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Building customer loyalty in Canada
Read more: Building customer loyalty in CanadaCanadians love their loyalty programs. It’s a relationship that started in 1958 with the introduction of Canadian Tire money and has grown into a country of almost 130 million rewards memberships – and average of four per person, or eight per household. KPMG’s The truth about customer loyalty report (2019) ranks Canadians as the world’s…
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A look at automation in Canada.
Read more: A look at automation in Canada.Canada is positioned slightly above the world average in robot density in manufacturing, as per the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). According to Manufacturing Automation magazine, the 2020 World Robotics Report (based on 2019 statistics) ranks Canada 18th in the world for robot density, with 165 units installed per 10,000 employees. Next Generation Manufacturing Canada…
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Digital tips for SMEs.
Read more: Digital tips for SMEs.Six months after the start of the pandemic, we posted this blog entry to help small businesses navigate the online world and eCommerce – things many had never before even considered for their operations. More than a year later, we feel a lot of this information is still relevant. So we’ve made a few updates…
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Opportunities in Canada’s pet care market.
Read more: Opportunities in Canada’s pet care market.Canada is a pet-loving country. As per the Pet Food Association of Canada, 63% of Canadians owned pets in 2020, with at least one dog or cat in the household – translating into more than 7.7 million dogs and 8.1 million cats owned by Canadians that year. The overall pet population in Canada stood at…
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Sales platforms in Canada that don’t start with ‘A’.
Read more: Sales platforms in Canada that don’t start with ‘A’.Well this is disheartening. Reuters recently published an article detailing allegations about Amazon’s “systematic campaign of creating knockoffs and manipulating search results to boost its own product lines in India.” And it isn’t just a question of buying counterfeit branded products (although that has been an issue Amazon has battled for some time). It aligns…
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What’s happening in Canada’s grocery stores.
Read more: What’s happening in Canada’s grocery stores.The pandemic has ushered in changes in many Canadian industry sectors – including food retail. The Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship‘s recent report Shake-up in Aisle 21: Disruption, Change and Opportunity in Ontario’s Grocery Sector examined what’s happened in Canada’s grocery stores the past 15 months, and looked to where the industry is headed.…
