Holiday hustle: Why more Canadians are shopping in-store than online

Canadian holiday spending is up 1.8 per cent in 2019, with shoppers using a combination of online and in-store shopping to buy gifts this year. The majority of Canadians are still heading out of the house to do their holiday shopping this year, says Heather Thomson, executive director at the Alberta School of Business. “We’re seeing about 41 per cent of Canadians do their shopping online, which means a lot of Canadians are doing their shopping still in the stores, which is an interes