Loss Prevention

A CTV News Winnipeg article outlined the increase in shoplifting in Winnipeg. RCC’s Sonny Brar outlined the different steps retailers are taking to combat it: The Retail Council of Canada works ...Learn More

SPECIAL FROM BDO: In 2017 alone, the total value of fraud reported by Canadian businesses was $30.4 million, according to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC). That number is an alarming increase of ...Learn More

What’s Happening The Police Record Checks Reform Act came into effect in November 2018. The legislation governs the types of record checks that can be conducted for screening purposes, defines three...Learn More

See also: Shopping bag regulations across Canada Up in smoke With cannabis legalization, Canadian retailers have burning questions about its potential effect on the workplace and ways to properly impl...Learn More

With the pervasiveness of social media and mobile devices, racial profiling incidents in retail have moved to the front and centre of people’s minds. These incidents are wrong and should be avoided ...Learn More

Retailers are not immune from the perils and calamities—both natural and manufactured—that can threaten and damage businesses and communities. Wildfires whipping through Fort McMurray. A catastrop...Learn More

ShopInTM is Retail Council of Canada’s MySTORE independent retail division program developed to support independent retailers with marketing tools and graphic templates, original Canadian resea...Learn More

Protecting your business and your customers’ personal information against the threats of cyber-breaches and criminal activities is paramount in today’s retail environment. The purpose of this ...Learn More

In collaboration with Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg, Retail Council of Canada (RCC) has updated its popular Member Exclusive Guidebook on Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation. RCC’s first Anti-Spa...Learn More