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Stingray Digital, a Montreal-based supplier of music services for multi-channel television service providers worldwide, announced today the acquisition of Musicoola, a Tel-Aviv based digital music broadcaster. With this new addition, Stingray Digital reinforces its position as one of the most important companies in the digital music market with an established presence in more than 50 countries. This is the 8th acquisition for Stingray since its inception in 2007. Read the rest of this entry »

Creation Technologies, a North American Top-10 and Global Top-25 Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider headquartered in Burnaby, has announced the opening of its second facility in Silicon Valley. The manufacturing plant has been built to meet the growing demand of existing customers and the demand of new customers. Read the rest of this entry »

Maxime Rémillard, President of V Interactions, is pleased to announce the appointment of Natalie Larivière as Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer. Her primary mandate will be the management of television operations and digital platforms, as well as strategic development and the company’s growth. Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto-based category management specialist ToolBox Solutions has announced the debut of their new customizable, Manufacturer’s and CPG reporting solution, ToolBox Advantage™ . This web-based reporting platform for category management professionals, executives and sales managers focuses on bringing opportunities to improve category performance to the forefront and it runs on both syndicated market data (Including A.C. Nielsen and IRI) and retailer POS data. Read the rest of this entry »

Technology moves fast in the 21st century. Just as hotel marketers began designing Smartphone-optimized web sites, technology threw them another curveball – the tablet. With people connecting on the go, anywhere, anytime, through multiple mobile devices it is clear we are heading into a “post-PC” world. Read the rest of this entry »

Originally posted on June 8th, reposting at the request of Lynda Brown-Ganzert as today is the last day to complete the survey, so if you haven’t yet done so, please do. The Government of BC, Vancouver Economic Development (VEC), the Motion Picture Production Industry Association of BC, the Canadian Media Production Association – BC Producers’ Branch, British Columbia Film + Media, Wavefront and DigiBC are undertaking a strategic review of BC’s screen-based industries to help support their collective future. Read the rest of this entry »

Canada Post has launched the Canada Post E-commerce Innovation Awards, a competition designed to recognize and reward successful innovation in e-commerce in Canada, and aiming to further boost the growing e-commerce sector. E-commerce retailers will compete in five categories for prize packages worth a total of $1 million. Read the rest of this entry »

Traditional ideas of 9-5 office workers heading home and putting all thoughts of work aside until the following day no longer apply for many of today’s employees. According to Randstad Canada, the country’s leader for staffing, recruitment and HR Services, in order to achieve work life balance, it’s important for workers to set boundaries between their work and personal lives as the line between work and home continues to blur. Read the rest of this entry »

As doubts re-emerge about the strength of the global economic recovery, and questions persist about Canada’s productivity gap, a new Global Workforce Study by global professional services company Towers Watson shows that the majority (67%) of Canadian workers are not fully engaged in their work and are frustrated by insufficient support from their organizations.  After almost a decade of pressure to do more with less, the study suggests that Canadian workers are finding themselves unable to sustain the kinds of positive associations with their employers that lead to greater productivity. Read the rest of this entry »

SHOP.CA, Canada’s largest online eCommerce marketplace, is using analytics software from IBM’s Smarter Commerce Initiative to help engage increasingly empowered online consumers in a unique shopping experience, and build loyalty and a sense of community. Read the rest of this entry »