Look for tons of tablets under the Christmas trees as tablet penetration set to take off in Canada

TORONTO – The share of Canadian online homes with a tablet of one sort or another continues to grow – and with the anticipated arrival of the iPad Mini in time for the holiday shopping season, that figure could really take off in the next few months, according to new research from Solutions Research Group, Toronto. In the second quarter of 2012, 18% of the 11 million online homes in Canada had a tablet, doubling in only one year from 9%. A further 38% of Canadian consumers indicated that they may purchase a tablet in the next year, says the report....