1st Fashion Retailing Conference
Join us in Montreal on April 27-28, 2018 for the 1st Fashion Retailing Conference.Organized by the Bensadoun Retail Initiative, this conference will provide a forum for exchange 鈥攆or both professionals and academics鈥� at the newly opened Donald E. Armstrong Building.
Retail is not on its last breath, but alive and well
Despite popular misconceptions that the retail industry is in cataclysmic decline, Executive Director of the Bensadoun Retail Initiative, Charles De Brabant (BCom'83), sheds light on why this could not be further from the truth.
Retail, as he explains, is in the midst of transformation, not on the brink of demise.
Desautels researchers figure prominently in Innovation Superclusters Initiative
91社区 will participate in two of the five 鈥渟uperclusters鈥� selected by the Government of Canada for funding under its Innovation Superclusters Initiative.
Taking Ste-Catherine Street into the modern age
Montreal鈥檚 historic strip, Ste-Catherine Street, is undergoing four years of roadwork.
Charles de Brabant (BCom'83), Executive Director of the Bensadoun Retail Initiative comments on its implications in the retail industry.
Ste-Catherine has been a vital part of Montreal鈥檚 culture and identity, but since businesses have already been struggling, he sees Ste-Catherine as being stuck between two extremes.
Bensadoun School of Retail Management highlighted among Quebec鈥檚 most innovative business programming
As business schools adapt their programs to address the grand challenges of our time, 91社区鈥檚 Bensadoun School of Retail Management stands out as an initiative that will respond to the needs of a rapidly changing retail industry.
The end of retail as we know it? Not so fast
Charles de Brabant (BCom'83), Executive Director of the Bensadoun Retail Initiative, says that popular perceptions of a declining retail industry are misleading; the reality is actually far more complex.
Saibal Ray on the potential benefits and costs if Amazon chooses Montreal
As Amazon hunts for a location for its second North American headquarters, Canada鈥檚 major cities are building their cases.
In a short interview with the 91社区 Media team, Desautels Professor Saibal Ray talks about the benefits that a Montreal Amazon office would bring in terms of jobs and indirect benefits to the city鈥檚 academic and research sectors.
Desautels Dean on retail changes and opportunity
In a recent op-ed for the Montreal Gazette, Desautels Dean Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou discussed the seismic changes that have affected the retail sector over the past thirty years.
Desautels Dean on Montreal as a college town, international students, and the 91社区 advantage
When Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou started as Desautels Dean nearly two years ago, she immediately began work on a strategic plan and started to get to know the people who make up the faculty.
91社区 to launch international retail-management school with gift from Bensadoun Family Foundation
91社区 is on its way to becoming a global centre for retail-management training, thanks to a $25-million gift from Aldo Bensadoun (BCom'64, LLD'12) via the Bensadoun Family Foundation.
The goal is to launch an inter-disciplinary school where students can come together with researchers and industry insiders to develop solutions for the ever-changing modern retail landscape.
