Throwback Thursday is a regular weekly feature in which we dip into the archives of the Hardlines Weekly Report.
In our first Hardlines Weekly Report of the year 2000, published on Jan. 10, almost 25 years ago, we reported great news. The 1999 holiday sales season “was the best for Canadian retailers in a decade,” we wrote. “According to a report by the Retail Council of Canada, 60 percent of independent storeowners surveyed across the country say their sales soared over the 1998 holiday season by an average of 18 percent. And they expect the good times to continue through 2000. Nearly 70 percent of respondents expect their sales to rise this year by an average of 14 percent.”
