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By Adam Seaborn It’s no secret that during an economic downturn, business will be faced with choices of where to cut spending and allocate resources. Decreasing your advertising spend should be your very last resort. The short-term cost saving of cutting advertising spend will have long term effects that both …

Provides highly scalable new funding for PayBright’s fast-growing consumer receivables TORONTO, ON—-PayBright, Canada’s leading provider of installment payments for consumer purchases at the point of sale, announced today that it has launched a highly scalable new securitization facility. The committed facility was arranged by one of Canada’s “Big Five” banks …

Enters long-term partnership to drive digital transformation with data and analytics VAUGHAN, ON–KFC, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands Inc., announced today it has selected Manthan, a leading cloud-based AI and Analytics provider, as a strategic partner in their digital transformation journey. Over the last number of years, KFC Canada has …

The Canadian fashion retailer is now offering PayBright’s buy now, pay later option at checkout for its two brands: Dynamite and Garage TORONTO, ON–Groupe Dynamite, a leading Canadian fashion retailer whose a la mode apparel and accessories are offered online and in over 300 Garage Clothing and Dynamite stores across …

TORONTO, ON–Transition Squad, a Toronto-based franchisor of estate and downsizing auctions, is pleased to announce the launch of SupportLocal.Club, an initiative to support local businesses by selling gift cards/vouchers and distributing coupons on their behalf. “Transition Squad has been helping seniors downsize and working with families settling an estate since …

MNP’s Strategic Acquisition of Full Service Applied Data Company, T4G, Will Help its Clients Use Their Data to Drive Competitive Advantage, Growth and Market Share CALGARY, AB–MNP, one of Canada’s largest national accounting, tax and business consulting firms, has announced the acquisition of national, applied data services company, T4G, effective …

Impacts from COVID-19 began near the end of the quarter OTTAWA, ON–Canada Post recorded a loss before tax of $66 million in the first quarter of 2020, as continued growth in Parcels revenue and volumes was not enough to offset increased costs. Ongoing declines in Transaction Mail and Direct Marketing …

TORONTO, ON–BMO has introduced the ability to reset or change a MasterCard PIN via online or mobile banking. As well – as remote banking capabilities become increasingly important – the bank has also introduced a suite of credit card self-service capabilities over the last several months. BMO everyday banking customers …

Retail Council of Canada and Boston Consulting Group providing free critical resource to all retailers as the industry adjusts to the “new reality” of COVID-19 TORONTO, ON–Retail Council of Canada (RCC) and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) today released “Road to Retail Recovery Playbook – Helping Canadian Retailers Navigate the COVID-19 …

2020 Edition Classifies Canadians into 67 Distinct Lifestyle types TORONTO, ON–Environics Analytics (EA) today announced the launch of the fourth generation of PRIZM, its comprehensive segmentation system widely used by businesses, not-for-profits and government agencies to analyze consumers and markets. The new PRIZM classifies Canadians into 67 distinct lifestyle types …