E-commerce is going mobile as Canadian smartphone penetration deepens: CIRA

OTTAWA – The Canadian e-commerce sector continues to grow, particularly as mobile devices assume a more central role in the process, says a report this week by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA).The 2015 .CA Factbook, an annual report on the state of the Canadian Internet, found that the majority of e-commerce in Canada is driven by large enterprises, which generated $87 billion in online sales, and represented 64% of the total value of online sales in 2013. Canadian small businesses have remained reluctant to embrace the web, with just 42.3% of small businesses in Canada currently have a website,...