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I-Toronto - Ilizwe laseCanada lokulala elithengisa ikota yesine kulo nyaka uphele nge-31 kaDisemba, 2021, inyuke yaya kutsho kwi-C $ 271.2 yezigidi, i-9% yonyuka kwiintengiso ze-C $ 248.9 yezigidi kwikota enye ka-2020.

Umthengisi we-286-store uthumele ingeniso ye-C $ 26.4 yezigidi kwikota, ukwehla kwe-0.5% ukusuka kwi-C $ 26.6 yezigidi kwikota yesine yonyaka ophelileyo. Kwikota, umthengisi uthe intengiso yevenkile efanayo inyuke nge-3.2% ukusuka kwikota efanayo ye-2020, kwaye ukuthengiswa kwe-e-commerce kubalelwa kwi-210.9% yeentengiso zayo zekota.

Kunyaka wonke, iLizwe Lokulala laseCanada lithumele ingeniso eyi-C $88.6 yezigidi, ukonyuka nge-40% ukusuka kwi-C $ 63.3 yezigidi kunyaka ophelileyo. Inkampani inike ingxelo yokuthengisa okuthengisiweyo kwe-C $ 920.2 yezigidi zemali ka-2021 i-21.4% ukusuka kwi-757.7 yezigidi zeedola ngo-2020.

"Sinikezele ngentsebenzo eqinile kwikota yesine, ngokukhula okungaqhelekanga kwengeniso yeminyaka emibini eqokelelweyo ye-45.4% eqhutywa kukunyuka kwemfuno yabathengi kwipotfoliyo yethu yeemveliso kwiimpawu zethu kunye namajelo," utshilo uStewart Schaefer, i-CEO kunye nomongameli. “Siqhubekile nokwakha inkqubo yethu yokulala, sandisa imveliso yethu kunye neqonga le-ecommerce ngokufumana i-Hush notyalo-mali e-Sleepout, kwaye sakhulisa indawo yethu yokuthengisa ngeevenkile zethu ezikhethekileyo ze-Express eWalmart Supercentres.

"Ngaphandle kokuvela kwakhona kwe-COVID-19 kamva kwikota kunye nemiceli mngeni yokubonelela ngenkonzo eyayanyaniswa nobhubhane, utyalo-mali lwethu ekusasazeni, kuluhlu lwempahla, kwidijithali kunye namava kubathengi, kudityaniswe nokuphunyezwa okugqwesileyo liqela lethu elikumgangatho obalaseleyo, kusenze ukuba sikwazi ukuhambisa kubathengi bethu naphi na apho bakhethe ukuthenga. "

Ebudeni bonyaka, iLizwe Lokulala laseKhanada libambisene neWalmart Canada ukuvula iivenkile ezongezelelweyo zeLizwe Lokulala / iDormez-vous Express kwiivenkile zaseWalmart eOntario naseQuebec. Umthengisi uphinde wabambisana no-Well.ca, umthengisi wedijithali wezempilo kunye nempilo, ukunceda ukukhuthaza inzuzo yokulala okunempilo.

NdinguSheila Long O'Mara, umhleli olawulayo kwiFanitshala namhlanje. Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wam weminyaka engama-25 kushishino lwempahla yasekhaya, bendingumhleli onenani leempapasho zeshishini kwaye ndachitha ixeshana elifutshane kunye ne-arhente yobudlelwane boluntu apho bendisebenza kunye nezinye zeempawu zokulala eziphambili. Ndiphinde ndajoyina iFanitshala namhlanje ngoDisemba ka-2020 ndigxile kwizinto zokulala kunye neemveliso zokulala. Kukubuyela ekhaya kum, njengoko ndandingumbhali kunye nomhleli weFanitshala Namhlanje ukusuka ngo-1994 ukuya kutsho ngo-2002. Ndiyavuya ukubuya kwaye ndijonge phambili ekubaleni amabali abalulekileyo achaphazela abathengisi beebhedi kunye nabavelisi.