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McGill University McGill University’s Bensadoun School of Retail Management will receive $5 million in funding to drive retail innovation and research, and support the province’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). As part of the provincial government’s economic recovery plan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its new digital transformation initiative, the funding from the Quebec Ministry of Economy and Innovation will be provided over four years to scale up interdisciplinary research activities, foster retail talent, establish professional development programs, and conduct...

The Tare Shop is part of a new wave of package-free stores aiming to minimize the environmental impact of shopping for groceries and everyday goods. Rather than simply reducing packaging waste or ensuring it's recyclable, the goal is to eliminate it altogether. Everything from food and body care products to home cleaning and stationery goods is available in bulk to be purchased with a reusable container. The package-free retail trend fits into a broader zero-waste lifestyle movement seeking to encourage more sustainable and mindful shopping habits, and it shows no signs of abating due to t...

HALIFAX - Customers at The Tare Shop in Halifax are creative with their containers: Some use classic jars but others reuse yogurt containers, pots and pans or even empty glass liquor bottles. Kate Pepler, owner and founder of The Tare Shop, stands in front of her products in Dartmouth, N.S. on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. There is a growing retail trend of stores allowing customers to bring their own reusable containers and Pepler is supporting the effort to create more sustainable packaging options. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan HALIFAX - Customers at The Tare Shop in Halifax are creative w...

Brett Bundale Kate Pepler, owner and founder of The Tare Shop, stands in front of her products in Dartmouth, N.S. on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. There is a growing retail trend of stores allowing customers to bring their own reusable containers and Pepler is supporting the effort to create more sustainable packaging options. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan January 29, 2021 - 10:19 AM HALIFAX - Customers at The Tare Shop in Halifax are creative with their containers: Some use classic jars but others reuse yogurt containers, pots and pans or even empty glass liquor b...

In a joint effort to transform customer experience at a critical time for retailers, Alimentation Couche-Tard and McGill University have launched a retail innovation laboratory at McGill University’s Bensadoun School of Retail Management. Located on the university’s campus in downtown Montreal, the lab allows researchers to carry on-site experiments and develop new technologies to improve the customer experience in these times of pandemic. Couche-Tard, a leader in the Canadian convenience store industry, plans to implement the research projects successfully tested at the lab in some of it...