Awards

Awards of Distinction

2009 Award Recipients

2009 Distinguished Retailer of the Year recipient, Louise Wendling (left), Senior Vice-President & Country Manager, Costco Wholesale Canada Limited	2009 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Réjean Dionne (left) President, Le Groupe Aldo Inc.
2009 Canada Ambassador Award recipients, Rob Grand (right), Owner, Grassroots and Paul Simmonds (left), President, Robert Simmonds Inc.	2009 Canadian Retail Hall of Fame Award inductee, Fred Singer (left), Chairman, Henry Singer Fashion Group.

Year	Recipient	Company
2009	Réjean Dionne	Le Groupe Aldo Inc.
2008	Dr. William H. Comrie	The Brick Warehouse Corporation
2007	Walter J. Hachborn	Home Hardware Stores Ltd.
2006	Herschel Segal	Le Château Inc.
2005	Richard Currie	Loblaw Companies Ltd.
2004	(Not Awarded)
2003	Thomas J. and Sonja I. Bata	Bata Shoe Organization
2002	(Not Awarded)
2001	Harry Rosen	Harry Rosen Inc.
2000	Aldo Bensadoun	The Aldo Group
1999	Ed Mirvish	Honest Ed's

Year	Recipient	Company
2009 (Shared)	Rob Grand Paul Simmonds	Grassroots Robert Simmonds Inc.
2008	Karen and Don Cormier John Stuparyk and Jason Bots	Dayle's Department Store United Cycle
2007	John Bidgood	Bidgood's Supermarket
2006	Stasia Nawrocki	Dansk Gifts
2005	Howard and Theresa Tanner	The Plumbing Barn
2004	Bill and Nancy Spiker	A Passion for Fashion Inc.

Year	Inductee	Company
2009	Fred Singer	Henry Singer Fashion Group
2008	Stephen Bebis	Golf Town
2007	Steve Matyas	STAPLES Business Depot
2006	George Heller Harry Rosen	Hudson's Bay Company Harry Rosen Inc.
2005	Christine Magee & Steve Gunn	Sleep Country Canada
2004	Mario Pilozzi	Wal-Mart Canada
2003	Garth Mitchell	Mark's Work Wearhouse
2002	William Turner	Sears Canada Inc.
2001	David Bloom	Shoppers Drug Mart

2009 Distinguished Retailer of the Year recipient, Louise Wendling (left), Senior Vice-President & Country Manager, Costco Wholesale Canada Limited

2009 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Réjean Dionne (left) President, Le Groupe Aldo Inc.