August 2010
Target Canada Launches Social Media Initiative
Friday, August 17th, 2012Tweet Recently Target Canada launched its presence on Facebook and Twitter. The launching of its Canadian social media campaign comes right before the company will start to open stores in the country in early 2013. Target’s Canadian Facebook page features news, sneak-peeks behind what’s to come, company initiatives and provides an interactive forum for people [...]
SINS Canadian Retail Index – Week Ending August 5, 2011
Friday, August 5th, 2011Tweet
Milk Bags – A Truly (Eastern) Canadian Idea Lands in the UK
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010Tweet Well, I have been meaning to write about this one for awhile… A couple of weeks back I was intrigued by the intro to CBC Radio One’s late morning show “Q”, where host Jian Ghomeshi talked for more than two minutes about the little bit of Canadiana that many of us have in our [...]
Nespresso – The Best Coffee You May Have Never Heard Of
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010Tweet As many of you already know, I had the opportunity to live in Paris for about two years when I was the Global Sales Training Director for L’Oreal Consumer Products Division. While there, I fell into the French coffee culture, where an espresso appears in your daily ritual three or four times a day [...]
Nutrition Advice – A Huge Opportunity For Canadian Retailers
Sunday, August 8th, 2010Tweet We’ve all heard the stats before. Canada has a very high level of overweight and obese persons – myself included. At 6’ 2” and 225 lbs my BMI (Body Mass Index) is 28.9. For those of you who are not familiar (or choose not to be) overweight is classified as a BMI greater than [...]
Book Review: Private Label Strategy
Sunday, August 1st, 2010Tweet Over the past year or so, Private Labels have been at the forefront of my discussions with both CPG retailers and suppliers. These products have been one of the key drivers in the industry through the latest economic downturn. While working with a retail client recently on a Private Label initiative, one of my [...]
