Sponsors
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American Express
As a proud sponsor of the Retail Council of Canada, helping you do more business is our business at American Express Canada.
When you accept American Express Cards, you gain access to higher spending customers and a greater number of business clients.
We also help retailers grow through business solutions that include cash flow management, providing working capital opportunities and lucrative rewards.
Canada Post
Booth #325
As the country’s postal service and leading ecommerce delivery company, we’re committed to serving Canadians and Canadian businesses, working for the greener good, and delivering a stronger Canada.
We are the only delivery organization with the network and commitment to serve all of the more than 17 million addresses across Canada. We operate the largest retail network in Canada, with almost 5,900 post offices in every corner of the country. Our nearly 68,000 employees connect us with Canadians and are proud to serve the communities where they live and work.
Canadians are at the heart of everything we do. We are dedicated to meeting their rapidly evolving needs and expectations. Our purpose, A Stronger Canada – Delivered, is anchored in our commitment to provide a service all Canadians can count on; demonstrate environmental and social leadership; and create a safe and welcoming workplace for all employees.
Environics Analytics
Booth #240
Environics Analytics (EA) is the premier marketing and analytical services company in Canada, helping thousands of customers across every industry sector turn data and analytics into strategy, insights, and results. Established in 2003, we specialize in using best-in-class data, analytics expertise, and purpose-built software to address key challenges in areas such as consumer profiling and segmentation, multichannel media planning and execution, trade area analysis, merchandising strategies and site location decision-making.
Our ENVISION platform provides quick and easy access to our comprehensive and privacy-compliant databases—including the latest mobile movement data. Environics Analytics is a Bell Canada company.
Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. As a global technology leader, Google’s innovations in web search and advertising have made its website a top internet property and its brand one of the most recognized in the world. Google Canada has offices in Waterloo, Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa with employees working on teams across Engineering, AI Research, Sales and Marketing.
Stratacache
Booth #241
STRATACACHE is accelerating the shift of digital retail transformation by having a full scope of technology under one roof. Our retail solutions allow us to be partners in creating an in-store evolution, fitting into your existing ecosystem by connecting different technologies to truly drive a frictionless store visit. We’re making a frictionless shopping experience even better.
Thinkmax
Booth #123
Thinkmax helps retailers accelerate their digital maturity and ability to adapt in an evolving landscape with strategies and solutions for growth. From fulfillment flexibility to intelligent merchandising and omnichannel customer experiences, the adoption of digital is pivotal in retail. Thinkmax will guide your successful implementation with powerful, flexible solutions that support your strategic vision.
With offices in Canada and the United States, and world-renowned partners and clients, Thinkmax takes a human-centric approach with a proven methodology to build sustainable solutions and client relationships for continued success. Founded in 2009 by seasoned industry veterans, Thinkmax with its 200 experts are committed to support and accelerate its clients’ digital transformation.
Leveraging advanced industry and technical expertise with leading-edge technologies, Thinkmax implements efficient and innovative solutions, streamlining business processes, unifying digital experiences, and enabling transformative change.
Thinkmax embraces a boutique firm approach, providing an elevated level of competency and rigour with a bulletproof methodology. With every client, the aim is to build a long-standing partnership based on a mutual and fair commitment for success.
Expertise
Cloud ERP for Unified Operations
Thinkmax’s core specialty is unifying all aspects of retail business on a single platform including sales, marketing, service, finance, operations, commerce and HR with Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP Business Applications and the power of Azure cloud.
Personalized Omnichannel Customer Experiences
Unified retail does not distinguish between online and brick and mortar, nor do customers. Thinkmax helps retailers erase the lines and deliver exceptional customer experiences.
CRM for Customer-Centric Retail
We will guide you from the strategy to implementing a CRM solution for a single view of the customer across the shopping journey. CRM is pivotal to standout customer experiences that increase sales and encourage loyalty in a highly competitive market.
Walkbase
Walkbase offers the keys to understanding your customer, their behaviours and preferences. Using location data and insights to measure, optimize and personalize the customer journey, Walkbase analytics inspire meaningful change to marketing strategy, merchandising, store layouts and queue management for the best customer experience. Walkbase analyzes in-store customer patterns, measures and optimizes the impact of marketing in physical stores, engages customers with personalized in-store marketing, and links the online and offline customer journeys together. As part of the STRATACACHE family of digital media/marketing technology companies, we’re inspiring transformation by marrying deep insights with powerful, interactive digital solutions that directly impact success for businesses including retail, grocery, QSR, banking and finance, transport and more.
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Adobe
Adobe is the global leader in digital media and digital marketing solutions. Our creative, marketing and document solutions empower everyone – from emerging artists to global brands – to bring digital creations to life and deliver immersive, compelling experiences to the right person at the right moment for the best results. In short, Adobe is everywhere, and we’re changing the world through digital experiences.
Adyen
Adyen is the financial technology platform of choice for leading companies. With its complete payment solutions, data-driven insights, and global financial products, empowering businesses to thrive in the modern marketplace and drives the future of the emerging “unified commerce” industry with frictionless payments across online, mobile, and in-store channels. With offices around the world, Adyen works with the likes of Meta, Uber, H&M, Mejuri, eBay, Microsoft, Lightspeed, Moose Knuckles, among others.
Air Miles
Booth #344
The AIR MILES Reward Program is one of Canada’s most recognized loyalty programs, with over 9.5 million active collector accounts, representing more than half of all Canadian households.
AIR MILES collectors earn Reward Miles at more than 300 leading Canadian, global, and online brands and at thousands of retail and service locations across the country. This activity powers an unmatched data asset that, along with world-class analytics and marketing capabilities, enables clients to accelerate marketing activities and ROI. It’s the only loyalty program of its kind to give collectors the flexibility and choice to use Reward Miles on aspirational rewards such as merchandise, travel, events and attractions, or instantly on everyday essentials, in-store or online.
Cineplex Digital Media
Booth #348
Experts in location-based digital solutions, providing end-to-end digital signage experiences and place-based media networks for leading brands in malls, retail, finance, and entertainment.
DAC
DAC is a leading, international performance marketing agency that helps brands connect with customers from the enterprise level right down to hyper-local moments. Celebrating 50 years in business and recognized by Forrester as one of the world’s most significant performance marketing agencies, DAC is passionate about helping brands build, maintain, and optimize their online presence, as well as drive traffic and conversions to stores and ecommerce. Our integrated services are built around our unique Enterprise-to-Local methodology, underpinned by technology, and accelerated by our services (paid media, strategy, content, creative, and data analytics). Our campaigns are best-in-class and drive transformational outcomes for our clients, which has led to our success in winning Google Premiere Partner Awards, US Agency Awards, and Search Engine Land Awards. To learn more, visit www.dacgroup.com.
Flipp
Booth #226
Flipp is a technology platform that is reinventing the digital shopping experience. The largest retailers, brands, and digital publishers in North America use the Flipp platform to curate and distribute digital merchandising experiences to millions of highly-engaged shoppers every day. For shoppers, Flipp helps provide for their families by making life more affordable. By delivering local savings and deal content, Flipp makes the planning process seamless, saving shoppers up to $45 a week. In 2022, Flipp acquired reebee in Canada, expanding reach on App to over 5 million monthly shoppers.
KPMG
KPMG in Canada takes a multi-disciplinary approach to help your business overcome challenges and respond to opportunities. We leverage the skills, knowledge, experience and passion of our firm to provide deep business insights and innovative solutions to help you and your business succeed.
The professionals in our Consumer & Retail practice combine deep industry knowledge with extensive experience working with clients in the retail sector, plus the food, beverage and consumer products and restaurant segments.
At KPMG, we provide support in Audit, Tax, and Advisory in a functional, and collaborative way that today’s Consumer & Retail market requires. We measure our success from the only perspective that matters – yours.
Leger
Leger is the largest Canadian-owned market research and analytics company, with more than 600 employees in eight Canadian and US offices. Leger has been working with prestigious clients since 1986.
We offer a full-service suite of research and analytics solutions designed to help our clients solve their most pressing business challenges. Being at the heart of our clients’ strategies enables us to provide smarter insights and actionable recommendations.
Our clients rely on our retail expertise to help them make better decisions, understand consumers and monitor trends. They also rely on our annual WOW study to measure customer experience and evaluate performance indicators specific to retail businesses. Every year, our WOW and WOW Digital specialized studies reveal the ranking of the retailers that offer the best in-store and online customer experiences.
Some of our specialized services include:
The LEO Panel: Our LEO panel is the largest proprietary panel in Canada, with over 400,000 members in North America. The LEO mobile app enables members to respond to surveys anywhere, anytime from their mobile devices. Strict quality control and data privacy systems are in place to ensure data quality and respondent confidentiality. To manage and grow this panel, we have dedicated in-house teams with years of experience. Retailers can also access our panel for their research needs.
Leger Analytics (LEA): Our advanced analytics team offers a one-stop shop to help decision makers answer questions, tackle challenges and make better business decisions. Experts in market research, analytics and data science, our team works with all kinds of data (first party, transactional, CRM, market research, web data and more) and offers a wide variety of custom analytics solutions.
Leger DGTL: Our in-house digital marketing agency has proven expertise in strategy, media, creative content activation and performance measurement. Leger DGTL creates effective, customized digital campaigns by improving customer segmentation, optimizing advertising messages and prioritizing the best platforms. Leger DGTL helps our clients ensure they reach the right audience, at the right time, with the right message.
Visit leger360.com to learn more.
Salesforce
Salesforce is the customer company, helping companies connect with customers in a whole new way. Founded in 1999, Salesforce enables companies of every size and industry to become customer companies with best-in-class apps, a powerful low code platform, real-time data, industry verticals and a success ecosystem to turn customer success into business success. With Customer 360, our full portfolio of technology and services, we unite teams through a single view of customer data that improves efficiency and productivity while creating personalized customer experiences.
Salesforce is proud to be the global leader in CRM for nine years in a row, but we’re even more proud to be recognized as a leader inspiring the future of business. Driven by our core values of trust, customer success, innovation, equality, and sustainability and united in a global community of Trailblazers, we are more than a business — we’re a platform for change.
Smart Label Solutions
Booth #404
Smart Label Solutions Inc., a proud Canadian company, is a world leading e-paper application provider and a key business of Printers Plus Inc., which has been in the label business for over 32 years. As an innovator in leveraging technology for digital transformation, Smart Label Solutions helps businesses large and small improve operations, management, and the consumer experience through e-paper technology. Our clients come from different industries, and as a solution driven and service minded company, we work interactively with them on every project to ensure every challenge is considered. Our Mission & Vision: Digital Journey with Sustainability.
Electronic Shelf Labels (ESLs) help retailers with price management; they save time by eliminating the need to replace paper labels, improve label accuracy with real-time prices, have inventory management capabilities, and enable rapid price change and strategy through one-click store management. ESLs give retailers the upper edge in maintaining market competitiveness by allowing them to adjust product prices based on the current market environment or conditions (back to school sales, Christmas holiday sales, etc.), or unique consumer demand. Special promotional prices are rolled out temporarily and automatically reset after the promotion has come to an end. ESLs also improve the consumer shopping experience; they integrate QR codes and NFC technology, which helps brands and businesses engage their customers more efficiently by enabling them to do things such as view product information and product reviews, gain access to special discounts, and much more.
We believe in the ESL industry, the retailers not only look for purchasing the hardware, but also a long-term partnership and on-going service support, which will benefit the journey of store digital innovation the most. At Smart Label Solutions, we offer the best value, best quality, and best service. Instead of looking for a buyer, we are more eager to look for a partner because at the end, we work with people, and we as a service-minded company will be the one you can rely on and trust.
Toronto Congress Centre
Toronto Congress Centre is the largest privately owned trade & convention facility in Canada with over 1 million square feet of trade & convention space. TCC was founded with single visionary goal: to become the most innovative, customer-focused convention facility in North America. TCC is home to some of the countries largest and most prestigious events. TCC’s success is largely due to their corporate philosophy, GEM™ – “Great Experience Makers”, more than a corporate Mantra, for TCC GEM™ is a way of life. TCC firmly believes “its not enough to do well, one must continually strive to reach above and beyond”. It is this ideology that continues to keep TCC at the forefront of the industry.
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BigSteelBox
Booth #336
BigSteelBox offers a flexible warehouse solution for retailers who need a seasonal storage, excess inventory, or business equipment.
Every rental container comes equipped with a Lock Box that protects your padlock from being accessible to bolt cutters, so your things will be safe.
Plus, your BigSteelBox will arrive clean and white, so you can count on us to make a good impression on your customers.
With 35 locations across Canada, we can help retails on a local, regional or national level, all backed by customer service team that dedicated to owning your problem.
Caddle
Booth #238
With access to rapid insights at every stage of the consumer journey, Caddle® is the largest mobile-first insights platform that rewards Canadians for sharing data and engaging with brands.
How it Works:
Capture relevant insights for any challenge or opportunity. Engage seamlessly with shoppers at every stage of the consumer journey by leveraging the Caddle suite of tools. Caddle rewards panel members for actions ranging from video, survey, receipt capture, reviews, and more.
Largest Canadian Panel in Market
Caddle is the largest daily active survey panel in the Canadian Market, with over 10,000+ Daily Active Users and 100,000+ Monthly Active Users. Macro & niche data verticals range from Amazon Prime members to new moms, repeat customers to vegan buyers, and more.
Why Us?
Get rapid insights in 72 hours Trusted by fortune 500 brands and major research firms Rich, in depth customer data, including purchase Flexible options customized to suit your brand
Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ Chamber of Commerce
Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC) is a coalition of 2SLGBTQI+ businesses, corporate sponsors, government liaisons, and community partners advocating for a more inclusive Canadian economy. We are the certifying body for diverse businesses that are owned and operated by members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community. We provide connections and education for our corporate partners looking to expand their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts – by helping them move from awareness to action. CGLCC facilitates B2B matchmaking to benefit our partners and certified suppliers as they navigate Supplier Diversity in procurement.
Category 5
Booth #300
For more than 15 years, Category 5 has been a partner to iconic Canadian brands, helping them create experiences and share their message with their audience across retail, OOH, doorstep, transit environments through the use of large format graphics.
Category 5 collaborates, prints, kits, ships and installs awesome projects for our partners across Canada.
Your partner in sustainability
- We are committed to continuous improvement with respect to both our operation and the materials we use, and we are working with our vendors to research, test and implement “cradle to grave” solutions.
- We will always suggest sustainable or recyclable materials when well suited to the project including virgin and post-consumer waste alternatives
- Our portfolio includes PVC free pressure sensitive adhesive and non-pasted selections for wall application and pvc free window films, as well as sustainable alternates for signage, displays, and branded packaging.
Your partner in Execution Excellence
- Our step-by-step installation process will provide your brand with an elevated and seamless in store experience.
- Complete site checks, detailed and stored templating of your locations, tailored installation, and removals like it was never there
- Produced in Ontario and installed by our Master 3M led installation team, Category 5 has you covered from coast to coast.
Your partner in visual distinction
- We have more than 15 years of experience working with eye catching, alternative, unique and fun materials
- Our in house design team is available to help bring your vision to life, while hitting your timelines
Your partner in innovation & design
- Highly skilled structural designers, and in house engineering to help make your concept a reality
- Dieline design and testing to support flawless execution
- Experience in 3D and interactive structures – working with motors and lights
- Unique and creative short run P.O.P and Influencer packaging for your next campaign
Centric Software
Booth #322
#RetailTransformation #RetailPLM #SeeingIsBelieving
Wondering how #RetailPLM drives digital transformation for your multi-channel retail business? If so, join Centric Software experts at Booth #322 to:
- Discover how to develop amazing products across multiple categories, geographies and channels faster to better compete in today’s accelerating marketplace.
- Get hands-on and test-drive the most innovative Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technologies and mobile apps for retailers.
- Learn how our market-driven, cloud-based, mobile PLM solution empowers retailers to boost product innovation, increase the pace of new product introductions and improve supplier collaboration and product co-creation.
- Find out how PLM ensures regional compliance and labeling to manage quality and speed time-to-market.
Find out why 96 companies ditched their legacy PLM systems for Centric PLM!
Compugen
Booth #149
From a small operation in Toronto to one of Canada’s largest IT service providers, we’ve come a long way. We’ve spent 35 years building strong and successful relationships with both our partners and our customers, and a lot of that success comes from taking the time to listen and delivering on the idea that a team of passionate and motivated experts can solve complex issues with creative solutions and simplify the business of IT.
David Sobey Retailing Centre
Booth #237
The David Sobey Retailing Centre is a leading expert and partner in the retail sector. At the David Sobey Retailing Centre we are committed to ‘shaping the future’ of retail and building a vibrant retail sector in Canada through research, innovation and education. The Centre funds faculty research related to retail as well as directly engages in research projects, sponsors and engages in the development of innovations, and disseminates knowledge through a variety of executive education programs and events. We help the retail industry be more successful and innovative by providing guidance, identifying issues and opportunities, and producing relevant, actionable insights.
The David Sobey Retailing Centre was established in 2014, thanks to a visionary and generous gift by Dr. David F. Sobey.
DCM
Booth #213
DCM is a marketing and business communications partner that helps companies simplify the complex ways they communicate and operate, so they can accomplish more with fewer steps and less effort. DCM serves major brands in vertical markets including financial services, retail, healthcare, energy, and the public sector. We integrate seamlessly into our clients’ businesses thanks to our deep understanding of their needs, transformative tech-enabled solutions, and end-to-end service offering. Whether we’re running technology platforms, sending marketing messages, or managing print workflows, our goal is to make everything surprisingly simple.
Ecom Logistics
Booth #137
Ecom Logistics is Canada’s leader in sustainable last-mile delivery, with a pioneering, customer-focused approach that leverages innovation, state-of-the-art technology, and unparalleled speed.
Driven by a future-oriented, forward-thinking mindset, Ecom Logistics combines a growing fleet of electric vehicles with an end-to-end shipment tracking platform that includes proof of delivery.
They are complemented by robust, technology-powered delivery services, offering client businesses the edge to compete effectively and truly make a difference to their customers.
Ecom Logistics’ same-day and next-day delivery services across all major cities in Canada are modeled on the needs of retail companies committed to reducing their carbon footprint and enhancing their profile as both a sustainably minded brand and first choice for eco-conscious consumers.
FLO
FLO is Canada’s largest electric vehicle (EV) charging network. We operate a comprehensive charging ecosystem that fulfills EV drivers’ needs wherever they may be—at home, at work or on the go—by ensuring a consistently simple and seamless experience. FLO offers smart home charging solutions for both single-family houses and multi-unit residential buildings, as well as access to thousands of public charging stations across the country. FLO also provides turnkey solutions to property managers, business owners, employers and municipal administrators who wish to support EV adoption by supplying charging services.
Graff Retail
Let’s face it; this isn’t the same ball game. Traffic in stores will likely be down for most, and the expectations of customers visiting your stores will be significantly higher. You need retail training programs that will increase conversion rates and average sales to meet your goals. So, how do our retail training programs make that happen?
By recognizing that your frontline teams are now more important to your success than ever before. How your store teams perform will be the single greatest differentiator between your store and the competition and between success and failure. It’s time to give your store staff the sales and management skills they need, plus the work experience they deserve. In turn, they’ll deliver the experience your customers demand … and the results you need.
Howell Data Systems
Booth #211
Howell Data Systems’ team of dedicated professionals has been developing, deploying, and supporting fully featured retail enterprise management solutions for thousands of merchants internationally for 30 years.
HDS software solutions include e-commerce, point of sale and payment systems, in-store customer self-scan kiosks, and customized smartphone client loyalty shopping apps.
Our dedicated Field Service Engineers provide on-site repair services coast-to-coast for many leading supermarket, pharmacy, and restaurant chains.
JRoss Retail Recruiters
Booth #326
We’re Canada’s leading recruiting agency specializing exclusively in retail.
We’re leaders in recruiting premium candidates for leadership positions, including those that require specialized skillsets.
We have recruiters in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Calgary, and with extensive retail operations experience and years of search experience for Canadian retailers, we recruit candidates at the staff, management and executive levels coast to coast.
We have deep retail industry connections, including an extensive database of qualified candidates and a broad network of contacts at all levels. We place all retail, wholesale and related positions including store, district & regional managers, ecommerce & omnichannel specialists, buyers, human resource professionals, merchandisers, marketing professionals, distribution & logistics staff, senior executives to the CEO level, and others.
The bottom line? We know retail and we find people who fit.
We help you Set The Bar. Hire.
LG2
LG2 is a creative agency that firmly believes its work must serve progress. Based in Montreal, Quebec City and Toronto, we are the largest independent agency in Canada. Our areas of expertise allows us to help our clients go further each day and create a true brand experience. Our dynamic culture of progress gives our team of over 450 passionate professionals a foundation to question the status quo. To stay curious. And to create real and lasting positive change – socially, economically and environmentally. For brands. For our communities. And for all of us. Together. Create progress.
Moneris
Moneris is Canada’s largest provider of innovative solutions for mobile, online and in-store payments, processing more than one in three transactions. Serving businesses of every size and industry, Moneris offers hardware, software and solutions to help transform the way Canadian retailers grow and operate, in payments and beyond.
For more information, visit moneris.com and follow @moneris.
Moneris Data gives you access to comprehensive insights on consumer behaviour trends at a national, provincial, or local level, and provides retailers a look at where your customers live and where they like to spend.
Data Solutions that help empower your business
Niagara Falls Convention Centre
Whether planning a large conference, an executive board meeting or a theatre-worthy show, host your next event just 300 steps from the natural wonder of Niagara Falls, in the heart of Canada’s premier wine and culinary region. Our state-of-the-art venue boasts 200,000 square feet of open, flexible space, a prime location in the Fallsview Boulevard District, and proximity to over 4,000 branded guest rooms, meaning Niagara Falls Convention Centre is the ideal destination for your next corporate event.
Oongalee
Oongalee is a Canadian media and technology company based in Toronto, Ontario. Its patented tabletop chargingGateways are designed to keep everyone’s phone charged while providing a high-definition portal to businesses and its services through digital advertising. Oongalee’s advertising network provides a completely unique platform. The company’s focus around impression time and targeted reach ensures that brands are recognized and remembered and its exclusive restaurant network provides uncomparable exposure. Oongalee’s charging Gateway provides the ultimate phone charging solution for diners while offering a revolutionary platform for advertisers to reach people intimately and meaningfully like never before, redefining how brands speak to the masses.
ServiceNow
Booth #245
Turn disruption into your competitive advantage!
You face high expectations and disruptions. We connect information from stores to suppliers so you can solve issues, personalize shopping, and streamline operations. Build more connected and streamlined retail operations and empower employees to efficiently create exceptional customer experiences.
ShopLiftr
Booth #210
ShopLiftr: Your Partner in Dynamic Retail Advertising
Founded and based in Ottawa for over 20 years, ShopLiftr is a proudly Canadian company at the forefront of dynamic digital ad tech solutions for brands and retailers. Our dynamic creative platform supports multi-lingual, geo-targeted display and video ads that cater to diverse sectors including grocery, CPG, DIY, hardware, and more.
Our solution stands out by providing personalized advertising in English and French, helping brands connect with consumers through relevant, accurate deals, leading to increased in-store sales and traffic. ShopLiftr leverages a vast proprietary database of over 200,000 weekly refreshed active trade promotions, ensuring real-time, hyper-localized ad content that resonates with shoppers.
Our name, ShopLiftr, embodies our mission to lift in-store sales. As we join the Retail Council of Canada Store Conference, we’re eager to showcase how our innovative advertising solutions can transform the Canadian retail experience – drive significant increases in store traffic.
TC Transcontinental
TC Transcontinental is the largest printer in Canada and one of the largest in North America and a leader in flexible packaging in the United States, Canada and Latin America.
For over 45 years, we have been helping our customers maximize their results by effectively integrating innovative printing solutions, helping publishers and marketers deliver their content. We are constantly improving our print offering with the goal of helping our customers better attract, reach and retain their target readers and consumers through our unique customer-oriented service offering which combines mass and personalized solutions.
Over the last few years, the company has invested heavily in its printing network to ensure it provides state-of-the-art technology. Our services include a wide array of solutions for our customers, including premedia, printing and distribution.
We serve key clienteles including book, magazine and newspaper publishers, as well as retailers, cataloguers, marketers and advertising agencies. In total, more than 2,000 customers across North America trust TC Transcontinental Printing with their printing projects.
Our mission is simple: create products and services that allow businesses to attract, reach and retain their target customers. In this pursuit, we are firmly guided by our vision to become a market leader in flexible packaging in North America while maintaining our position as Canada’s largest printer.
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Auror
Auror is the crime intelligence platform for retailers focused on preventing crime, reducing loss, and making stores safer. They do this by making it easy to report actionable intel, connect the dots on repeat offenders, and distribute actionable intelligence to teams to safely prevent crime in real time. Auror has offices in Denver, London, Melbourne, and Auckland to support its growing retail base, which includes the best and largest retailers in the world. Learn more at www.auror.co.
BRICK THROUGH
THE LEGO -INSPIRED BLOCKS W/EYE CATCHING COLORS DELIVER & ATTRACT RETAIL CUSTOMERS.
IMAGINATIVE MODULAR SHELVES,DIVIDERS,SEATING, WALLS CREATION’S TO
ENHANCE YOUR STORE WITH MERCHANDISING SOLUTIONS – FROM BRICK THROUGH
CAO DEZIGN WORKZ
IS A CREATIVE FORCE IN THE RETAIL & EVENT & COMMERCIAL DESIGN INDUSTRY WITH OVER 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE
WE PROVIDE OUR CUSTOMERS WITH DESIGN & PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS THAT BEST REFLECT OUR CLIENTS NEEDS.
BY PARTNERING WITH LIKE MINDED COMPANIES & SUSTAINABLE OPTIONS
THE USE OF UNIQUE MATERIALS HAS BEEN AN INSPIRATION WITH ALL PROJECTS
” TEAMWORKZ MAKEZ THE DREAMZ WORKZ ”
Interac
Interac empowers Canadians to transact digitally with confidence by providing payment and value exchange services. In helping to develop the future of money, data, and verification in Canada, security is the core of everything we do. Through our privacy, fraud mitigation, governance, and verification and authentication services, we help keep Canadian customers safe and secure when transacting. With nearly 300 financial institutions connected to our network, Canadians choose Interac products over 20 million times a day on average to exchange money. Interac champions workplace culture and corporate citizenship based on the principles of responsibility, diversity and inclusion. We are proud to be one of Canada’s leading and most trusted financial brands. For more information, visit our website.
PwC Canada
At PwC Canada, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. Our more than 7,700 partners and staff in offices across the country are committed to delivering quality in audit and assurance, tax, deals and consulting services. PwC Canada is a member of the PwC network of firms with over 364,000 people in 151 countries. Find out more and tell us what matters to you by visiting us at: www.pwc.com/ca.
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Anaplan
Booth #200
Anaplan provides a market-leading platform for connected business planning that enables better decision-making. By dynamically connecting financial, strategic, and operational plans in real time, Anaplan’s connected planning platform facilitates the agility needed to address the accelerated decision cycles associated with planning and scenario analysis. Anaplan helps more than 2,400 market-leading customers in over 50 countries navigate their daily planning and decision-making challenges with confidence.
ASSA ABLOY
Booth #141
ASSA ABLOY Door Security Solutions has a long heritage of understanding how elements of a doorway go together – with products and services that have stood the test of time. We help you navigate your entire project-from design and specification through procurement and occupancy, and ongoing management.
Total door openings, including the door, frame, and hardware, are some of the most complex elements of a building. Understanding how doorways interact with the space around them is highly individualized per opening, location, and building type.
Daltile
Booth #127
Daltile is the best-selling tile brand in America and the largest ceramic manufacturer in the world with brands such as Marazzi, American Olean and our very own Daltile products. Our team is dedicated to creating the best value for our customers through innovative, high-quality products and exceptional customer service. Unlike most of our competitors, many of our collections are proudly designed, developed, and manufactured in the North America. With our in-house designers, research and development, and the capability to produce millions of square feet of tile every year, we will help you succeed by being your single source supplier in the surfaces industry for all your retail locations in North America and World-wide.
Renowned for exceptional style, get to know Daltile and let our award-winning team to bring your retail brand to life. https://www.daltile.com/trade-professionals/national-accounts
Datascan
Booth #311
Datascan is a global leader in easy-to-use barcode and RFID inventory counting solutions for world-class retailers in more than 50 countries. Our fit-for-purpose scanners, best-in-class tracking software and supplemental staffing allow our clients to achieve accurate, on-demand physical inventory counts in the most cost-effective and efficient way possible. Datascan is proudly partnering with leaders in the retail industry around the globe to offer world-class inventory solutions to retailers. Our continued partnerships with Frequential, Altavant, BERRING and Redfern Retail Risk allow us to offer both bar-code and RFID counting solutions in the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand as well as the rest of the world.
With a fleet of 125,000 scanners and strategic partnerships around the world, we support over 100,000 counts annually in a wide variety of retail environments, including fashion and sports apparel, jewelry, home décor, sporting goods, hardware, quick-service restaurants, big-box and department stores and auto dealerships.
Discover® Global Network
Discover® Global Network, the global payments brand of Discover Financial Services, processes millions of cardholder transactions each day. With industry expertise, innovative technology and a closed-loop infrastructure, Discover Global Network provides effective, customized solutions that evolve as needs change. Discover Global Network has alliances with 25+ payment networks around the world, and is led by three Discover businesses: Discover Network, with millions of retail and cash access locations; PULSE®, one of the leading ATM/debit networks in the U.S.; and Diners Club International®, a global payments network with acceptance in more than 200 countries and territories. For more information visit DiscoverGlobalNetwork.com
IKEA Canada
The IKEA vision is to create a better everyday life for the many people. Our business idea is to offer well-designed, functional and affordable, high-quality home furnishing, produced with care for people and the environment.
iTel Networks
Booth #212
iTel Networks is a leading provider of business telecommunications services offering a comprehensive range of voice, data, and internet solutions. Founded in 2009, iTel builds, designs, and manages some of the most complex and critical business networks in Canada with a long-standing focus on taking the pain out of complex network solutions while providing exceptional customer service and reliability, positioning itself as a market leader with a reputation for dependability. iTel is the most trusted partner that customers choose to focus on their core business.
Itel Networks enables and connects all of your retail locations with reliable fibre internet, innovative failsafe network solutions, 5G LTE, scalable communication channels, and a variety of managed services – all on one bill. In fact, iTel has created the largest business internet, voice, and data footprint in Canada. Our turnkey solution provides retailers the necessary telecommunications infrastructure needed to keep up with the demands of modern consumers.
Retailers who choose iTel can benefit from:
- Coverage across Canada & the US
- Internet over L2 connections
- The ability to Scale & add locations for free
- 100% SLA and 4-hour meantimes to repair
- The largest voice network footprint in Canada
- Customer-driven 24/7 support
- 100% business-focused services
- Customize your network
Working solely with businesses, we are revolutionizing the way connections are made across business phone, internet, and cloud services. Your custom solution is waiting for you.
Leav.
Leav is building the store automation platform for the future of retail.
At Leav, we believe remarkable shopping experiences happen in store.
We simply create the technology to bring them to life.
leolam
Booth #346
Mindfully curated gifts to help navigate through illness and loss.
Founded with the vision to elevate gifting during illness and loss, leolam gifts have been curated to create memorable moments providing connection (near or far), comfort and some levity during the darkest of times.
A beautiful gesture to gift to your employee or co-worker, letting the receiver feel truly acknowledged and cared for when they need it most.
leolam gifts are oftentimes most cherished long after everyone has moved on with their daily routines, providing a supportive reminder of your thoughtfulness and care.
Give a memory, not a bouquet.
LIDD
Booth #129
LIDD is a global team of design, strategy, and technology experts specializing in end-to-end supply chain transformation. With offices in Montreal, Toronto, Atlanta, LA, Mexico, and Seoul, LIDD guides organizations through evolving market demands, providing data-driven insights and strategic recommendations to enhance overall supply chain performance.
Our offerings encompass a wide range of services designed to optimize supply chains, enhance technology infrastructure, and facilitate facility design and implementation. With a comprehensive suite of services, advanced technology solutions, and unmatched expertise, LIDD empowers organizations to transform, innovate, and excel in today’s competitive marketplace.
Machinex
Booth #225
Technology and Solutions Provider for Collecting Refundable Containers.
Maple Diversity Communications
Booth #201
Maple Diversity Communications is an award-winning full-service Multicultural Marketing and Communications agency specializing in reaching diverse multicultural markets across Canada. With a mission to foster connections between brands and diverse communities, we offer a range of services tailored to engage multicultural audiences effectively. For over a decade, our multicultural expertise has extended across various demographics, including Chinese, South Asian, and many others. We excel in developing culturally relevant advertising and media plans, crafting authentic creative content, executing data-driven digital marketing campaigns that possess deep insights into diverse cultures and consumer behaviors, and facilitating community engagement initiatives.
At Maple Diversity Communications, we pride ourselves on delivering exceptional results. We prioritize cultural sensitivity, innovation, and measurable outcomes, always going the extra mile to exceed our clients’ expectations while forging meaningful connections with multicultural audiences. We continuously strive to provide the most effective, economical, and dynamic solutions, empowering businesses to navigate the complexities of multicultural marketing and drive growth in today’s diverse market.
Meerby by DynamicCXS
Booth #111
Meerby is a retail solution, created by retailers for retailers. It operates at the convergence of traditional customer service and state-of-the-art technology to enhance both the customer journey and employee satisfaction. This blend of the old and the new uses technology as a bridge to improved customer experiences and smarter business practices through data analytics.
The platform revolutionizes workforce management by deploying the best human resources exactly where they’re needed, backed by advanced algorithms and an intuitive interface. This optimizes staff allocation, boosts productivity, and increases morale, thereby providing businesses with a competitive edge. Meerby’s deployment model is both scalable and repeatable, offering valuable insights into areas like sales performance, customer engagement, and task completion. This capability not only addresses immediate challenges but also illuminates long-term operational strategies for success.
The need for Meerby is highlighted by the growing appeal of e-commerce, which has made purchasing anything—from toilet paper to patio furniture—effortlessly from anywhere. This convenience challenges traditional big box retailers, which often struggle with unengaged staff, subpar standards, and various purchase barriers such as showcases, exclusive online assortments, and outdated supply chains. Meerby’s solution is designed to counter these issues, reinvigorating brick-and-mortar stores to compete effectively in the modern retail landscape.
MoEngage
Booth #222
MoEngage empowers brands to understand and engage their customers meaningfully, thanks to AI-driven insights. We help marketers and product owners easily create cross-channel, uniquely personalized experiences that consumers love. We are a trusted technology partner for over 1,200 global brands, such as Ally Financial, McAfee, Flipkart, Nestle, T-Mobile, Travelodge, and more.
To learn more, visit www.moengage.com. Or contact us at info@moenage.com.
Motorola Solutions VAD
Booth #227
Lenbrook Canada Solutions (LCS) is the exclusive Canadian distributor of leading-edge technology products including: Motorola consumer, business, and commercial two-way radios, and body-worn cameras. LCS serves an expansive array of sectors throughout Canada – from retail, hospitality, education, healthcare, manufacturing, and construction.
Through our strong partnership with Motorola Solutions, we have been able to introduce many innovative solutions that have transformed communication across thousands of businesses while on the job. Our product groups work together to offer a cohesive ecosystem ensuring we are meeting all customer needs. Recent product advancements include the TLK/WAVE line up, Body-Worn Camera Technology, and the Digital Licence Free Ecosystem. Interested in learning more about this new technology? Stop by booth #227 to learn more, and for a chance to win a prize!
Priority
Booth #115
Priority is a leading provider of scalable, agile, and open cloud-based business management solutions for a wide range of industries and organizations of all sizes; from global enterprises to small and growing businesses. Recognized by top industry experts and analysts for its product innovation, Priority provides real-time access to business data and insights from any desktop or mobile device, enabling organizations to increase operational efficiency, improve the customer experience, identify new opportunities, and outpace the competition. With offices in the US, UK, Belgium, and Israel and a global network of business partners, Priority empowers 75,000 customers in 40 countries with smart and intuitive business management platforms that drive accelerated organizational growth.
Reverse Logistics Group (RLG)
Booth #223
The Reverse Logistics Group (RLG) is a global tech-enabled, asset-light organization with scalable platforms that connect all stakeholders within the reverse logistics value chain. As an enabler for retailers, RLG monitors and provides compliance services to customers across 80 countries globally. We addresses international challenges in product and material returns through technology to generate value and ensure regulatory compliance on a global scale. We partner with manufacturers, retailers, and government organizations to provide new levels of business intelligence, resource efficiency, and customer satisfaction. As part of the Reconomy Group, RLG partners with global specialists to outsource services driving the Circular Economy. We ensure regulatory compliance based on the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) concept and use data-driven solutions to help our partners achieve cost efficiency and new levels of resource efficiency to satisfy high standards of the new green economy.
Roland DG Americas
Booth #313
Roland DG Americas serves North and South America as the marketing, sales, distribution, and service arm for Roland DG Corporation. Founded in 1981 and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Roland DG of Hamamatsu, Japan is a worldwide leader in wide-format inkjet printers for the sign, apparel, textile, retail, personalization and vehicle graphics markets; engravers for awards, trophies, and giftware; photo impact printers for direct part marking; and 3D printers and CNC milling machines for the dental CAD/CAM, rapid prototyping, part manufacturing and medical industries.
RSM Canada
RSM is the leading provider of professional services to the middle market. The clients we serve are the engine of global commerce and economic growth, and we are focused on developing leading professionals and services to meet their evolving needs in today’s ever-changing business landscape. Our purpose is to instill confidence in a world of change, empowering our clients and people to realize their full potential.
RSM Canada LLP provides public accounting services and is the Canadian member firm of RSM International, a global network of independent assurance, tax and consulting firms with 64,000 people in 120 countries. RSM Canada Consulting LP provides consulting services and is an affiliate of RSM US LLP, a member firm of RSM International. For more information visit rsmcanada.com, like us on Facebook, follow us on X and/or connect with us on LinkedIn.
TRG Canada
Booth #234
TRG is a global, privately owned managed service provider that manages the full lifecycle of every enterprise endpoint. With facilities across the United States, Canada and Europe, we provide the most comprehensive managed endpoint solutions for enterprise organizations looking to streamline operational efficiencies. Our mission is to lead the future of enterprise technology by driving bold solutions with a success-or-else approach.
WaitWell
Booth #236
WaitWell queue management redefines the retail experience by seamlessly eliminating conventional lineups, thereby elevating customer satisfaction to new heights. Through the efficient streamlining of waiting processes, WaitWell ensures swift customer service, cultivating an atmosphere of contentment and bolstering the brand’s reputation.
With reduced wait times, the likelihood of customer abandonment due to lengthy queues diminishes significantly, resulting in a marked decrease in walkaways and a corresponding surge in revenue. Moreover, WaitWell’s analytics capabilities offer invaluable insights into the intricacies of the customer journey, empowering managers to glean actionable intelligence on consumer behavior and preferences. This data-driven approach enables businesses to tailor their services more effectively, fostering deeper customer engagement and loyalty. Furthermore, WaitWell empowers managers with the flexibility to oversee operations across multiple locations remotely.
Whether it’s monitoring queue lengths, analyzing customer flow patterns, or managing staff allocation, WaitWell provides managers with the tools they need to optimize operational efficiency and deliver unparalleled service standards.
Yardi
Yardi® develops and supports property and investment management software for all asset classes and portfolio sizes. For more information on how Yardi is Energized for Tomorrow, visit Yardi.com.
Ziing Final Mile
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When you work with cutting-edge technology and a group of passionate experts, high-quality service and innovative solutions don’t happen by accident but by design.
Our group of companies, Ziing Final Mile™, Ziing Energy™, Ziing Fulfillment™, collaborate and often deliver multifaceted value to clients that we call Mindful Mobility™. Combining the power of our three operating companies with our low overhead business model, we create a competitive pricing advantage without compromising quality.
Ziing Final Mile offers various national delivery options from exclusive to co-load for eCommerce, B2B, and more.
Media Partners
Globe & Mail
The Globe and Mail is Canada’s foremost news media company. Each day, The Globe engages Canadians with award-winning coverage and analysis of news, politics, business and lifestyle topics. Through its advertising products, Globe Media Group provides unparalleled access to influential audiences within trusted, premium environments, reaching 19 million monthly unique visitors through its Globe Alliance digital network and 2.6 million weekly print readers. Globe Media Group offers end-to-end advertiser solutions across multiple platforms including newspaper, magazines, online, mobile, video and app, as well as custom content and special events.
Hardlines
HARDLINES is a specialized information publishing company dedicated to helping home improvement managers and executives run their businesses better with information, news, research and connections. As the single most authoritative voice of the retail home improvement industry in Canada, HARDLINES provides weekly news, special reports and annual updates.Our Conference and events provide important forums for vendors and buyers to network. We have been providing market intelligence, defining trends and generating analysis for retail home improvement executives for more than 20 years.
Postmedia
Postmedia is a trusted and reliable network of 130+ media brands, with credentials of outstanding journalism, extensive digital capabilities, and an audience of millions of Canadians each month. Our unparalleled platform of trusted local and national Canadian brands also provides businesses with exclusive access to an owned and operated advertising and marketing channel and a wealth of first-party data that enables better campaign results, not just on the Postmedia network but on search and social channels as well.
At Postmedia Solutions, we can raise the profile of your business, help outsmart your competition, and generate more leads for you. We integrate tactics to maximize your impact and return on investment on the Postmedia network and beyond.
We are known for building long-term partnerships with our 19,000+ customers. Working with 30,000+ businesses across Canada makes Postmedia uniquely qualified to provide tailored campaigns that drive success for businesses.
To learn more, visit postmediasolutions.com.
Retail Insider
Retail Insider is Canada’s number one source for retail news and insight, featuring original stories, headlines from around the web, and in-depth analysis into the Canadian retail industry.
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
The Toronto Star is the largest metropolitan daily newspaper in Canada, with more than 5.0 million readers every week in print and online (thestar.com).
Founded in 1892, the Toronto Star is the winner of more than 140 National Newspaper Awards, the most prestigious newspaper prize in Canada. It is known for its investigative reporting, insightful opinion writing and comprehensive coverage of local, national and international news.
Member Benefits Partners
BarterPay
BarterPay has taken the age-old practice of one-to-one bartering and transformed it into a one-to-many organized system where thousands of businesses are converting their unsold time and space and idle inventory into what they need and conserving their hard-earned cash. Retailers can now obtain things like printing, advertising, construction, web development, leasehold improvements, signage, and more by trading their excess inventory at full retail value.
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.
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.
ShipTime
ShipTime is a one stop shop for all things shipping. With ShipTime, RCC members can compare shipping rates with our easy-to-use multi courier program while accessing steep discounts automatically.
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