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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 kokuphinda kwakho i-COVID-19 kamva kwikota kunye nemiceli mngeni yokubonelela ngenkonzo eyayanyaniswa nobhubhane, utyalo-mali lwethu ekusasazeni, kuluhlu lwempahla, kwidijithali kunye namava omthengi, kudityaniswe nokuphunyezwa okugqwesileyo liqela lethu elikumgangatho ophakamileyo, kusenze ukuba sikwazi sizisa kubathengi bethu naphi na apho bakhetha ukuthenga khona.”

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.