Sponsors
Whether you have a retail success story to share, or want retailers to be more aware of your brand, Retail West offers you unparalleled profile at Vancouver’s largest retail event.
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Amex
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.
GLS Canada
Booth #101
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!
Interac
#InteracLife
Powered by imagination, vision, and passion, working at Interac means being a part of a competitive, fast-paced fintech company invested in shaping Canada’s future. It means being a fellow architect of the digital economy, helping Canadians do more of what they love with trust and confidence surrounding their money, data, and identity. It means driving innovation, fostering inclusivity, practicing intentional social action, and seeing your work in action every day.
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.
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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.
Worldpay
Worldpay is a leading payments technology and solutions company with unique capabilities to power omni-commerce across the globe. Our processing solutions allow businesses of all sizes to take, make and manage payments in-person and online from anywhere in the world. Annually, we process over 40 billion transactions across 146 countries and 135 currencies. We help our customers become more efficient, more secure and more successful. To learn more, visit worldpay.com or follow us on LinkedIn, X, and or Facebook.
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JRoss Retail Recruiters
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.
Oongalee
Canada’s fastest-growing Out Of Home Advertising Network. Oongalee Technologies Inc. is a Canadian-founded technology-focused company that provides businesses with hardware/software to improve customer experiences through interactive tabletop gateways that deliver internal marketing, external advertising, free device charging, and interactivity between customers the businesses that serve them.
PwC Canada
Our purpose to build trust in society and solve important problems is brought to life by more than 7,800 partners and staff in locations across Canada. With more than 110 years of excellence in Canada, we provide industry-focused professional services including audit assurance, risk assurance, tax. deals and consulting. We work to provide clients with the best of our collective thinking, experience, and solutions.
Return-It
Return-It is a federally incorporated not-for-profit organization focused on beverage container management as our core business. Our mandate is to develop, manage, and enhance systems that facilitate the recovery of used beverage containers from consumers, ensuring they are properly recycled and diverted from landfills and incineration. As a leader in product stewardship, we adhere to the principles of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and Industry Product Stewardship (IPS), actively collaborating with stakeholders to promote sustainable practices and foster a circular economy in British Columbia.
TC Transcontinental
TC Transcontinental offers a fully integrated retail service platform designed to help retailers connect with customers, drive foot traffic, and grow sales. Our end-to-end offering includes advanced analytics that uncover actionable consumer and market insights, content solutions that engage across print and digital channels, and the largest, most efficient retail print network in Canada. Complementing these services is our national in-store marketing capability—delivering both promotional and permanent signage with speed, precision, and scale. From strategy to execution, TC Transcontinental provides retailers with the tools, technology, and expertise to win in a competitive market.
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Adyen Canada
Adyen (AMS: ADYEN) is the financial technology platform of choice for leading companies. By providing end-to-end payments capabilities, data-driven insights, and financial products in a single global solution, Adyen helps businesses achieve their ambitions faster. With offices around the world, Adyen works with the likes of Meta, Uber, H&M, eBay, and Microsoft.
MARR
The Major Appliance Recycling Roundtable (MARR) is a not-for-profit stewardship agency created to implement and operate a stewardship plan for end-of-life major household appliances in the province of British Columbia on behalf of the major appliance producers who are obligated under the BC Recycling Regulation. MARR acts as the participant retailer’s agent to fulfill their obligations under the British Columbia Recycling Regulation.
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Cool Climate Club
Cool Climate Club (CCC) is a nature based solution that helps retailers take measurable climate action. They provide customizable, turnkey solutions for businesses to build and amplify their sustainability strategy, while engaging younger audiences through bold marketing opportunities.
Lenbrook Canada Solutions
Booth #108
Lenbrook Canada Solutions (LCS) is a division of The Lenbrook Group of Companies. LCS delivers a full line of two-way communications products through both traditional and non-traditional Canadian retail outlets reaching several key vertical business to business segments and trades including electrical distribution, building/construction, industrial/hardware, and healthcare & leisure industry suppliers. LCS is a major supplier of communications devices and systems to retailers, schools, security companies and the hospitality & food industry.
Media Partners
Media Partners
Black Press Media
Truth, clarity and community
Backed by our decades-long legacy of credible newspaper storytelling, today Black Press Media harnesses the power of multimedia platforms to ensure quality news is accessible to every fellow community member, no matter how you choose to read us.
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.
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 twice-weekly podcast hosted by retail pioneer, senior retail advisor and keynote speaker Michael LeBlanc and produced in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada.
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.
Interested in sponsored thought leadership and brand recognition opportunities in 2024?
Contact us at rccsponsorship@retailcouncil.org