The New Retail Reality

Moderated by retail industry veteran, advisor, and producer & host of Canada's No. 1 retail industry podcast Michael LeBlanc, our panelists bring industry and sector leadership to examine the state of retail in Canada. They will discuss the massive changes that have taken place over the last year and how retailers, and those who seek to understand the sector, can see through the fog to the post-COVID/post-vaccine era of retail:

· Understand how the quick decisions and nimble reactions to the crisis have highlighted both the shortcomings and the opportunities in operating and financial models

· The lasting structural impacts of the COVID era and how retailers of all formats can adapt and thrive to both short term and long-term customer behavioural changes

· We will then pivot towards a discussion around what qualities PE investors should be looking for in organizations to maximize their investment.

Join our speakers and attendees following the panel discussion to continue the conversation during group networking sessions.

- 11.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. ET - Panel Discussion.

- 12.30 p.m. - 1.15 p.m. ET - Interactive group Networking