By Janet Lin
Even when most businesses went into lockdown in response to COVID-19, Canadians still needed to feel there was somewhere safe they could go to get food, medications and other essential products. As Canada’s leading food and pharmacy retailer, Loblaw had a big role to play in responding...
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In January 2020, only 5% of grocery purchases were made online. Then, COVID-19 arrived. Almost overnight, grocery stores and other businesses selling essential goods experienced an unprecedented spike in demand. Consumers faced empty shelves for some items and long lines due to social distancing...
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By Martin Aubut
An Internet connection may not be quite as important as food and water, but during COVID-19 it’s probably safe to say it became an important staple for consumers and businesses alike.
For those living in a small, quarantined area, for example, services like phone, TV and Internet...
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Get the New Retail Playbook, your guide to building trust with today's shoppers.
Now that all 50 states have relaxed stay-at-home measures, retailers large and small are reopening physical stores. But when they do, little in retail will seem familiar to shoppers or store associates. The pandemic...
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By Philippe Hammond
Packaging is an essential part of manufacturing, whether you’re talking about feed for animals or food for humans. It’s one of several areas Premier Tech has made its speciality over the past 97 years — and an area where we continue to flourish, even during COVID-19.
Within our...
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By Chef Chris Zielinski, Culinary Director, MLSE
On June 13, 2019, the Toronto Raptors won the 2019 NBA Championship, for the first time in franchise history, and marked a historic moment at Scotiabank Arena in terms of teamwork, all-out effort and community spirit. Though we might never have...
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By April Oman, Senior Vice President of Customer Engagement
For the last 20 years, our unofficial motto at D2L, a Canadian-headquartered education-technology company, has been “changing the way the world learns.” We’ve been steadily delivering on that motto year after year, growing into a global...
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In the face of COVID-19, we’ve changed how we interact with friends, families, colleagues — and businesses. As our behavior has shifted, so has the data connected with it. Now your models may be producing atypical results.
Businesses now face a shared challenge: how do you predict the...
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We’ve witnessed the largest workforce transformation in history when the world went remote almost overnight in March. As Salesforce’s Chief Trust Officer, I partner with teams across the company to ensure we seamlessly continue to deliver our service in this new environment while our global...
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