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Digital Transformation Required to Keep Canada’s Retail Afloat

17 Dec 2020

Dr. Yu Ma, Associate Professor of Marketing and Bensadoun Faculty Scholar at McGill University, weighs in on the urgent need for digital transformation for Canadian businesses.

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Retailers must adapt to survive holidays as COVID-19 lockdown remains in place

10 Dec 2020

Historically, December yields the largest profits for retailers, who are accustomed to ramping up their year-end operations to keep pace with the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping. This...

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COVID-19: The Greatest Test(s) for Retail Leadership in Canada

11 Jun 2020

I started writing this article in late March watching leaders react rapidly and in many instances, decisively in handling the outbreak in North America & Europe, a couple of months after their...

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Retail Innovation Challenge

Thursday, June 4, 2020 09:00toSaturday, June 13, 2020 09:00

If you’re a university student with actionable ideas on how to help businesses affected by COVID-19, The Bensadoun School of Retail Management invites you to participate in the new Retail...

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What can we learn from China as we prepare to open up the retail sector?

21 Apr 2020

As governments in the US, Canada and Europe start to plan for the progressive reopening of their respective economies including retail, we can turn to China (and some other Asian countries) to...