Independent Retailers

Meet Jen Harper, founder of Cheekbone Beauty Cosmetics and RCC’s 2025 Independent Retail Ambassador of the Year, who shares her incredible journey to building a nationally recognized indigenous ...Learn More

A looming Canada Post strike may disrupt business during peak season. RCC urged urgent government action, citing harm to SMEs and delivery delays. Diane J. Brisebois said, “This situation is untenab...Learn More

Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to announce his new cabinet today. Early indications suggest a more streamlined structure, with a smaller core group of senior ministers focused on key portfolio...Learn More

Through #VoteRetail, we elevated the key issues facing Canadian retailers during #Election2025. Following the results, RCC has written to the new Prime Minister to both congratulate him and reinforce ...Learn More

The musical instrument industry is under threat in Quebec as the deadline to comply with the province’s language regulations under Bill 96 looms. The new rules will come into effect in just one mont...Learn More

Trade uncertainty with the United States and retaliatory tariffs are casting a large shadow over the federal election and–connected to that–the platforms of business advocacy groups. “A tariff w...Learn More

TORONTO, April 15, 2025: Retail Council of Canada (RCC) is proud to announce that Jenn Harper, Founder and CEO of Cheekbone Beauty Cosmetics Inc. has been named the Independent Retail Ambassador of th...Learn More

Jim Cormier, Atlantic director of Retail Council of Canada, addressed the increasing issue of shoplifting in retail envoirnments. Cormier attributed the rise in theft to inflation and the growth of on...Learn More

Tariff threats are generating cost uncertainties in B.C.’s retail sector, but for Greg Wilson, consumers should expect prices to remain relatively stable in the short term.  “If there...Learn More

“For grocers, adaptation is the nature of the business—they are, after all, a storefront to society. As societal changes ebb and flow, sometimes gradually and other times rapidly, grocers continuo...Learn More