'Canadian retail SMBs who export are most optimistic for 2017'

Some of you may remember a survey earlier this year. This Canadian retail SMBs who export are most optimistic for 2017 is from the ebay News Centre and discusses the survey results as well as this year's Entrepreneurs of the Year winners. 

 

http://pages.ebay.ca/media/

 

Canadian retail SMBs who export are most optimistic for 2017

eBay Canada releases SMB Optimism Index and announces 12th annual Entrepreneur of the Year Award winners

Toronto, October 19, 2016 – Canadian small and medium-sized business (SMBs) are optimistic about their future, according to eBay Canada’s first SMB Optimism Index. Scored out of 100 from very pessimistic to very optimistic, Canadian retail SMBs averaged a 74 on the Index. However, those who export indexed notably higher at 79 points, while non-exporting SMBs are significantly less optimistic at 72 points.

SMBs who export also reported an average of nearly 60 per cent more in sales than those who don’t. They are also more likely than non-exporters to believe there are new market opportunities for them (70% versus 36%) and that technologies and innovations will positively impact their business (56% versus 41%).

 

Note the final line in the news release is: 'eBay is visited by more than 8 million unique Canadians per month'

 

I also received an email from ebay advertising stuff for sale that said ebay had '800 million listings to explore'

 

As sellers we don't often hear stats like these so I thought it was interesting.

 

Also from last week: 

 

eBay Grows GMV 5 Percent in Third Quarter 2016

 

SAN JOSE, Calif. - eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY), a global commerce leader, delivered gross merchandise volume (GMV) for the quarter ended September 30, 2016 of $20.1 billion, increasing 5% on a foreign exchange (FX) neutral basis and 3% on an as-reported basis. Revenue for the quarter was $2.2 billion, up 8% on an FX-Neutral basis and 6% on an as-reported basis. GAAP net income from continuing operations was $418 million, or $0.36 per diluted share, and non-GAAP net income from continuing operations was $509 million, or $0.45 per diluted share. During the quarter, the company generated $802 million of operating cash flow and $617 million of free cash flow from continuing operations while also repurchasing $500 million of its common stock.

 

http://www.ecommercebytes.com/C/blog/blog.pl?/pl/2016/10/1476909018.html

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'Canadian retail SMBs who export are most optimistic for 2017'

Looks to be valuable information for your written update to the Canada Post Review Committee.

 

Valuable statistics.....and more

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