Retail Council of Canada (RCC) Announces Winners of the 2025 Retail Secure Legends Awards

TORONTO – February 27, 2025. Retail Council of Canada (RCC) is proud to announce the 2025 Retail Secure Legends Awards Winners. These awards recognize loss prevention leaders whose visionary work has shaped the retail landscape, exemplifying innovation, excellence, and dedication to combatting retail crime in Canada. The winners will be recognized during a special breakfast that precedes RCC’s Retail Secure Conference on March 19, 2025, at The International Centre in Mississauga. The event will bring together top executives, entrepreneurs, and influential figures from across the retail sector to celebrate these award recipients.

The 2025 Retail Secure Legends Awards winners, selected by their peers in loss prevention are:

Emerging Legend category

• Lyn Babb, Area Asset Protection Manager, Gap Inc.
• Lin Cody, Loss Prevention Manager – Alberta, Sobeys
• Angela Collins, Regional Loss Prevention Manager, Canadian Tire Corporation
• Jade Cook, Regional LP Manager, Sephora
• Gary Evaniuk, Manager, Loss Prevention, Sobeys
• Brandon Law, Loss Prevention Manager – Manitoba, Sobeys
• Jennifer Morris, LP Manager, Internal Investigations, Sephora
• Amelia Vlaming, Asset Protection Manager, Rexall Pharmacy Group

In-Store Legend category

• Simranjeet Kaur, Asset Protection Manager, Gap Inc.

Leadership Legend category

• Dave Cheema, Director of Asset Protection, Best Buy Canada
• Calandra Guiry, Associate VP, Los Prevention, Canadian Tire Corporation
• Oliver Wang, National Director of Loss Prevention, Glentel

Date: March 19, 2025
Time: 7:30 am – 5:30 pm ET
Location: The International Centre, Mississauga, Ontario

Sponsorship opportunities available! Align your brand with excellence in retail security and innovation and show your support for the sector—explore sponsorship opportunities for RCC’s Retail Secure Legends Awards here.

Tickets to the conference includes access to the Retail Secure Legends Awards breakfast, all the mainstage and concurrent sessions, networking in the exhibitor floor, catered lunch, snacks, and a cocktail reception to close the day. (Tickets for only the Awards Breakfast are also available). With 20% discount for groups of five or more, it’s a perfect chance for team-building and professional development. To be part of this significant event shaping a safer and more innovative retail future, and to celebrate these outstanding award winners, secure your tickets at https://rccretailsecure.ca.

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About Retail Council of Canada

Retail is Canada’s largest private-sector employer with over 2.3 million Canadians working in our industry. The sector annually generates over $91 billion in wages and employee benefits. Core retail sales (excluding vehicles and gasoline) were over $462B in 2022. Retail Council of Canada (RCC) members represent more than two-thirds of core retail sales through small, medium, and large retail businesses across the country. This includes 54,000 storefronts including department, grocery, specialty, discount, independent retailers, online merchants and quick service restaurants. Our grocery members alone represent more than 95 per cent of the market in Canada.

Contact

Santo Ligotti, VP Marketing & Membership
(416) 274-2956
sligotti@retailcouncil.org