Mogo Partners with Major Canadian Retailer to Battle Identity Fraud
Mogo Finance Technology Inc., a financial health app, today announced a new program with Trans Global Insurance (“TGI”) to help customers of The Brick, Canada’s largest home furnishings retailer, understand and combat identity fraud. TGI is a leading provider of credit insurance and other protection products in Canada, and is …
Dentsu Aegis Network 2019 ad-spend forecasts slip from $625 billion to $609 billion
Global ad-spend forecasts for 2019 have slipped to 3.6% globally, while Canadian forecasts are on the rise at 5.3% Ad-spend growth is poised for continued acceleration in Canada, with forecasts rising to 5.7% in 2020; Digital continues to power ad spend growth globally and is forecast to grow 11.5% in 2019, …
Pay Equity for Postmasters: Canada Post finally settles after 27 years
OTTAWA–The longest-running pay equity dispute at Canada Post has at last come to an end. The Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association (CPAA), with a membership of over 8,000 working at rural post offices first filed a pay equity complaint in 1992, twenty-seven years ago. It was a complicated case that …
Financeit enters partnership with Carrier Canada
Exclusive partnership to provide integrated, end-to-end workforce solutions to Canadian consumers TORONTO–Canada’s leading point-of-sales platform, Financeit has just announced a new partnership with Carrier Enterprise Canada, the Canadian distributor of the global HVAC provider, Carrier. This partnership allows Carrier Enterprise Canada to offer Financeit’s comprehensive sales solution on one single …
Lowe’s Canada Wins a Philanthropic Leadership Award
The creative and collaborative approach of Lowe’s Canada Heroes Campaign celebrated BOUCHERVILLE, QC–Lowe’s Canada, one of Canada’s leading home improvement companies, accepted a Philanthropic Leadership award during the 2019 Excellence in Retailing Award Gala held last night at the Toronto Congress Centre. The award, which recognizes a creative, collaborative and …
Aimia Realigns Board with New Strategic Direction
New, highly qualified independent director nominated; significant reduction in Board size as part of ongoing Board renewal Loyalty and travel-focused consolidator Aimia Inc. intends to file and mail in the coming days its management information circular in connection with the upcoming Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on …
Indigo Changes Three Top Executives
Kirsten Chapman as President, Gil Dennis as Chief Operating Officer, and Nathan Williams, Founder of Kinfolk, as Chief Creative Officer Indigo Books & Music Inc., the world’s first cultural department store for booklovers, is pleased to announce the promotions of Kirsten Chapman to President and Gil Dennis to Chief Operating …
AIR MILES, LCBO Expand Partnership into Cash Rewards
Collectors can now use Cash Miles for LCBO eVouchers and get rewarded directly from their mobile device TORONTO–The AIR MILES Reward Program and the LCBO announce today a partnership expansion that provides Collectors the ability to use AIR MILES Cash Miles towards the purchase of LCBO eVouchers for instant use …
CMA Guide Addresses Privacy Commissioner Findings
TORONTO–The Canadian Marketing Association (CMA) today made public the CMA Guide to Transparency for Consumers, noting that measures outlined in the Guide enable organizations to effectively address findings in the survey released last week by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) “There has been a high level of interest …
Why Aren’t People Mentoring Anymore?
By John Wiltshire There was once a time when mentorship was the norm. According to the Association for Talent Development (ATD), formerly the American Society for Training & Development, 75% of executives said that mentorship has been critical to their career development1. Over the last several years though, companies have …