RE:December S.S.S and Ecommerce numbers look real impressive.Excellent numbers! Good to see RET continue to impress...
It's also important to note that due to a quirk in the calendar this year most Canadian kids are off until the 2nd week of January. Normally they are back to school by now but this year the first week of January everyone is still off due to New Year's Day falling on Sunday Jan 1st. By extension more families are taking this week off than usual as well.
That means the malls will be busier than usual the first week of January and I suspect retailers will see Y/Y january numbers better than usual.