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CEO Breakfasts
Breakfast events provide PC members with the rare opportunity to attend confidential corporate briefings delivered by prominent retail executives. Sessions take place from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., and include pre-session networking opportunities and a post-session Q & A. PC members receive free admission to four breakfasts each year, along with the opportunity to purchase additional registrations at a discounted rate to a maximum of two additional delegates. Past featured retail CEOs include: Mike Medline (President, Dealer Relations and Diversified Businesses, Canadian Tire Corporation), Larry Rosen (Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Harry Rosen Inc.), Murray Souter (President, Black Photo Corporation) and Ethel Taylor, (Senior Vice-President, Corporate Store Sales, Sears Canada Inc.).

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Greg Hicks joined TSC Stores in July 2006 to lead an ambitious growth agenda; since his arrival, the store base has grown by 66%, and 40% of the chain's traditional stores have been replaced. TSC Stores now operate in 38 small communities in Ontario, and have pushed the TSC brand into Manitoba, with the opening of stores in Brandon and Winkler. He was most recently named one of Canada's "Top 40 Under 40" business leaders, in May 2008.

TSC Stores is a 42 year old, Canadian owned and operated retailer focused on serving the needs of customers who enjoy the country lifestyle, known to many as the "Incredible Country Hardware Store."

Ted Starkman

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Executive Vice-President & General Manager, The Shopping Channel

Ted Starkman joined The Shopping Channel in March 1999 to head up the company's expansion into "Off-Air" Channels including its online retail strategy and its brick and mortar store expansion. He successfully launched the channel's Web business (TheShoppingChannel.com) with a focus from day one on bottom line profitability and permission marketing. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Marketing Association, Chair of the CMA/Marketing Magazine's Digital Marketing Conference and was Co-chair of the Retail Council of Canada's Electronic Commerce Business Advisory Committee. A lawyer by training, he graduated from the University of Toronto law school, entering private practice serving the multimedia, software and Internet industries, specializing in intellectual property law and commercial matters after graduating.

The Shopping Channel is a division of Rogers Broadcasting Limited. He is responsible for the overall business of The Shopping Channel — Canada’s leading home shopping and multi-channel electronic retailer, which includes our growing direct wholesale/DRTV business. The Shopping Channel Direct.

Kevin Macnab

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President, Toys 'R' Us (Canada) Ltd.

Joining Toys 'R' Us Canada in May 2000 as Vice President of Finance, Real Estate and Information Technology, after having worked for the Marks & Spencer Group in the U.K. and Canada, Kevin Macnab was named President of Toys 'R' Us Canada in 2007, reporting directly to Ron Boire, President of Toys 'R' Us North America. At Toys R Us, Mr. Macnab has played an instrumental role in developing and executing strategies to support the implementation of new store concepts in Canada.

He has 25 years of business experience in the retail and finance sectors, having served in key roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Marks & Spencers and D'Allaird's Stores. In the retail industry his experience encompasses clothing, foods, toiletries, gifts, baby and toys.