Walmart Canada announced today that it will hire 10,000 new “associates” as it looks to quickly expand its Canadian operations amidst a massive growth of ecommerce for the company The positions, which the Walmart Canada says it is looking to fill “immediately” will be in its ecommerce operations, staffing warehouses, delivery drivers and fulfilling orders…
Deloitte’s Holiday Retail Outlook has predicted that 44% of Christmas shopping done in Canada will be online. The predictions, correlated from 1000 surveyed Canadians, also sees a continued move away from brick and mortar stores over the holiday period This has led many delivery companies, including FedEx and Canada Post to bring in additional workers…
Docebo, a management and online learning platform has seen a stock growth of 238% so far this year, with recurring revenue increase of 69% from 2016 to 2019 Online learning platform demand has increased dramatically since the beginning of the year. Companies have moved to using Docebo for learning management systems including Bloomberg, Walmart and…
Ruby Has, a leading ecommerce fulfilment company, has announced a new facility that will see its Canadian operations increase 300% The sharp growth of ecommerce since the beginning of 2020, filled partially by the pandemic, has seen the demand for warehouse space and delivery services rise dramatically Well developed across the U.S. with warehouses in…
The video sharing app announced that small businesses who pay for advertising on Tik Tok will receive additional advertising free as part of an initiative to help promote smaller companies Tik Tok, who only this week managed to pull themselves away from a political dispute between the U.S. and China, have said the scheme will…
Spotify, Match, Epic Games Inc and 10 other organizations have formed the Coalition for App Fairness, in an attempt to push both Google and Apple into making changes to their app stores The coalition has set forth a series of “App Store Principles”, several of which take aim at current policies used by Google and…
Sobeys parent company, Empire Company Ltd, will invest the money to grow its ecommerce business as it looks to drive up C$500 million in earnings The company plan, dubbed ‘Project Horizon’, was set to be announced in May, but was put on hold and adjusted due to effects if the pandemic and the steep…
56% of those asked said that the effects of Covid-19 was what moved them to explore new ways of operating and trading as a company. The survey, which was conducted by Microsoft Canada, asked 670 business leaders from across the country, with company sizes ranging from small businesses to large enterprises. The aim was…
Intuit Canada, a leading global financial platform company, has joined with Digital Main Street to help 50,000 small Canadian businesses move online and develop their ecommerce presence to help recover from the effects of Covid-19 “Now more than ever, digital transformation is key to small business success,” said David Marquis, Country Manager of Intuit Canada.…