Retail sales decreased 0.2% to $69.4 billion in October.

• Sales were down in four of nine subsectors, led by decreases at food and beverage retailers.
• Core retail sales, which exclude gasoline stations and fuel vendors and motor vehicle and parts dealers, were down 0.5% in October.
• In volume terms, retail sales decreased 0.6% in October.
• Statistics Canada is providing an advance estimate of retail sales, which suggests that sales increased 1.2% in November.