• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

My Newsroom - powered by Martin Charlton Communications

Saskatchewan's Trusted News Source - powered by Martin Charlton Communications

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • Home
  • Construction
  • Agriculture
  • Economy
  • Healthcare
  • Engineering
  • Sports
  • Business Blogs
  • About
You are here: Home / Business / Wholesale sector key driver of Saskatchewan economy

MyNewsroom / June 17, 2022

Wholesale sector key driver of Saskatchewan economy

One way to get a feel for how the economy in a local community or region is tracking the performance of its retail system.

There’s a way to get a feel for that even before it happens – by looking at the wholesale sector. That sector is the final stop before things hit the retail shelf.

The wholesale sector has been a key driver in lifting Saskatchewan’s overall economic performance. As we rounded the corner on winter and headed into spring back in April, for example, we could see how the wholesale community was gearing up for demand with the arrival of spring.

Inventories were on the rise in areas such as the lawn and garden sector. Revenue flowing through these businesses was basically the same as the previous month but it was dramatically higher than a year earlier as sales increased by 30 per cent year over year.

That is almost triple the national gains and outpaced every other province by quite a margin – nearly double the nearest one – even though many other places had farther to catch up because of COVID-19 closures and lockdowns.

Filed Under: Business, Economy Tagged With: Business, economy, growth, Saskaboom 2.0

MyNewsroom

The latest news in your inbox

Receive email updates from MyNewsroom and Martin Charlton Communications, including daily Paul Martin Commentaries.

Sign up

Primary Sidebar

The latest news in your inbox

Receive email updates from MyNewsroom and Martin Charlton Communications, including daily Paul Martin Commentaries.

Sign up

Featured

Province gets positive economic report card from TD

June 24, 2025 By MyNewsroom

Saskatchewan leads in retail sales

June 23, 2025 By MyNewsroom

Merger to create largest credit union in the province

June 20, 2025 By MyNewsroom

Footer

wetellyourstories.ca & mynewsroom.ca powered by
Martin Charlton Communications – Tel: 306 584 1000

Add your stories to mynewsroom

Connect with us

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter

© 2025 · mynewsroom.ca