New York-based media firm PSFK will present the seventh edition of the Future of Retail and is holding an event on January 17 to unspool its findings.
Read MoreDo you know that LED lights impact the taste of milk? Read more about this interesting research from Virginia Tech College of Agriculture & Life Sciences.
Read MoreRetail innovation is poised for celebration with the Canadian Retail Innovation Challenge. This just-announced national contest—the product of four of Canada’s most high-flying retail players—launches the hunt for the country’s cleverest retail and technology entrepreneurs. In February, Dx3 Canada, in conjunction with retail real estate magnate Oxford Properties Group, industry futurist Retail Prophet and the Retail Council of Canada, will crown six of Canada’s brightest …
Read MoreExcellence in retailing is something to which all retailers should aspire — and for which the successful aspirants should be extravagantly lauded. So it goes with the Retail Council of Canada’s (RCC’s) annual Excellence in Retailing Awards, the finalists for which have just been announced. This, the twentieth version of this event, celebrates — in 10 retail categories — those …
Read MoreOne day, our grandchildren will look back on the retail landscape of old and marvel at the simplistic and limited scene. Imagine not having ready access to streams of digital information about a product you’re considering buying, including comparator data on its competitors, reviews and even a customized soundtrack! Today we live in more transitory times. Increasingly, stores are getting …
Read MoreCanadian retail sales are expected to grow by 3.5% this holiday season, trumpet the temperature takers at EY. Lower gas prices, contracted cross-border shopping, the federal middle-class tax cut and arguably buoyant consumer confidence all spell looming good fortune for Canadian retailers. But unless you’re a mindfully integrated version of same, the good news hits a wall at the mall. …
Read MoreRetail trends are as much the product of the physical spaces that accommodate them as the other way around. This reality was the focus of a recent seminar at the Real Estate Strategy & Leasing Conference in Toronto. Here, a crew of Canada’s leasing scions gathered to discuss the forces at work on the retail scene and how leasing is …
Read MoreLearn more about the first-ever retail certification program for jewellery store managers and personnel, The Canadian Jewellery Retail Professional (CJRP).
Read MoreIn the world of consumer sales, the back of the house is a store’s secret, the hidden-from-public-view beating heart of the retail body. These are the areas set aside to house the functional elements of an operation, the real estate that supports the store’s daily operation and provides essential areas for storage and facilities for staff. But while the aesthetic …
Read MoreWe are so excited that three of our clients have been shortlisted for the Canada Post E-commerce Innovation Awards. See the entire list of finalists here.
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