Slow car sales drag down retail in January, but there’s strength under the hood

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Slow car sales drag down retail in January, but there’s strength under the hood
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Statistics Canada says core retail sales — which exclude gas stations and fuel vendors, and motor vehicle and parts dealers — were up in the first month of 2024.

The Canadian government announced its first mandate for electric vehicle sales, aiming for 20 per cent of all cars sold in Canada to be electric by 2026. Ross Lord looks at the full timeline of Canada's EV targets, and whether these goals are too ambitious for the country to meet – Dec 21, 2022Overall retail sales were down in three of nine subsectors as sales at motor vehicle and parts dealers fell 2.4 per cent, the group’s first decline in five months. Sales at new car dealers fell 3.

The agency says core retail sales — which exclude gas stations and fuel vendors, and motor vehicle and parts dealers — rose 0.4 per cent in the first month of 2024.The increase in core retail sales came in part from higher sales at sporting goods, hobby, musical instrument, book, and miscellaneous retailers which saw a 3.0 per cent increase.Looking ahead, Statistics Canada says its advance estimate of retail sales for February suggests sales increased 0.

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