The CEOs of five of Canada’s leading grocery retailers, Loblaw, Sobeys, Metro, Walmart and Costco have met with the country’s government as it focuses on solutions to bring down food prices. Prime Minister invitation The CEOs were invited to the meeting last week by the Prime Minister. It was led by Finance Minister, Chrystia Freeland, and Industry Minister, François-Philippe Champagne. Foo...

Walmart has launched a Generative AI-powered feature, My Assistant, to its home office associates in the US. The launch of ChatGPT by OpenAI last November has popularised the technology and led to a wave of new developments in our industry. Multiple use cases My Assistant has been developed to free up teams from undertaking monotonous and repetitive tasks. Walmart sees significant potential...

Walmart Canada has opened a new Supercentre in Montreal, it’s most sustainable store to date. We look inside this store which also showcases the retailer’s latest design concept. Sustainability features The store is located in Marché Central, Montreal, one of Canada’s top-performing retail destinations and the city’s premier value shopping centres. The $20m investment has been designed to s...