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Conseil canadien du commerce de détail
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In this very special mid-week edition of RCC eNews, highlights from Canada's premier retail industry event including exclusive videos, prestigious awards, extensive media coverage and the fight for a level playing field for Canadian retailers.
Dans cette édition spéciale en mi-semaine de l'infolettre du CCCD : les faits saillants de l'événement le plus important dans l'industrie de détail au Canada, des vidéos exclusives, des prix prestigieux, une couverture médiatique importante et la lutte pour assurer des règles du jeu équitables pour les détaillants du Canada.
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The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada opened the STORE 2016 Conference with a special message for delegates to continue working with RCC and its members to ensure a strong, competitive, and healthy retail sector in Canada.
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Le très honorable Justin Trudeau, premier ministre du Canada, a inauguré la Conférence STORE 2016. Dans son allocution d'ouverture, il a invité les délégués à continuer de travailler avec le CCCD et ses membres pour que le secteur canadien du commerce de détail demeure fort, concurrentiel et florissant.
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Canadians are laggards when it comes to buying groceries online today, but that's about to change quickly, according to speakers at the Retail Council of Canada conference on Wednesday. (
Toronto Star)
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Mass disruption from discount grocers in Europe could foreshadow further bloodletting in Canada's highly competitive supermarket sector.
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Financial Post
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Marc Metrick is looking to Starbucks as a "new luxury" model for his upscale Saks Fifth Avenue chain, which launched its first two stores in Canada this year. (Globe and Mail)
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"What we are seeing in the U.S. is a fight for survival - traditional retailers are under siege," Sephora CEO Calvin McDonald told an audience at Retail Council of Canada's annual Store 2016 conference in Toronto. "They are having to recreate themselves in order to survive." (Financial Post) |
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As a membership-only shopping destination, Costco Canada continues to see growth with its online sales. And now the retailer wants to personalized your shopping experience. BNN's Kristina Partsinevelos caught up with the VP of Costco Wholesale at the Retail Council of Canada's store conference to learn how Costco is going digital. (BNN)
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If you've ever shopped for shoes, you've certainly heard of Aldo. It's been a part of shopping malls across Canada since the seventies. The Aldo group also has a smaller chain called "Call it Spring." It's using consumer data to attract savvy new shoppers. Kristina Partsinevelos caught up with the company's vice president to find out how it all works. (BNN)
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Live from Canada's biggest retail conference, Store 2016, BNN's Kristina Partsinevelos catches up with Terry Davis, CEO, Home Hardware, to learn more about the home improvement retailer's strategy to compete and win against the likes of Home Depot and Lowe's, both in-store and online. (BNN)
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The mobile ad space, long legitimized by the likes of Facebook and Alphabet have seemed to crack the once impenetrable code that is getting users' attentions back. A Canadian start-up housed in San Franscisco has taken it all to the next level, believing instant gratification is what millennials want. BNN's Kristina Partsinevelos caught up with the CEO of KIIP Brian Wong. (BNN)
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Thirteen of Canada's most innovative retailers took home top prizes tonight at the 2016 Excellence in Retailing Awards (ERA), a highlight of Retail Council of Canada's STORE 2016 conference in Toronto. In addition to the ERA honorees, three Awards of Distinction were also bestowed at a gala presentation attended by Canada's retailing elite. (
RCC)
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Interac Association and Retail Council of Canada (RCC) are pleased to announce that Teri Simone, a Bachelor of Social Science student at Western University, is the top recipient of the 2016 Retail as a Career Scholarship program. She will receive a scholarship, funded by Interac Association, of $5,000 to continue her studies. (
RCC
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The Independent Retail Ambassador of the Year Award, sponsored by Chase Paymentech, recognizes the outstanding contributions of a local independent retailer to his or her community. Cameron Baty and Karina Birch were selected this year among a number of outstanding independent retailers across Canada and were recognized for Rocky Mountain Soap's unique toxin-free product offering, community engagement and business expansion in Western Canada. (RCC)
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RCC's Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes a family or an individual in retail who has demonstrated outstanding business success and community service throughout his/her career and who has left an indelible mark on the industry. Louise Wendling and Costco Wholesale Canada join a long line of passionate merchants across Canada receiving the award, such as Founders of Roots Canada, Michael Budman and Don Green; Former President & CEO of Sobeys Inc., Bill McEwan; Founder of The Brick Warehouse Corporation, Dr. William H. Comrie; President & CEO of LCBO, Bob Peter and most recently, The Billes Family, Founders of Canadian Tire Corporation. (RCC)
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RCC's Distinguished Retailer of the Year Award, sponsored by MasterCard, recognizes a retail leader who has led his/her company to outstanding business success and who has consistently demonstrated a commitment to the communities they operate within. The recipient is seen as a role model because of his/her exceptional leadership within the corporation, in the retail industry in Canada and in the community at large, through personal and/or corporate philanthropic activities. Groupe Dynamite joins a long line of passionate merchants across Canada receiving the award, including Leon's, Harry Rosen, Canadian Tire Corporation and Aritzia. (RCC)
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Laiterie Chalifoux's Petit Pot yogurts won big at the Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards on Wednesday. (Canadian Grocer)
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La Laiterie Chalifoux a remporté trois prix au Grand Prix canadien des produits nouveaux 2015, mercredi soir, à Toronto, dans le cadre d'un gala organisé par le Conseil canadien du commerce de détail. (
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Les marques Métro S.E.N.C. et la Laiterie Chalifoux ont été les grandes gagnantes en remportant respectivement cinq et trois des 34 prix remis au total au cours du Gala de la 23e édition du Grand Prix canadien des nouveaux produits, tenu le 1er juin à Toronto par le Conseil canadien du commerce de détail. (
L'actualité Alimentaire)
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2015 Canadian Grand Prix New Product Awards.
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Retail Council of Canada (RCC) is pleased to announce Paul Higgins Jr. and Michael Higgins, the Co-CEOs of Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee, as the inaugural recipients of the Canadian Grand Prix Lifetime Achievement Award. (RCC)
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U.S.-based online merchants and couriers have been pushing hard for an increase in the de minimis level, below which courier or postal shipments into Canada are exempt from sales taxes and customs duties. Changes to the de minimis level could be devastating to retailer merchants in Canada and to our 2 million+ employees. Learn more, make your voice heard and
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Les commerçants en ligne et les services de messagerie établis aux États-Unis exercent des pressions pour augmenter le seuil de minimis, en dessous duquel les envois par service de messagerie ou par la poste vers le Canada sont exempts de taxes de vente et de droits de douane. Des changements au seuil de minimis pourraient être dévastateurs pour les détaillants au Canada et pour nos deux millions et plus d'employés dans le secteur. Apprenez-en plus à ce sujet, faites-vous entendre et
envoyez une lettre à votre député local.
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Thank you to our STORE 2016 sponsors
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