Sponsors
Presenting
Platinum
American Express
At American Express, we know that with the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. Whether we’re supporting our customers’ financial confidence to move ahead, taking commerce to new heights, or encouraging people to explore the world, our colleagues are constantly striving to uphold our powerful backing promise to our customers and each other every day. These beliefs have been our North Star for 170 years as our business transformed – from helping evacuate travelers during World Wars, to ensuring the safety of our customers’ funds during the Great Depression in the U.S., to creating the Shop Small® movement to help small businesses recover from the Financial Crisis, to providing aid to communities impacted by many natural disasters and so much more. For generations, the key to our success has been the determination and resilience of our American Express colleagues. Now, as a globally integrated payments company, we work together to provide customers with access to products, insights and world-class experiences that enrich lives and build business success. Join us and let’s lead the way together.
Environics Analytics
At Environics Analytics (EA), we take pride in our reputation for producing the best data products and software in the industry. Established in 2003, Environics Analytics has quickly grown to be one of the premier marketing and analytical services companies in North America. Specializing in proprietary data, purpose-built software, and industry-focused consulting, we provide data-driven analytics to help organizations of all sizes to better understand customers and markets. EA is very proud to be one of the first organizations in the world to be certified with MSECB’s ISO 31700-1 Privacy by Design designation, covering the lifecycle of product development including modelling and analytics.
Gold
DAC
Founded in 1972, DAC is an international leader in full-funnel media, mastering the art of media application from enterprise to local. As a digital-first agency with expertise across the entire media landscape, we ensure that our clients stay ahead of the curve with innovative solutions that drive success. We thrive in the evolving media environment, building on our core strengths while continuously seeking new, groundbreaking methods to serve our clients better. We help brands gain awareness and achieve performance both globally and locally through our comprehensive range of services, including paid media, SEO, content strategy, local presence management, reputation management, and data analytics. Our team of high-quality, knowledgeable professionals works in an integrated environment, leveraging unique expertise and technology to deliver powerful outcomes. Our mission is to delight our clients with the development and delivery of top-tier solutions across all our services. At DAC, we partner with you to achieve exceptional success, driven by our dedication to your goals.
Leger
At Leger, we give people a voice and empower our clients to make better decisions in a constantly changing world. Leger is one of North America’s fastest-growing market research companies. We’re known for our forward-thinking experts, innovative approaches, and having the most accurate panel (LEO) and insights. As a market leader, Leger combines our decades of experience—powered by artificial intelligence (AI) technologies—to deliver comprehensive end-to-end market research, advanced analytics, customer experience (CX), and digital marketing expertise.
Quinyx
At Quinyx, we help you to optimize your business, manage your workforce, and engage your frontline workers in one single platform! Our all-in-one solution helps over one million workers keep track of their daily schedules for a better work-life balance. And through AI forecasting and more efficient time reporting, we optimize your scheduling process to make sure shifts start on time and that your workers have the flexibility to celebrate birthdays, make the school run, or just catch a break—without the fuss—so that work just…works!
Silver
JRoss Retail Recruiters
If you’re looking for great leaders, look to us! As Canada’s leading Retail Recruiters, we are dedicated to helping great brands hire exceptional leaders. With extensive retail operations and search experience, we recruit for positions in the field, head office, and executive suite. With offices in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver, we are in a position to offer genuine insight and guidance to the recruitment process having filled hundreds of roles and supporting the career progression of thousands of retail professionals across Canada.
Moneris
Proud Canadian partner of empowering your business adventure with commerce solutions for your next chapter. We’re boldly re-imagining a unified commerce and working with us means connecting your passion with a community to discover your purpose. Every day, we empower our team members to redefine what’s possible in making an impact, creating growth opportunities, and making connections with our customers and each other.
Bronze
PwC
At PwC, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. We’re a network of firms in 149 countries with more than 370,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, advisory and tax services. Find out more and tell us what matters to you by visiting us at www.pwc.com.
Event Level
Axis
Axis offers intelligent security solutions that enable a smarter, safer world. As the market leader in network video, Axis is driving the industry by continually launching innovative network products based on an open platform – delivering high value to customers through a global partner network.
Axis has long-term relationships with partners and provides them with knowledge and ground-breaking network products in existing and new markets.
Axis has more than 2,500 dedicated employees in more than 50 countries around the world, supported by a global network of over 80,000 partners. Founded in 1984, Axis is a Sweden-based company listed on NASDAQ Stockholm under the ticker AXIS.
For more information about Axis, please visit our website www.axis.com.
GLS Canada
GLS Canada is your trusted partner for Parcel, Freight, Logistics and Warehousing solutions from coast-to-coast. With Rosenau Transport and AltiMax Courier now part of GLS, we have more than 60 terminals strategically located across Canada to offer extensive coverage for pickup and deliver with speed and efficiency.
Why choose GLS in Canada?
GLS is flexible: We work with you to find the best transportation or warehousing solution for your business. By teaming up with many local delivery teams, there is always a GLS driver available to pick up and deliver your parcel and freight shipments. Our customers love that they can ship skids and parcels on the same GLS vehicle.
GLS is innovative: We offer technology that makes a difference. Customers can create, track and manage their shipments in real-time at every step of the way, with proactive notifications at their fingertips.
GLS is caring: When it comes to our impact on the world, GLS is actively seeking and implementing ways to reduce our carbon footprint. GLS delivers routes with 100% electric vehicles and prioritizes sustainable building practices.
GLS is rapidly expanding to serve Canadians better. When it comes to delivering what matters from person to person, trust GLS to help your business grow!
JL Inc.
With a solid history of success since 1982, JL inc. is a reliable supplies partner that is difficult to surpass. We offer a complete line of top-quality paper rolls for P.O.S., imaging and printing products. Our services are finely tuned to the customer, small or large. From the retail industry to hospitality markets and individual office requirements, we meet every supply need. Furthermore, in today’s security-conscious environment, we stay on top of changing demands and offer customized safety solutions to protect your business.
Unity Connected Solutions
We provide top-tier national rollout services to Retalis businesses across Canada. Our expertise spans a wide range of industries, allowing us to deliver efficient, scalable, and tailored solutions. We pride ourselves on meeting the unique needs of each client with precision and dedication. Our comprehensive services ensure your projects are executed seamlessly, regardless of their complexity or scale.
Our expert project management services guarantee the successful and timely completion of your national rollout projects. We provide comprehensive oversight, from initial planning and execution to monitoring and reporting, ensuring a smooth and efficient rollout process. With a single point of contact, our white-glove service covers every aspect of your project, delivering end-to-end coverage.
We design, implement, optimize, and manage your rollout to meet your specific needs.
If you have a project, we’ll ensure it’s successfully brought to all your locations. We’ve completed national rollouts across businesses in the following services; Data, electrical cabling, network equipment swap out and refresh, retail POS deployment, wireless surveys and deployment, self-service kiosks, phone systems, life safety systems, paging systems, access control and CCTV/Video surveillance.
Media Partners
Canadian Grocer
Canadian Grocer is the most influential brand among key decision-makers in the Canadian grocery industry. For more than 130 years, retail head office executives, buyers, store owners, franchisees and managers have turned to Canadian Grocer for trusted, timely information on important issues, trends, innovations and products. No other industry media can match the expertise, industry knowledge and reporting of Canadian Grocer’s award-winning editorial team.
Food In Canada
Publishing for 80 years, Food in Canada has earned the highest degree of trust that is unequalled by any other magazine, website or enewsletter serving the Canadian food and beverage processing industry. We have been helping food and beverage processing executives make informed decisions since 1938. There is no question that Food in Canada is recognized as “the voice of the food and beverage processing industry” in Canada.
Grocery Business
The dedicated team of Grocery Business publishers and editors is the most experienced in the industry. We are very connected to and deeply knowledgeable about the people and the issues that resonate most with Canada’s grocery retailers and marketers.
Supported by strong industry relationships Grocery Business magazine has it all – great content, compelling design, experienced staff and national readership – from Coleman’s in Nfld. to Quality Foods on Vancouver Island we’ve got the market covered!
Hardlines
Hardlines provides news and intelligence on the retail home improvement industry to help that industry, and players in it, be more successful. And we’ve been doing it for over a quarter of a century.
As a specialized information company, we are dedicated to helping retailers and managers at hardware stores, building centres, and home improvement big box stores, plus their executive head offices and the vendors who supply them. We provide news, research, conferences and connections. We deliver market intelligence, defining trends and generating analysis for home improvement executives, retail owners and managers, and their suppliers. Our annual Conference and ongoing events provide important forums for vendors and buyers to network.
Postmedia
Postmedia Network Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Postmedia Network Canada Corp. (TSX:PNC.A, PNC.B), is a Canadian news media company representing more than 120 brands across multiple print, online, and mobile platforms. Award-winning journalists and innovative product development teams bring engaging content to millions of people every week whenever and wherever they want it. This exceptional content, reach and scope offers advertisers and marketers compelling solutions to effectively reach target audiences.
Retail Insider
The leader in showcasing Canadian retail news, opinions, and analysis. Founded in April 2012, Retail Insider is a Canadian go-to source for information on what’s happening in Canadian retailing.
The Globe And Mail
The Globe and Mail, founded in 1844, is Canada’s foremost news media company and a part of Canada’s fabric. We cover events that have changed our nation as well as the day-to-day happenings that continue to shape us as a country.
Each day, The Globe leads the national discussion by engaging Canadians through its award-winning coverage of news, politics, business, investing and lifestyle topics, across multiple platforms. The Globe and Mail print and digital formats reach over 6 million readers every week, with Report on Business magazine reaching over 2.5 million readers every issue in print and digital. The Globe and Mail is owned by Woodbridge, the investment arm of the Thomson family.
The Globe has won more national newspaper awards than any other news organization in Canada, and has been honoured with multiple Michener Awards for public-service journalism.
The Voice of Retail Podcast
The Voice of RetailTM is a weekly podcast hosted by retail pioneer, senior retail advisor and keynote speaker Michael LeBlanc and produced in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada.
Toronto Star
Founded in 1892, the Toronto Star has long been Canada’s largest daily newspaper. Now a multi-platform news organization, the Star publishes a newspaper seven days a week in the Greater Toronto Area and publishes ongoing news and information to a global audience on thestar.com and mobile applications. The Star is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Torstar Corporation. Torstar owns and operates several daily news brands, including the Hamilton Spectator and Waterloo Region Record, and dozens of community news sites across Ontario.
Member Benefits Partners
Chase
For over 30 years, Chase® Merchant Services has been committed to providing businesses with safe, reliable and secure payment solutions. Chase Merchant Services has experience delivering solutions for Canada’s businesses and will work with you one-on-one to help choose competitive options for your business, understand the costs associated with payment processing, and provide innovative solutions unique to your needs.
Machool
Machool’s tech and AI-powered platform makes shipping a breeze. Instantly compare rates from 20+ top carriers like UPS, Purolator, and Canpar. Save big with RCC discounts, manage everything easily, and enjoy zero volume commitments or fees.
RetailCare
Retail Council of Canada (RCC), in collaboration with health benefits experts – Producers Group, have created RetailCare, an affordable, best-in-class employee health and wellness benefits program.
Discover how easy it can be to offer your employees and their families the added advantage of this kind of support and, in the process, improve your ability to attract and retain happy, productive retail staff.
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