萨省,增长最高的地方
sask 。 increase tops the country 萨省,增长最高的地方
Ciaran Dickson, The Leader-Post ciaran
Published: Saturday, December 22, 2007 发布日期:周六 , 2007年12月22日
Retail sales in Saskatchewan decreased slightly in October from September -- its first decline in six straight months -- but had the highest increase of retail sales of any province, increasing more than 15 per cent between October 2006 and October 2007, according to Statistics Canada on Friday.周五据加拿大统计局统计,萨省的零售业绩在10月份比9月份第一次稍有下降,但是在加拿大任何省的零售业绩里它是增长最高的,10月份与去年同期相比增长了15%以上。
Across Canada, total retail sales increased by 6.8 per cent from October 2006 to October 2007, with top increases in the following areas: Building and outdoor home supplies; furniture, home furnishings and electronics stores; and pharmacies and personal care stores.10月份整个加拿大,零售业总销售额与去年同期相比上升了6.8%,最高涨幅的在以下几个领域:建筑及户外家居用品,家具,家居用品和电子产品商店和药店和个人护理用品。
Saskatchewan led the provinces, more than doubling the growth of sister province Alberta and exceeding Manitoba's growth of 12 per cent.萨省在全国省份中处于领涨地位,增长是姐妹省艾伯塔省的一倍多,比曼尼托巴省增长超过12 %。
The two major areas of increase in the province were gas stations and new car dealers, with growth of 25 per cent and 11 per cent respectively.主要是两大领域的增加,在全省加油站和新的汽车经销商,增长了25 %和11 % 。
The only decrease noted by StatsCan was in specialty and convenience stores, while every other area of retail sales increased.加拿大统计局指出,唯一下降是在某些特殊领域和便利店,而所有其他领域的零售额都是增长的。
The rising cost of crude oil worked in favour of the strong Canadian dollar, according to StatsCan.加拿大统计局指出生产原油的成本上升有利于加元坚挺。 The only province that was noted as having a negative effect on the national average was Ontario, which is said to account for up to 35 per cent of Canada's retail market.唯有安大略省是处于全国平均水平下的省份,它在加拿大的零售市场占35 %。 That said, Ontario did see year-over-year growth of 5.4 per cent in total retail trade.尽管如此,在安大略省零售业总销售贸易见到比去年同期增长5.4 %,。
Nationally, building supply stores had the highest increase of sales at 10.2 per cent between October 2006 and October 2007, as housing soared in most areas of the country during the year.加拿大今年以来,在大部份地区由于房屋上涨而建设的建筑业增幅最高,10月份销售额比去年同期上升10.2 % 。
Pharmacies and personal care stores had the second-largest increase in retail sales at 9.5 per cent during that same time.第二大增长的是药房及个人护理商店的商品销售额,比同期增长了9.5 % 。 The third-largest area of retail growth came from furniture, home furnishings and electronics stores, which accounted for a retail growth of 8.8 per cent.第三大销售领域增长的是来自家具,家居用品和电子产品的商店,占零售增长8.8 % 。 The automotive industry also grew nationally by 8.7 per cent.汽车业也增长了8.7 % 。
Mike Schindel, general manager of Sherwood Co-op in Regina, said Sherwood Co-op has noticed an increase in demand for services, especially in the gas bar and building centres,在里贾纳Sherwood Co-op公司的总经理麦克舍伍德说,公司已经注意到服务增长的需求,特别是在加油站和房屋建设方面。 By combining the gas bar and convenience stores into one location, and by adding car wash stations to their gas bars, there has been an increase in patronage.在一个地方要综合设立加油站和便利店并加上洗车点才能增加载客量。
"When you look around the city, a number of major (oil companies) have shut down some locations," said Schindel. schindel说: "当你看看周围的城市,一批重大(油公司)已经关闭了一些地方的建设" 。 "So it has allowed for local businesses to expand." "使得我们本地企业得以扩大" 。
On the home building side of business, there has also been marked growth, Schindel said.对民政建设方面的业务,也有显着增长, schindel说。 As construction in the city continues to flourish and home renovations continue, demand for supplies continues to increase.由于城市建设的继续蓬勃发展,及家居装修继续,需求供给也将继续增加。
"The demand is up for services," said Schindel. "" ,说schindel 。 "And, with Saskatchewan now over a million (residents), we can keep growing." " ,服务需求的增长和萨斯喀彻温省目前有超过100万居民 ,我们将继续增长" 。
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