Retail sales of children's footwear in Canada: Rise in Q4 of 2017
According to adjusted statistics presented by Canada National Statistical Office, the variable hardly grew by 3.08 percent compared to the previous quarter. Footwear sales climbed negligibly by 8 552 thousand Canadian Dollars, as it follows the tendency of the prior quarter when it rose by 12.73%. In 2016, this variation hit -0.42% and the indicator attained 329 762 thousand Canadian Dollars in Q4 2016. Year-on-year, this demonstrates a -13.07% fluctuation between Q4 2016 and Q4 of the year after. Canada saw an increase of 124.42% in footwear sales over the past 5 years. Furthermore, the footwear sales is now bigger than its average which equals 238 367.38 thousand Canadian Dollars with a negligible overall growth since the start of observations. It reached its all-time high of 339 748 thousand Canadian Dollars in 4Q 2015 and record low of 123 165 thousand Canadian Dollars in 1Q 2014.