Rewind Offers Free Holiday Data Backups for E-Commerce Platforms

Complimentary Protection During Peak Shopping Season When Store Uptime Is Critical OTTAWA–Rewind, a leading cloud data backup provider for e-commerce and cloud platforms, today announced the launch of Rewind: One-Time, a limited-time, complimentary version of its top-rated data protection software. Helping merchants on Shopify and BigCommerce, Rewind: One-Time can protect …

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Preventing Data Breaches

By Karl Swannie As a marketing professional, are you fully prepared for a data security breach? When it is determined that confidential customer data has been stolen, and there will likely be a hefty price tag attempting to fix what went wrong, will you know how to react? Finally, when …

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Finalists announced for the 2019 Canada Post E-commerce Innovation Awards

Winners will receive up to $150,000 in free shipping and marketing prizes OTTAWA–Canada Post announces the finalists for the 2019 E-commerce Innovation Awards. Chosen from hundreds of submissions, these Canadian retailers range from large, familiar brands to owner-operated start-ups. Representing various industries, including electronics, apparel, housewares, sporting goods, food and …

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ParcelPal Continues National Expansion Strategy by Launching in Toronto

VANCOUVER–ParcelPal Technology Inc. has plans to continue its national rollout to Ontario, aiming at Canada’s financial capital, Toronto, as its initial launching point. Following the announced partnership with Cowbell Brewing Co.  last month, ParcelPal plans to start servicing clients in Ontario starting with the Greater Toronto Area and later rolling out …

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Shoppers Drug Mart provides same-day home delivery throughout Ontario

Instacart is now delivering from Shoppers Drug Mart stores in as fast as one hour TORONTO–Shoppers Drug Mart is making shopping more convenient with the launch of home delivery services, in partnership with Instacart. Customers across Ontario now have access to same-day delivery of groceries, everyday essentials and over-the-counter medications …

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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 …

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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 …

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Images: The Currency of eCommerce

By Sergey Kostikov What a brand says—visually—is more powerful than what it tries to say verbally. But for a brand to express itself in images rather than words, for it to use the fewest words possible, to know what words to say and what images to display requires data: instant …

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The Case for Omnichannel Marketing

By Rytis Lauris Digital marketing is evolving, and it’s not hard to see why. The digital consumer of today is more demanding than ever before, and they aren’t willing to negotiate on the kind of experience they’re looking for. We see customers reaching out on several different channels and expecting …

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Government Responds to Auditor General report on Taxation of E-Commerce

OTTAWA–Following the tabling of the 2019 Spring Reports of the Auditor General of Canada, the Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue, and the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, issued the following statement in response to Report 3 entitled “Taxation of E-Commerce,” which included two …

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