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We’re pleased to welcome the Honourable Todd McCarthy, Ontario’s Minister of Environment, Conservation and Parks, as our opening speaker on October 28.
⌛ Only 1 week to go until RCC’s Retail Sustainability Conference!
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Having a social purpose is just the beginning. How do you put it into practice?
The free Social Purpose Toolkit provides practical guidance, tools and examples to help businesses develop and embed their purpose—and turn intention into action.
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Tune in to this week's episode of The Voice of Retail #podcast, featuring McGill University professor Maxime Cohen, explaining how gen AI tools are putting AI-driven pricing strategy within reach of independent retailers and businesses of every size.
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🎄 Inform your holiday strategy with the latest consumer data from the 2026 RCC x Leger Holiday Shopping Survey on October 20.
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Catch up on this week's retail news, including Aritizia raising its sales outlook, France fridge cyber attack, and more! hubs.ly/Q04BpFP30
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🎙️ This week on The Voice of Retail #podcast, Suzana Colic, Managing Director and Retail Industry Lead at Accenture Canada, unpacks Accenture’s 20th annual holiday survey.
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Presented by Konek.
♻️ Textile circularity, global supply chains, beverage packaging, and circular packaging solutions are all on the agenda at RCC’s Retail Sustainability Conference.
Only 2 weeks to go! See the full agenda and buy tickets here: hubs.ly/Q04B9V5V0
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Every red carpet has an entrance. Yours is a category.
✨ This is the night Canada’s grocery and CPG industry celebrates its best new products. Choose from 52 categories, submit by November 30, and give your team a moment they’ll remember.
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Next week in Toronto!
If your business supplies the home improvement market, this is a direct line to the leader shaping The Home Depot Canada's strategy.
📅 Tuesday, October 20, 2026
☕ Doors open and breakfast at 7:30 am
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Canadian retail enters the holidays on solid footing, but with more to navigate than usual.
📊 Core retail sales (ex. autos & gas) reached $48.5B in July, up 3.9% from last year but down 0.7% from June (seasonally adjusted).
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Quebec voters reshaped the political landscape on October 5, electing a minority Parti Québécois government with 59 seats and 28% of the vote. The Liberals will form the Official Opposition.
With the provincial election underway, RCC has launched Vote Retail B.C. 2026, outlining policy recommendations submitted to all major parties.
RCC's recommendations are led by organized retail crime and also include labour relations, recycling system costs, and supply chain reliability.
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Next week in Montreal, Contact Sécurité brings retail security teams face to face with police services from across Quebec, public officials, and industry experts.
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Promotional technology stacks contain dozens of disparate tools, systems, workflows, and data sources. ARISTID is the missing piece that puts the puzzle together.
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Catch up on this week's retail news, including Mejuri getting caught in a whirlwind, Weston Family buying Boots, and more! hubs.ly/Q04zGR3g0
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The Northwest Territories has announced that it will be following other western Canadian regions, and as of November 1, 2026, when clocks would normally be turned back, intend to retain their current time.
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The BC New Democratic Party announced plans to cap profit margins on essentials like milk, eggs, cheese, butter and poultry during their election campaign on October 2.
This announcement promises savings but overlooks the factors that drive grocery prices. The NDP’s proposals will instead increase grocery prices.
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