Supply Chain & Logistics

On April 10, 2021, the union executive of the Port of Montreal Longshoremen issued a 72-hour notice of an indefinite strike to the Maritime Employers Association (MEA). The planned pressure tactics &#...Learn More

As of May 5, 2021, retailers and importers will be forced to pay provisional anti-dumping tariffs estimated at 53.58% for motion and leather furniture from China and 40.18% rates for products from Vie...Learn More

Shipping has resumed on the Suez Canal, but global trade woes linked to the COVID-19 pandemic are far from over. Trade backlogs mean Canadians could see price increases on a variety of products rangin...Learn More

A Senate Bill, S-216 (An Act to enact the Modern Slavery Act and to amend the Customs Tariff), passed second reading Tuesday evening and has been referred to the Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and...Learn More

BC is adding detail to the plan to vaccinate various categories of essential service workers. To that end, RCC has agreed to assemble a list of retail distribution centres for the province’s ‘whol...Learn More

In this episode, Michael is in San Francisco with friend and podcast partner Kent Allen, Principal of The Research Trust and Co-Founder at Global eCommerce Leaders Forum. In a wide ranging conversatio...Learn More

To assist independent retailers across Canada in their recovery from the business challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, BarterPay has partnered with Retail Council of Canada to launch a grant progr...Learn More

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose at a faster pace year over year in February (+1.1%) than in January (+1.0%). The rise in gasoline prices (+5.0%) supported consumer price growth in February. Exclud...Learn More

Today, Retail Council of Canada (RCC) and Canada’s leading national industry associations issued the following statement regarding the threat of strike action by longshoremen at the Port of Montreal...Learn More

To express concern about the threat of another labour stoppage at the Port of Montreal, RCC has joined with other leading business associations to call upon the government to use all tools at their di...Learn More