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Retail sales rebound on P.E.I.

Retail sales on P.E.I. bounced back in September, coninuing a trend that goes back to last year.

Sales topped $185M in September

Kevin Yarr · CBC News ·
A retail clerk arranges a display in a crowded shop.
Retail is showing a strong performance on P.E.I. going into the Christmas season. (CBC)

Retail sales on P.E.I. bounced back in September, rejuvenating a trend that goes back to last year.

Statistics Canada reported seasonally-adjusted sales were $185,063,000 in September, the biggest month ever, and up almost $7 million over August.

The jump followed two months of falling sales, but the trend over the last year has been up.

From October 2015 to June 2016 the Island recorded nine consecutive months of sales growth. From October to September this year retail sales are up 6.7 per cent.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kevin Yarr

Web journalist

Kevin Yarr is the early morning web journalist at CBC P.E.I. Kevin has a specialty in data journalism, and how statistics relate to the changing lives of Islanders. He has a BSc and a BA from Dalhousie University, and studied journalism at Holland College in Charlottetown. You can reach him at [email protected].

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