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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.
Dollar Store Dominance: The Market Reach of Dollarama
By Eric Lawton and Dr. Tony Hernandez
The latest research from the CSCA provides a snapshot of the remarkable growth of the Dollarama retail chain in Canada. With approaching 1,400 stores in 2021, Dollarama has expanded its store network to dominate the Canadian dollar store marketplace. Our analysis provides a set of metrics that highlight the rapid growth of Dollarama...
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...
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