| MEDIA ALERT: Retailers Learn How to Deal with Canada's Looming Labour Shortage |
Toronto, April 26, 2006 - Retailers face unique challenges in recruiting and retaining top-quality staff, especially with Canada facing a nationwide labour supply challenge. Retail Council of Canada and Monster are pleased to present the second annual Retail Human Resources Conference, "Shifting Perspectives: Recruit, Retain, Succeed."
| What: | Canada's Only Retail Human Resources Conference |
| When: | Thursday, April 27, 2006 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| Where: | Toronto Congress Centre 650 Dixon Road Toronto, ON |
| Why: | Leading retailers such as Forzani Group, Starbucks Coffee Canada, The Beer Store, Home Depot and Danier Leather Inc. will present strategies and best practices that retailers can consider to overcome the recruitment and retention challenges they face. In addition, proprietary research findings will also be presented by Monster and Kronos on dealing with labour supply challenges and workforce management. |
For a complete list of speakers and sessions, log onto http://www.retailcouncil.org/events/hr/
Retail Council of Canada (www.retailcouncil.org) is the Voice of Retail. It is a not-for-profit association representing more than 40,000 stores of all retail formats, including independent merchants, regional and national mass and specialty chains, and online merchants.
To RSVP and for more information about this conference, media are asked to contact Stephanie Petroff, (416) 922-0553, ext. 228; e-mail spetroff@retailcouncil.org.
Note: Media interviews can be arranged.