Canada Post segment posts $270 million loss for 2018
Costs of resolving pay equity and impact of labour disruption surpassed the solid growth in Parcels revenue OTTAWA–Canada Post is reporting a loss before tax of $270 million for 2018. Three main non-recurring items factor into the result: the $280 million cost of resolving pay equity and the estimated $135 …
BMO Recognized with Two Celent Model Bank Awards
TORONTO–BMO won two Celent Model Bank Awards: Payment Services Hub Implementation for BMO Payment Hub; as well as an Innovation Enablement Award for BMO InnoV8, a digital acceleration initiative. The Payment Services Hub Implementation Award recognized BMO’s commitment to payments modernization. With a modernized payments infrastructure, BMO will be able …
Publicis Groupe will acquire Epsilon business for $3.95 billion
Publicis Groupe has entered into an agreement with Alliance Data Systems Corporation under which Publicis Groupe will acquire Alliance Data’s Epsilon business for a net purchase price of $3.95 billion after tax step-up (total cash consideration of $4.40bn) and build a strategic partnership with Alliance Data remaining business. This acquisition will accelerate the implementation …
Michael Beckerman Named President, CEO of MKTG Canada
MKTG Canada, part of the Dentsu Aegis Network, delivers sponsorship consulting and live branded experiences across the world of sports, entertainment, arts and cause TORONTO–MKTG Canada is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Beckerman as President and CEO of MKTG Canada effective May 1, 2019. Michael brings more than …
Air Canada’s Award-Winning North America Business Class Featured in New Multi-Media Advertising Campaign
MONTREAL–Air Canada today launched an expansive multi-media advertising campaign to showcase for customers the industry leading attributes and benefits of its award-winning, North America Business Class service and its commitment to customer service excellence. The campaign is set to run until June 2, including a three-week television component starting today …
Roots’ Partner Opens Hong Kong Stores
Branded Lifestyle Group, opens Roots store in Hong Kong and launches a Roots online store on Zalora TORONTO–Roots, a premium outdoor lifestyle brand, today announced that its retail operating partner in Asia, Branded Lifestyle Group, opened a Roots store in premier shopping centre, Harbour City, located in Tsim Sha Tsui, …
AMA Toronto reboots Canada’s Marketing Hall of Legends
Expanded MHOL program launching for 2019/20 Toronto–The Toronto chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA Toronto), a not-for-profit community of volunteer marketers, is rebooting Canada’s Marketing Hall of Legends (MHOL) to better honour the industry’s most outstanding leaders and build business excellence within the profession. The association, is launching an …
1:1 with Don Peppers
By Stephen Shaw In 1993 the interactive future seemed excitingly close. The World Wide Web had become freely available to the public at large. Services like Prodigy and Compuserve were already offering online subscribers dial-up access to a broad range of networked services. Then-U.S. vice president Al Gore earned notoriety …
Canada Post names new President and CEO
Statement from Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility Carla Qualtrough on New President and Chief Executive Officer of Canada Post Corporation GATINEAU, QC–As Minister responsible for the Canada Post Corporation, I am pleased to announce today the appointment of Doug Ettinger for a four-year term as President and …
TribalScale now Select Consulting Partner with Amazon Web Services
TORONTO–TribalScale has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) as a Select Consulting Partner. The agreement recognizes TribalScale’s expertise in cloud-based software development and ability to leverage the AWS platform and its tools. Together, TribalScale and AWS are providing complete cloud services and a cloud management portfolio that …