RETAIL NEWS
MARKETPULSE
A RETAIL NEWS SPECIAL REPORT
SPRING 2006
What’s
Inside
2 From the Editor’s Desk
3 Year-Over-Year Comparisons
5 Regional Hits
6 Sales & Sourcing Trends
8 The Straight Goods
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YOUR STATISTICAL GUIDE TO THE TRENDS SHAPING THE CANADIAN GIFTWARE INDUSTRY
The Product Winners
Top Growth Categories
of those stocking
buying more in next 6 months
Canadian-made 41%
General giftware 35%
Home décor 41%
Christmas & seasonal décor 34%
Candles & home fragrance 32%
Handmade 42%
Wall art 35%
Jewellery 47%
Ranked in order of inventory penetration.
Least Stocked Categories
Top Stocked Categories
Categories carried by 40% or more retailers
Most popular
stocking retail price range
86% $21-$30
65% $21-$30
63% $21-$30
61% $6-$10
60% $1-$5 / $6-$10
58% $21-$30
50% $200+
45% $16-$20
Spring 2006
Canadian-made
General giftware
Home décor
Christmas & seasonal décor
Candles & home fragrance
Handmade
Wall art
Jewellery
Decorative glassware
Floral goods
Photo frames & albums
stocking
86%
65%
63%
61%
60%
58%
50%
45%
43%
40%
40%
Most popular
retail price range
$21-$30
$21-$30
$21-$30
$6-$10
$1-$5 / $6-$10
$21-$30
$200+
$16-$20
$21-$30
$16-$20 / $21-$30
$21-$30 / $31-$40
Spring 2006
Pet products
Music
Electric housewares
Scrapbooking supplies
stocking
14%
14%
11%
8%
Most popular
retail price range
$6-$10
$16-$20
$41-$50 / $76-$100
$1-$5
The data used to compile this report was derived from a telephone survey of 600 Canadian giftware retailers conducted in March 2006. © Retail News/Canadian Gift & Tableware Association 2006.
