Data from the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA) and Statistics Canada shows an increase in new businesses, with more stores opening last year then in 2017 GST numbers provided from the CRA for September 2020, show an increase of 5% from year earlier, marking the most in any September since 2013. Additional data from Statistics Canada…
With yesterday being International Womens Day, many social media accounts for companies were posting about it. From messages thanking their female members of staff, to empowering posts about equality and raising funds for womens rights charities, there was a wide array of social media being used for good. However, there is always some attempts that…
The company, which specialises in providing samples of products to customers, had to close due to the pandemic, but has flourished online, with second quarter sales up 35% in April from the previous 3 months CEO and founder Marie Chevrier Schwartz said that when looking at the pandemic “We went pretty quickly from ‘Uh-oh’…
L’Oréal SA saw a 52% rise in online sales in 2019, the company has announced, from $3.39 billion to $5.14 billion. In a statement, the company said “Ecommerce is a unique opportunity to make more women and men discover our brand and our products” Ecommerce helped make up 16% of the companies sales last…
ShopHERE, launched in May of this year, will recieved C$1 million in funding from Google Canada as it expands across Canada. Originally set up as a City of Toronto initiative, the scheme is designed to help local independent businesses and artists setup online storefronts so that they can continue to operate despite lockdown measures.…
Google has begun to notify advertisers that they will stop showing search queries that triggered their adverts where there is not “significant” data The search engine giant has not said what defines “significant” for them and has left many advertisers both confused and angry with the little communication around this announcement Digital agency Seer…
Heritage minister Steven Guilbeault has said that “The Canadian government stands with our Australian partners and denounces any form of threats”, after Google and Facebook have threatened to suspend services in the country This comes after the Australian government proposed new laws that would regulate social media sites and make them pay money to…
The video call company has seen its revenue almost quadrupled, rising 335% from last year as it sees a massive demand in use due to the pandemic Posting revenue of USD$663.5 million for the last quarter, $130 million more then predicted, with shares rising in the same period Zoom has seen 105,000 new customers…
Snapchat has unveiled a new advertisement option called ‘First Commercial’ which will allow for advertisers to pay to ensure their ad is the first seen when a user tunes into any of Snap’s original Discover shows Snapchat’s Discover content has been successful so far this year, with the total daily time users spend watching…
Pinterest has seen 50 million new customers since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic as the visual search engine attracts more and more users spending online In the same time period, it saw its number of advertisers increase rapidly as well. Though Pinterest has yet to give an official number on this rise, it…