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.
Shopping Centre Over-Spacing in Canadian Cities
By Dr. Maurice Yeates and Dr. Tony Hernandez
Building on several CSCA Research Insights (CRI) that have looked at the changing nature of shopping centre space needs. In this CRI we investigate the degree to which ‘over-spacing’ may be occurring in Canadian metropolitan areas (CMAs) measured in terms of both space...
Major Retail Chain Data (MRC)
A national database that provides a comprehensive current quarterly view of Major Retail Chain (MRC) store locations across Canada in a spatial format that can be used within a wide range of business applications, including:
- Build sales forecasting models
- Populate trade areas with competitor store locations and analyze presence...
CSCA Base Metrics Package - Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
The GTA Base Metrics package provides you with quick reference summary statistics and cross-tabs from the most recent release of the GTA Store Database. The CSCA's location-based GTA store data is combined with Environics Analytics' population and household income demographics (DemoStats) at various levels of geography (region and municipality) to...
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