Privacy and Digital Retail News

What’s the most convenient way to shop? For Canadians it’s complicated More than three quarters of Canadians shop in-store at least once a week. So, in an age of online shopping, what is it that m...Learn More

Every year during NRF’s Big Show, Canadian retailers hit the streets of NYC to discover cutting-edge in-store technology, next-level merchandising, and immersive retail concepts shaping the futu...Learn More

The Competition Bureau released their “What we heard” report in early 2025 after consulting on artificial intelligence and competition in summer 2024. The Bureau received over 25 consultation resp...Learn More

  At the Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada’s (IAB Canada) Business of Digital: Report on Data 2024 event on November 27, 2024, IAB Canada and Retail Council of Canada (RCC) unveiled the ...Learn More

The federal government is exploring right to repair measures that could potentially target a wide swathe of consumer electronics and household appliances sold by retailers across the country. RCC has...Learn More

Recent reforms to the federal Competition Act included new amendments targeting “greenwashing,” or deceptive environmental claims. RCC submitted to the Competition Bureau’s recent co...Learn More

A big challenge for retailers is increasingly how to use artificial intelligence to make their businesses more efficient and to better convert potential sales. Some AI strategies make shopping fun for...Learn More

TORONTO, September 12, 2024:  Retail Council of Canada (RCC), The Voice of Retail™ in Canada, and Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada (IAB Canada), the leading representative of the digital ad...Learn More

Customers have a continued need and desire for the convenience of digital experiences, but they understandably don’t want to face the risk of fraud. During a 2023 data privacy survey, we discovered ...Learn More

With the passing of Bill C-59, the Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, retailers worry that new policies contained within the bill, such as a Digital Services Tax, risk hurting our industry an...Learn More