Who we are
The Centre for the Study of Commercial Activity (CSCA) is a member-supported non-profit research centre, located at the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario. The CSCA studies location-based trends in the consumer service sector and collects and reports on a broad array of location data sets. The Centre facilitates discussion of emerging industry issues and the exchange of ideas while promoting research, innovation, education and debate. The Centre is supported by private and public sector members and works with a number of industry partners.
Market Thresholds of Major Retail Chains in Canada: 2014-2019
By Dr. Tony Hernandez and Sitha Sivaskandarajah
In this CSCA Research Insight we assess the size and market distribution of a selected set of major retail chains across the urban hierarchy and by location type. Using data from the CSCA Major Retail Chain database we provide an analysis of the changing store portfolios of 488 established major retail chains...
Shopping Centre Data (SCD)
A national database that provides a comprehensive current quarterly view of Shopping Centres (SCD) across Canada in a spatial format that can be used within a wide range of business applications, including:
- Calculate shopping centre square footage by market
- Calculate year over year change in square footage by market
- Populate...
CSCA Base Metrics Package - Shopping Centres (SCD)
The SCD Base Metrics package provides you with quick reference summary statistics and cross-tabs from the most recent release of the Shopping Centre Database. The CSCA's location-based shopping centre data is combined with Environics Analytics' population and household income demographics (DemoStats) at various levels of geography (province, major market and...
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