Sponsors
Presenting
Platinum
Dayforce
Booth #1
At Dayforce, our promise is: Makes Work Life Better™. That means everything we do as a global leader in HCM technology is focused on improving work for thousands of customers and millions of employees around the world. Our single, global people platform for HR, payroll, talent, workforce management, and benefits is powered by AI, equipping Dayforce customers to unlock their full workforce potential and operate with confidence – creating quantifiable value for organizations of all sizes and industries.
Gold
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?
Silver
JRoss Retail Recruiters
Booth #2
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.
Nurau
In the fast-paced retail world, frontline managers are essential, driving operational excellence and significantly impacting employee satisfaction and customer experience. Nurau emerges as the premier AI-powered coaching tool for retail. By equipping frontline managers with immediate, actionable insights, Nurau’s eCoach helps with rapid decision-making that aligns with internal policies and best practices. This approach not only fosters manager autonomy but also elevates HR’s impact through strategic data collection. By addressing key personnel challenges and reducing costly escalations, Nurau revolutionizes retail management from the ground up, fostering a more autonomous, efficient, and engaged workforce. Demonstrating tangible returns on investment with leading retailers nationwide, Nurau has proven to be an invaluable asset for HR, establishing itself as a cornerstone of retail success. Pioneer AI-driven coaching in HR today! Nurau.com
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.
Ryley Learning
Ryley Learning delivers creative, impactful, and engaging workplace eLearning on user-friendly platforms. Ryley Learning’s mandate is to make workplaces safer, and ensure that customers minimize their legislative, reputational and litigation risks.
Founder and President Bay Ryley is an employment and human rights lawyer with expertise in workplace sexual harassment. She has litigated and mediated many sexual harassment cases for both individuals and organizations.
Contact: Bay Ryley, Tel #416-929-9555
Schulich ExecEd
As an extension of Canada’s #1 Business School; Schulich of Business, Schulich ExecEd is a team of highly skilled and experienced learning professionals who continue to demonstrate their expertise in leadership and professional development. Schulich ExecEd offers participants micro-credential upskilling and reskilling programs in management, leadership, and business operations. Our programs are made for working professionals to rapidly build highly in-demand skills and offer 12 Masters Certificate programs, 30+ skill-building short programs and Canada’s leading Mini-MBAs. Schulich ExecEd also offers custom programs for domestic and international organizations, to provide short-cycle rapid upskilling to employers and employees in diverse sectors.
Bronze
Event Level
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.David Sobey Retailing Centre
Booth #3
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.
leolam
Booth #4
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.
Organizational Solutions Inc.
Booth #5
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.
Triton
Booth #7
Triton is Canada’s leading pre-employment screening agency providing secure and easy-to-use online background checks. With over a decade of experience in the industry, we’ve made it our goal to help organizations of all sizes streamline their hiring process to make data-driven choices that foster long lasting relationships with their most important assets – their employees.
University of Toronto Scarborough
Booth #8
The University of Toronto’s Arts and Science Co-op covers over 35 undergraduate programs in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Life and Health Sciences. Employers can hire co-op students for flexible work durations of 4,8 or 12 months in as few as 10 business days.
A dedicated university team assists them with end-to-end hiring logistics and guides them on funding options they might be eligible for.
Media Partners
Canadian Grocer
The voice of the grocery industry for over 130 years, Canadian Grocer is Canada’s #1 national grocery publication reaching more than 147,000 subscribers in print and online. Canadian Grocer provides retailers with critical new product information and industry trends as well as category reports and in-depth analysis of grocery retailing in Canada.
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.
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
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.