Boxing Day notes
Le Devoir reports on Boxing Day sales in physical stores Thursday, while CTV got some confusing soundbites from the Quebec Retail Council: “The Canada Post strike altered consumer habits for a month, pushing more people toward online shopping […] We can see the aggressiveness of online retailers who capitalized on the Canada Post strike.”
I can’t make those statements add up.
Other media simply dubbed in general CP feed stories about shopping and GST rebates. As our local news media decline, you can really feel the lack of fresh content on a week like this.
Mark Côté 10:42 on 2024-12-27 Permalink
I think by “online retailers” they are (confusingly) talking about Amazon without wanting to mention them:
“We’re in a global context where you can buy items within 24 hours at very low prices on websites, often with abysmal quality,” the CQCD CEO explained.
Amazon have their own logistics so they weren’t affected by the strike the way that small retailers were.
Blork 11:16 on 2024-12-27 Permalink
I agree with Mark, and will add that the intellectual apocalypse is well upon us as demonstrated by articles like these where the people interviewed don’t seem to understand the differences between brick & mortar shopping, Amazon, and small online retailers, the media people report those nonsensical statements without question, and most of the public read them without even blinking. Happy new year!
Nicholas 12:30 on 2024-12-27 Permalink
I just love when people say nonsensical stuff, and even more when reporters just print it without thinking about it at all!
Has anyone gotten any mail yet? I know we just had two holiday days, but I’ve yet to see a single envelope.
MarcG 12:32 on 2024-12-27 Permalink
We got some regular mail earlier in the week.
JP 12:35 on 2024-12-27 Permalink
We got mail via Canada Post earlier this week too but it was all junk mail…
Kate 13:14 on 2024-12-27 Permalink
I’ve had one piece of mail since the strike. A cousin has told me she sent a Christmas card but it hasn’t shown up yet.
The end of my street is being dug up to fix a water main break – luckily we still have water so far – so I don’t know whether Canada Post will make it through before the weekend.
dhomas 13:26 on 2024-12-27 Permalink
In other logistics news, I’ve been pretty impressed with Best Buy delivery lately. I ordered something from them on Monday, December 23rd and received it same day. It was even faster than Amazon.