
The QSR Contest Wars Are Heating Up This Winter in Canada
By Richard Schenker A couple of weeks ago, Tim Horton’s, Canada’s iconic coffee chain, announced the latest iteration of Roll Up to Win, which will run from February 24th to March 23rd. Following the brand’s 60th anniversary, during which they brought back a variety of nostalgic baked goods, Tim Horton’s …

It’s high time for the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry to finally, fully embrace Consumer Loyalty Programs
By Richard Schenker The consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, traditionally known for its vast scale, global reach, and ubiquity in everyday consumers’ lives, has been a late adopter of formal consumer loyalty program strategies. While sectors such as retail, financial services, and travel & hospitality have all operated, marketed, and …

Pet Valu Strengthens Your Rewards Loyalty Program with Addition of Royal Canin
First Canadian retailer to offer Royal Canin in a frequent buyer program MARKHAM, ON–Pet Valu, the leading Canadian specialty retailer of pet food and pet-related supplies, has announced that Royal Canin, one of the most recognized premium pet food brands in Canada, has joined the Company’s popular Your Rewards loyalty …

Hyper-Personalization Trend Highlights the Critical Nature of Unparalleled Accuracy in Mail Manufacturing
By Carlo Chatman In the high-stakes world of mass mail manufacturing, the cost of printing errors can be significant. Not only is mail manufactured at extremely high speeds, but the range of high-value personalization features utilized today to increase response rates makes matching variable printed materials, envelopes, and attached cards …

No More Labels: High-Speed, Direct-to-Packaging Printing Comes of Age
High Speed Inkjet Printers Eliminate the Need for Adhesive Labels by Printing Tracking Codes, Special Offers, and Other Promotional Messages Directly on Secondary Packaging by Carlo Chatman Businesses that heavily rely on corrugated boxes or bags as secondary packaging, including e-commerce sellers, retailers, and manufacturing companies, have been actively seeking …

Environics Analytics Sets a New Standard For Privacy, Security, And Data Governance
Canada’s premier data and analytics provider achieves multiple security, compliance certifications seven years in a row TORONTO, ON — Environics Analytics (EA) proudly announces the successful completion of its Type II SOC 1, Type II SOC 2, and HIPAA audits for the seventh consecutive year. In addition, EA continues to …

GRAVTY, First Serverless, AI-Powered, Cloud-Native Loyalty Platform
LAS VEGAS, NV–Loyalty Juggernaut Inc. (LJI), the pioneer of cloud-native loyalty technology, announced the latest release of its flagship platform, GRAVTY. This update delivers unprecedented scalability and responsiveness, empowering the world’s largest and fastest-growing loyalty programs. GRAVTY features a microservices-based, autoscaling serverless architecture that ensures high availability and exceptional performance, …

Environics Analytics brings LiveRamp Technology to Canada
TORONTO, ON– Environics Analytics enters an exclusive partnership with LiveRamp to bring its platform to Canada, advancing data collaboration options – including audience targeting and cross-channel measurement – for advertisers, publishers and agencies. The partnership with LiveRamp means LiveRamp’s cloud-first Data Collaboration Platform powers next-generation data blending for application across …

ENVIRONICS ANALYTICS LAUNCHES GROUNDBREAKING ENHANCEMENTS TO CANADA’S MOST COMPREHENSIVE MOBILE MOVEMENT DATABASE
Combining location data from apps in phones with anonymized signals from cell network data introduces the next gen of mobile movement stats TORONTO, ON–Environics Analytics (EA) released new enhancements to its MobileScapes product suite. For the first time anywhere, EA’s data scientists have successfully combined SDK data (from GPS enabled …

Finding Growth Opportunities in Canada’s High Inflation, Low Growth Economy
By Stephen Johnston As Canada confronts the dual challenges of high inflation and low growth, the specter of stagflation looms large. Stagflation, which refers to below-trend economic growth combined with above-trend inflation, erodes real GDP per capita and poses significant challenges for investors. The current macroeconomic and regulatory environment in …