OTTAWA — Canadian retail sales rose 0.4 per cent to $66.6 billion in August, helped by higher new car sales, Statistics Canada said Friday.

OTTAWA — Canadian retail sales rose 0.4 per cent to $66.6 billion in August, helped by higher new car sales, Statistics Canada said Friday.

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Statistics Canada says retail sales rose 0.4 per cent to $66.6 billion in August, helped by higher new car sales. The agency says sales were up in...

For retailers such as TGT, BOOT, COST and ANF, this is a green light for revenue growth as a confident consumer is more likely to make purchases.