Canadian Wholesale Sales Rise in September

Wholesale sales in Canada increased by 0.9% to $66.2 billion in September, data by Statistics Canada showed on Tuesday.

Sales of food, beverage, and tobacco grew by 3.6% to $12.4 billion, with the food industry sales increasing by 4.2%.

This is the best reading for the food, beverage, and tobacco subsector and the food industry since March.

In volume terms, wholesale sales declined by 0.2%.