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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.
JRoss Retail Recruiters
Booth #1
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.
Graff Retail
You’ve Been Wanting to improve the Performance of Your Stores. Our Online Retail Training Programs Show You How.
Everyone in retail knows that high performing teams are critical to meeting sales targets and increasing customer loyalty. There’s no way around it, if you want to develop high performing teams, you need to invest in online retail training programs for staff training and personal development.
What if you had access to an award-winning online retail management and sales training program, for less than a cup of coffee a day?
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Organizational Solutions Inc.
Organizational Solutions Inc. (OSI) is a leading partner to hundreds of organizations who want to reduce the huge impact of workplace absence on individuals and their organization. We manage workers’ compensation claims, short term disability absence, leaves of absence, accommodations, and much more. Our primary goal in every situation is a safe, timely, and sustainable return to work for the individual. This goal is clear to all stakeholders from the start of every claim, through to the end. Our mission statement summarizes our unique approach, and we’re passionate about it: The right care, at the right time, for the right outcome TM.
Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion
Booth #6
The Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI) is a unique national charity that promotes diversity and inclusion in Canadian workplace. The CCDI is a forward-looking social organization with research and learning woven into our DNA, tracing how people identify alongside demographic trends within the Canadian workplace to move employers from diversity to inclusion.
Our mission is to help those we work with be inclusive, free of prejudice and discrimination – and to generate the awareness, dialogue, and action for people to recognize diversity as an asset and not an obstacle. We help our Employer Partners achieve significant differences in their organizational performance by providing them with the tools, knowledge and information, and education to create more inclusive workplaces.
leolam
Booth #2
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.
Media Partners
Post Media
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.
The Voice of Retail Podcast
The Voice of RetailTM is a twice-weekly podcast hosted by retail pioneer, senior retail advisor and keynote speaker Michael LeBlanc and produced in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada.
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. Retail Insider features a team of writers, editors and retail analysts from across the country. Follow our LinkedIn Retail Insider page for the latest in Canadian retail news!
Member Benefits Partners
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.
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.
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.
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.