When AI is used to set wages, it sets them higher than humans would

Published: 9 October 2025

When AI sets wages, it pushes them higher, according to recent research by Maxime Cohen, a Professor of Retail and Operations Management at the Bensadoun School of Retail Management. Cohen...

MMF students tackle real-world merger case in 8th Deloitte Synergy Challenge

Published: 29 October 2025

The 8th Deloitte MMF Synergy Challenge on October 28 challenged Master of Management in Finance (MMF) students at Desautels on their strategic and financial acumen in the context of a merger case...

Tariff loophole fuelling Canadian warehouse sector

Published: 26 June 2025

Tariffs drive up prices for businesses, but some companies are finding a creative loophole to avoid some US tariffs. When a company imports a tariffed good, it pays a tariff. But it doesn鈥檛 pay a...

Donald Trump鈥檚 鈥楤ig Beautiful Bill鈥 does away with de minimis exemption for impots from all countries

Published: 30 July 2025

The de minimis exemption has played a major role in the rise of Chinese fast fashion brands like Shein and Temu. The exemption works like this: if an imported good has a value of less than $800, it...

Insights from the Reshaping the Future of Retail Conference

Published: 7 October 2025

Meghan Markowski (MMR'25) captures key takeaways from this year's Reshaping the Future of Retail Conference, which brought together over 250 retail leaders, academics, and students at Montreal鈥檚...

Starbucks鈥 choice to shut pick-up only locations could hurt bottom line

Published: 23 October 2025

Beginning in 2026, Starbucks will be phasing out its mobile order pick-up only locations, abandoning an approach built for speed and efficiency. In an earnings call, Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol said...

Tariffs are hitting Quebec truck makers hard but a 'Buy Canadian鈥 push could help

Published: 14 November 2025

On November 1, 2025, the United States implemented a 25% tariff on foreign imports of medium and heavy-duty trucks and truck parts鈥攁 move that poses significant challenges for Canadian...

Emerging tech can help make business鈥 more resilient

Published: 13 June 2025

Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence have the power to boost business鈥 efficiency, but they can also make an organizations more resilient....

Despite rise of chatbots, people still prefer human customer services

Published: 23 July 2025

Until recently, the most common way that customers interacted with a company鈥檚 customer service was via human agents on the telephone, the web or a mobile app. But increasingly, customer service is...

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