Turning your store into the ultimate selling machine Let’s face it – success in retail isn’t easy. You need a compelling brand, desirable merchandise, effective pricing, great real estate, well-trained, reliable staff, and impactful advertising. Easy, right?   As someone whose career has been almost entirely dedicated to helping make great retail, I’ve seen it all: the good, the bad, and the... well, you know. Sometimes, it’s a store that’s so full of loud promotions and bad

Turn Lemons into Lemonade: Canada's Front-of-Package Labelling Deadline Offers Strategic Opportunities The January 2026 deadline for Canada’s food industry to add mandatory front-of-package nutrition (FOP) symbols to consumer packaged foods grows near. Viewed from a nuts-and-bolts executional perspective, businesses lacking an immediate strategy, resources, or a strong grasp of the impact of FOP regulations will struggle to meet the target. On the flip side, the regulatory im

The keys to realizing best-in-class results from retail media Digital media is lighting up the retail industry, connecting retailers with customer wallets through brilliant new experiences, seemingly mining, measuring, and serving up rich slices of customer data with ever greater precision. Collected from online sites, third party media, and in-store advertising, the data shines light on consumer behaviours to predict and shape their preferences and purchases. Wowed by the te