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Multiple charts are presented depicting the retail sales in Canada carried by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) as of January-April 2013 which includes the adjusted percentage change from previous month, the percentage change from previous year, and the adjusted sales.

The article offers information regarding the status of retail trade sector in Canada as of December 2012. It says that the overall retail sales in the country has declined of 0.2% to $38.6 billion. It states that the decrease represents 58% of the total retail trade of seven among the 11 subsectors in the country. Moreover, the reduction in Canadian economy was led by several factors including lower demand for automobile industry, weaker holiday sales, closure of some business enterprises.

The article offers information regarding the status of retail trade sector in Canada as of November 2012. It says that the overall retail sales in the country has gathered an increased of 0.2% to $39.4 billion. It states that the increase represents 32% of the total retail trade of four among the 11 subsectors in the country. Moreover, the growth was led by higher demand for motor vehicles and gasoline stations, while the demand for automotive parts, tires and accessories has declined.

The article analyzes the development surrounding the Canadian retail trade industry in May 2008. According to the author, the country's retail sales increased by 0.4% in May. It has been noted by the author that the increase can be greatly attributed to higher gasoline prices during the month. Furthermore, the author indicated that retail sale will only increase by 0.1% if prices changes are taken into account.

The article presents the January 2006 issue of the journal Retail trade. It contains statistical tables, retail sales by trade group and regions, charts on sales, retail sectors, information on the performance of the retail trade sector, its uses and users and other information on the trade flow in Canada.

Provides information about the Monthly Retail Trade Survey in Canada. Scope and coverage; Sampling used; Respondents.

The article presents questions and answers related to retail trade industry including the restratification, updating the sample, and the aspects of old methodology.

The article discusses the effects of the non-response in the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) in the retail sector in Canada. It explores the consequence of the non-response category in the survey, which indicates bias in estimates and contributes an increase in the sampling variance of estimates. It provides tips on how to reduce the impact of non-response in sampling and the calculation on how to determine its number in every survey.

The article reports on the responding and non-responding category in the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) in Canada. It states that the degree of partial response in the responding category must meet a minimum threshold level below which the response would be rejected. Meanwhile, it highlights two effects of the non-response on data and how to reduce the impact by inflating the sample size using over-sampling rates that have been determined from similar surveys.

A variety of algorithms and terms that relate to articles that appeared in the February 2009 issue of "Retail Trade," are presented.

The article provides information on the strategy used to reduce impact of non-response at the Monthly Retail Trade Survey. It states that the primary method to lessen the impact at sampling is to expand the sample size through the use of over-sampling rates that have been decided from similar surveys. It avers that besides the methods to lessen the impact of non-response at collection, the non-responses to the survey that happen are treated through imputation.

The article reports on the concept, variables and classifications of the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS). It mentions MRTS covers the performance of retail stores in Canada. It mentions that the survey commission revenue and fees earned from selling products in retail trade sector. Further it mentions the Monthly Retail Trade Survey is based on retail trade under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

The article discusses the process of seasonal adjustment and trend-cycle estimation in the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS). It mentions revisions in the raw population data are required to correct non-sampling errors which include replacing imputed data with reported data, and estimates for new births. Further it mentions the raw data are revised on a monthly basis prior to the current reference month.

The article discusses the concept and variables in the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) in the retail sector in Canada. It outlines the coverage of the MRTS which focused on store retailers that operate fixed point-of-sale locations and designed to attract a high volume of walk-in customers. The variables in the survey include sales, trading location, and constant dollars, and its coverage is classified under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

The article presents the concepts, variables and classifications of retail trade sector in Canada. It is explained that retail trade comprises with retailing process, store retailers and selling merchandise for the general public. Also mentions is the retail's variables including sales, trading location and constant dollars.

The article discusses the five main components of the socio-economic time series from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) in Canada. It states that the trend represents the long-term alteration in the series, while the cycle represents a smooth movement about the trend, presenting a succession of development and decline phases. The seasonal component represents sub-annual or quarterly fluctuations that repeat more or less regularly from one year to the next.

The article presents concepts, variables and classifications of the retail trade sector. It states that the retail trade sector contains establishments mainly engaged in retailing merchandise and delivering services incidental to the sale of merchandise. The retailing procedure is the final step of merchandise, and retailers are prepared to sell merchandise in small quantities to the general public.

The article offers information on the socio-economic time series on the data from the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) which include trend-cycle, seasonability, trading-day effect, Easter holiday effect and irregular component. It notes that trend-cycle represents the long term change in the series and seasonal components depends on climatic changes. It also notes that seasonal adjustment consist in removing the seasonal, trading -day and Easter holiday effect components from the series.

The article provides information on seasonal adjustment and trend-cycle estimation on Monthly Retail Trade Survey. Revisions in the raw data are required to correct known non-sampling errors. These include replacing imputed data with reported data, corrections to previously reported data, and estimates for new births that were not known at the time of the original estimates.

The article discusses the seasonal adjustment and trend cycle estimation of retail trade data in Canada. The raw data are being revised every month immediately before the current reference month being published. It is seasonally adjusted with the use of a model that consists of extrapolating a year's worth of raw data.

The article presents a list of products that can be related to the articles appears in the journal including selected publications from Statistics Canada, its selected technical and analytical products, selected tables, surveys, and tables of Canadian statistics including economic indicators by province and territory and retail trade by industries.

The article presents information related to the concepts and variables of retail trade. The retail trade sector has several processes like retailing and selling of merchandise. The final step in the process is to sell merchandise to the general public. The are two types of retailers, one is store retailers and the other is non-store retailers. The former carry on their business at fixed locations and the latter do not have any fixed location. One of the variables in retail trade is trading location. It is a physical location where a business is carried on and sales are taken into account in the financial records and statements of the company.

The article presents information related to several publications, technical and analytical products, tables and surveys from Statistics Canada. Some of the publications are: "New motor vehicle sales,"A new look: retail clothing sales in Canada," and "On the move with homebuyers: shopping for furniture." Some of the tables and surveys are: Retail trade by industries, Retail trade by province and territory, Retail trade, sales, chained dollars and index at basic prices, Monthly Retail Trade Survey (Department Store Organizations).

The article presents information on the concepts, variables, and the classification of the retail trade business. The retail trade sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing merchandise, generally without transformation, and rendering services incidental to the sale of merchandise. The retailing process is the final step in the distribution of merchandise; retailers are therefore organized to sell merchandise in small quantities to the general public. Important variables in retail trade are sales, trading locations, and constant dollars.

The article presents information on the concepts, variables and classifications of the retail trade sector. The retail trade sector comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing merchandise, generally without transformation, and rendering services incidental to the sale of merchandise. The Monthly Retail Trade Survey is based on the definition of retail trade under the NAICS (North American Industry Classification System). NAICS is the agreed upon common framework for the production of comparable statistics by the statistical agencies of Canada, Mexico and the United States.

The article presents statistics related to retail trade in Canada, that provides not seasonally adjusted, current and constant dollar estimates from the year 2002, 2003 and 2004. The statistics given relate to price index, current dollars, and constant 1997 dollars.

The article discusses the process of estimation in the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS). It mentions estimation is the process that approximates unknown population parameters using Generalized Estimation System (GES) of Statistics Canada. The population is divided into a survey portion and a non-survey portion in retail sales. Further it presents the methodology for modeling sales from administrative data.

The article focuses on the application of data editing by Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) in Canada. It mentions the application checks the detect missing record, invalid or inconsistent entries to data records. Further it mentions the data editing is done during the data collection, and after the data collection in the survey process for the MRTS.

The article reports that Business Register (BR) of Statistics Canada provides the frame for the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) in Canada. It mentions the BR is a maintained database that contain detailed descriptions of business entities operating within Canada. It also mentions that BR incorporated employers with businesses and businesses with no employees.

The article offers information on the objective of Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) in retail trade sector in Canada. It mentions that MRTS provides information on the health and performance of the retail industry in Canada. Further it mentions that a variety of organizations, sector associations and government make use of the information released by MRTS.

The article discusses the process of data quality evaluation in Monthly Retail Trade Survey. It mentions the survey has been designed to control errors and also reduce their potential effects on estimates. Further it mentions a measure of data quality for surveys is the coefficient of variation (CV) which is defined as the standard error divided by the sample estimate.

The article discusses the process of estimation in the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS). It mentions estimation is the process that approximates unknown population parameters using Generalized Estimation System (GES) of Statistics Canada. The population is divided into a survey portion and a non-survey portion in retail sales. Further it presents the methodology for modeling sales from administrative data.

The article offers information on the process of imputation in the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) in Canada. Imputation in the MRTS is used to assign replacement values for missing data by assigning values when they are missing on the record being edited. This process ensures that estimates are of high quality and that a plausible, internal consistency is created.

The article offers information on the process of imputation in the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) in Canada. Imputation in the MRTS is used to assign replacement values for missing data by assigning values when they are missing on the record being edited. This process ensures that estimates are of high quality and that a plausible, internal consistency is created.

The article offers information on the questionnaire design for Sales and Inventories of Alcoholic Beverages that has undergone changes and modifications which were discussed to stakeholders and respondents before it will be finalized.

The article offers information on the objective of the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS), which provides data on the performance of the retail trade industry combined by other statistics represented by the Canadian economy. It mentions that the survey's estimates render a measure of the health and performance of the retail trade sector. It also notes that a variety of organizations, associations, and some levels of government make use of such information.

An appendix is presented which provide information on a website related to retail trade.

The article discusses how data on retail sales and inventories are collected by the regional offices of Statistics Canada.

The article reports on the importance of editing in the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) in the retail sector in Canada. It states that editing is done to determine the missing, invalid or inconsistent entries, and to point to data records that are potentially error. It also mentions the survey's two different time periods of edits, which are performed at a more aggregate level to identify records that deviate from the expected range.

The article reports on the number of samples that are included in the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) in the U.S. The survey takes 10,000 groups of establishment samples that are classified to the Retail Trade sector selected from the Statistics Canada Business Register. The survey utilizes a stratified design with simple random selection in each stratum, and the samples are allocated optimally to reach target coefficients of variation at the national, provincial, and industrial levels.

The article focuses on the process of estimation in Marketing Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) in Canada. It defines estimation as the process that gauges unknown population parameters using part of the sample population. It notes that new estimation processes were developed using Statistics Canada's Generalized Estimation System (GES). Moreover, it details different methodologies used to approximate retail sales and inventories.

The article discusses the extent of coverage and frames of retail trade in Canada. It notes that the Statistics Canada's Business Register (BR) gives the frame for the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS). BR encompasses all the businesses that are engaged in the production of goods and services in the country covers all incorporated businesses. It mentions that MRTS targets the population in all statistical establishments on the BR classified to the retail sector.

The article discusses how estimation process, which is the approximation of unknown population parameters with the use of a portion of the population included in the sample, is done in the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS). It notes the use by MRTS of the Generalized Estimation System (GES) from Statistics Canada. It also describes the various methodologies employed in the estimation of retail sales and retail inventories. Moreover, it tackles the significance of variance.

The article focuses on the design of the questionnaire used for the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) in Canada. The questionnaires have collected information on retail sales and the number of trading locations as well as inventories of goods from retailers every month. The changes in the questionnaires are then passed to a review committee and subjected to a field test with respondents and users of data for relevancy purposes.

The article discusses the aspects of data editing in the survey process for the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) in Canada. It states that data editing is performed at two different time periods such as during data collection, in which the data are captured using customized data capture application and after data collection. Meanwhile, data that are flagged as an outlier will not be included in the imputation models for edit checks based on the Hidiriglou-Berthelot method.

The article discusses the aspects of imputation in the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) in Canada. It states that imputation is the process used to assign replacement values for missing data to ensure that estimates are of high quality. It is based on historical data, which uses three methods including general trend and regression model. Meanwhile, the imputation methods using administrative data are automatically selected when historical information is unavailable for a non-respondent.

The article offers information on the collection of data for the retail trades in Canada. It states that the collection is commissioned by Statistics Canada's (SC) Regional Offices by sending a questionnaire to respondents or contacted by telephone to get their sales and inventory values as well as confirm the opening or closing of business trading locations. It notes that the new entrants to the survey are given an introductory letter informing that a representative from SC will be calling.

The article offers on the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) of sales and inventories of alcohol beverages in Canada. The survey involves giving questionnaires to retail trades to collect monthly data on sales and the number of trading locations by province and inventories of goods owned and intended for resale from a sample of retailers. It notes that if the questionnaires need for further changes, the proposed changes would go through a review committee and a field test with respondents.

The article offers information on the estimation of the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) in Canada. It states that it is a process that estimates the population parameters which are unknown and apply only to the part of the population that is included in the sample. It mentions that the sample estimates may disagree from the anticipated value of the estimates.

The article provides information on the warn in comparing data in the Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MRTS) in Canada. It states that care should be taken when equating annualized monthly totals from the MRTS to the approximates from yearly retail surveys. It avers that differences might result from differences in sampling, such as coverage and conceptual differences.