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Power your Business with Secure Payment Solutions from Chase

As a business owner, you need simple, secure and easy-to-use solutions to accept card payments. Your customer comes first so why not let them pay the way they want, wherever business happens for you today.

With Chase Merchant Services, you’re getting more than 20 years of experience helping businesses accept payments in-store, online and on-the-go with the products, service and technology that suit your every business need.

Chase can help your business grow. Find out how at chase.ca.

DAC is a leading global digital performance agency—helping marketers connect with consumers from enterprise right down to the hyper-local level since 1972. DAC is passionate about helping businesses build, maintain, and optimize their online presence—leveraging expertise in everything from paid media, SEO and content strategy, to UX, creative storytelling, reputation management and data analytics to drive performance and help our clients achieve transformational growth. DAC has also been named as one of the most significant performance agencies in The Forrester Wave™, Q3 2019, recognizing the agency for bringing a unique offering to multilocation brands. To learn more about how DAC can help you drive digital performance, visit dacgroup.com and to join our team visit dacgroup.com/careers.

Darwynn Ltd, a 100% Canada based end-to-end fulfillment ecosystem organization committed to providing an unparalleled offering to Canadian retailers and merchants. The Darwynn team has developed a coast-to-coast fulfillment ecosystem utilizing industry leading technology and automation. Darwynn focuses on system flexibility to enable cost-effective fulfillment capabilities so retailers and sellers of all size. Darwynn is a nationwide, end-to-end fulfillment center and is building a technology-driven infrastructure that will allow any eCommerce business to compete, regardless of their size or order volume. 

The physical fulfillment centers are strategically positioned in urban areas across Canada providing near proximity to majority of Canadian residence. The facilities are equipped with a world-class, leading technology system that provides greater efficiency, productivity and transparency for the business and the customer. Darwynn enables sellers through the use of automation, data and geographic footprint to intelligently position stock closer to the end consumer while using one central ecosystem to fulfill multiple channels and business streams. 

Embold is a Canadian influencer marketing platform that makes it easy for advertisers to collaborate with local influencers who have a direct reach to their customers. Using our filtered roster of over 6,000+ Canadian influencers, advertisers can find the perfect influencers for their brand. We service our clients through a turnkey managed service and a self-serve platform.

Embold has built Canada’s first free influencer marketing platform that allows advertisers to easily build and manage campaigns. Our platform has three key components: Influencer discovery, campaign management and reporting/payouts. Influencer discovery makes it easy for advertisers to find and connect with influencers who are the perfect fit for their brand. Advertisers get instant access to influencer insights and demographic data allowing them to understand which influencers are the most ideal fit for their brand. Campaign management tools allow advertisers to manage all aspects of the campaign including roster management, content review and communication. Embold also has complete reporting and payout capabilities which allow advertisers to measure the success of campaigns and pay influencers with ease.

Our fully managed service allows advertisers to deploy an influencer strategy without adding any additional work to their plate. Using the platform, our team will build a campaign strategy, coordinate the right influencers, manage content and the delivery of the entire campaign for your team.

Our team has been working with advertisers in Canada, US and Europe to support their Canadian influencer efforts since 2018. We have supported SMB and Enterprise clients in running local and national campaigns. Some of our clients include HP, BMO, Second Cup and hundreds of others. Connect with our team to learn how you can maximize your growth efforts by incorporating a local influencer strategy.

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 is a Canadian media and technology company based in Toronto, Ontario. Its patented tabletop charging Gateways 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. 

At PwC Canada, our more than 7,300 partners and staff in offices across the country are committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax, consulting and deals services. PwC Canada is a member of the PwC network of firms with more than 295,000 people in 156 countries.

We are a community of solvers coming together in unexpected ways, trusted by clients and the world over. See how The New Equation can solve for you, visit us at: www.pwc.com/ca.

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.

TELUS Business Security keeps your business safe with 24/7 ULC certified monitoring, identity management, intrusion detection and video surveillance – all from Canada’s #1 security provider.

With a National presence, localized for your business, our Trusted Security Advisors will provide a tailored solution to meet your needs. Get a free tailored security assessment for your business – valued up to $500. We look forward to connecting with you soon.