Visitors GuideThe St. John's Board of Trade is offering a complimentary session on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at the Capital Hotel on 208 Kenmount Road beginning at 8:15 am. and running until 9:00 am.
The topic of the session will be The Changing World of Retail - What Does it Mean to us in Newfoundland & Labrador? Guest Speaker Derek Nighbor, Senior VP, National Affairs, Retail Council of Canada will be presenting.
Space is limited. Call 726 5590 to reserve your seats for this informative and dynamic presentation.
The retail landscape in St. John's has been transformed in recent years. We're seeing bigger players in the market, product sourcing from around the world, a growing local economy and an industry that is now the largest employer in Newfoundland and Labrador.
In this discussion of local and national trends, Retail Council of Canada's Derek Nighbor will offer some insights into the challenges and opportunities that exist for retailers and the local and global communities they serve.
Derek Nighbor co-ordinates RCC's government relations efforts with the federal, provincial, territorial and municipal governments and leads the RCC files related to international trade, privacy and product safety.
The Retail Council of Canada is a not-for-profit, industry-funded association representing more than 40,000 store fronts of all retail formats across Canada, including department, specialty, discount, and independent stores, and online merchants.
