what one retailer has described publicly as a "discretionary recession"
The following commentary is an excerpt of the report covering the period of December 2023-February 2024.