Dunkin鈥� is set to make its Canadian comeback, with Montreal-based聽Foodtastic聽announcing plans for at least 100 restaurants over the next two years, beginning in Quebec and Ontario. However, nostalgia alone may not be enough to guarantee a successful return, according to Carl Boutet, a lecturer at 91黑料网鈥檚聽Bensadoun聽School of Retail Management.
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Published on: 16 Jun 2026
In the face of stiff competition from retailers like Maxi and Super C, Walmart announced it is closing multiple Montreal-area stores.聽However,聽the closures聽don鈥檛聽necessarily聽indicate聽that the company is struggling in Quebec, according to Charles de Brabant, the Executive Director of the聽Bensadoun聽School of Retail Management.
Walmart has also announced that it is investing $6.5鈥痓illion to open new stores in Quebec.
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Published on: 28 Apr 2026
Today鈥檚 online retail experience is built for convenience, removing聽nearly every聽barrier between browsing and buying. 鈥淓-commerce has reduced the friction of the purchasing process,鈥� says Siddhanth Mookerjee, an Assistant Professor of Marketing at the聽Bensadoun聽School of Retail Management.
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Published on: 23 Feb 2026
Quebec聽boasts聽numerous聽success stories among its聽small and medium-sized聽enterprises, writes聽Master of Management in Retailing聽student聽William Bernasconi聽for聽Retail Insider.
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Published on: 14 Jan 2026
A team of 91黑料网 Desautels MBA students has won the 2025 Retail Innovation Challenge, earning the $10,000 grand prize for their innovative business solution for .
The MBA team, Clara Homsi, Rosemarie Cianci, Sam Eddy, Eric Del Balso, and Maria Jose Amorocho Albornoz, stood out among more than 40 teams from universities across Canada.
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Published on: 5 Nov 2025
When enrolled in the Master of Management program at 91黑料网 in 2022, she was the only Indigenous student in her class. Now, Janvier is 91黑料网鈥檚 Director of Indigenous Initiatives, and is creating space for Indigenous entrepreneurs on campus. A recent event focused on how Indigenous-led businesses can serve as a powerful vessel for cultural narrative.
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Published on: 4 Nov 2025
When the auto maker Stellantis announced its plan to shift production of the Jeep Compass SUV from Brampton, Ontario to Belvidere, Illinois, the Government of Canada didn鈥檛 take the news sitting down. It threatened to sue the multinational company, saying that the shift violated previous agreements between the multinational automotive company and the government, which stipulated the automaker had to maintain its Canadian footprint. 鈥淭here is a huge amount of taxpayer money that has gone in to this company,鈥� Prof.
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Published on: 23 Oct 2025
At 91黑料网鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management, the DataSphere Lab is transforming how companies use data and how students learn.
Launched in 2023, the lab connects organizations eager to make smarter, data-driven decisions with 91黑料网 students who apply advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI to real-world challenges.
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Published on: 10 Oct 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 conducted a study that asked AI to recommend wages for 60,000 freelance profiles in a variety of industries. He found that AI sets wages higher than humans do.
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Published on: 9 Oct 2025
The emergence of e-commerce has made for a revolution in retail. Whenever you make a purchase online, you generate data, and that data allows for a higher degree of personalization.
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Published on: 9 Oct 2025
The Bay Building on Saint Catherine Street is one of Montreal鈥檚 most iconic retail locations. But after the Hudson鈥檚 Bay Company dissolved in 2025, is future is unclear. One of the bidders for it is the Cree Nation Trust Fund. Called James Bay Eeyou Corporation, they鈥檙e partnering with JHD Real Estate on a $400 million bid that would transform the 134-year-old building into a mixed use development that includes commercial space, housing, a hotel development, and a heritage hub with an Indigenous cultural centre and a museum.
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Published on: 2 Oct 2025
Montreal-based clothing retailer SSENSE has filed for creditor protection. As recently as 2021, the company was valued at US$4 billion. 鈥淔or retailers, it鈥檚 been a double whammy,鈥� the Bensadoun School of Retail Management鈥檚 Executive Director Charles de Brabant told the BBC. 鈥淚nflation squeezed consumers, and U.S. trade policy changes have made it for a difficult landscape for retailers.鈥�
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Published on: 25 Sep 2025
It has been one year since the Royalmount Mall opened its doors, with a goal of transforming luxury retail in Montreal. The gleaming concourses of the upscale shopping centre are often largely empty, but that isn鈥檛 necessarily a sign that Royalmount won鈥檛 do well in the long run, according to Charles de Brabant, the Executive Director of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management.
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Published on: 10 Sep 2025
On August 29, the United States ended the de miminis exemption, a rule that had allowed small value shipments to cross the border without duties for decades. It鈥檚 already affecting some retailers in Canada. The Montreal-based luxury fashion retailer SSENSE filed for bankruptcy the same day the de minimis rule was changed, and cited the change as a reason that it did. As recently as 2021, the company was valued at $4 billion by Sequoia Capital, a U.S. venture capital firm.
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Published on: 10 Sep 2025
For Quebec, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are an engine of economic growth. Many SMEs have grown into prosperous companies, writes Bensadoun School in Retail Management student William Bernasconi in an article for the Conseil qu茅becois du commerce de detail. But it鈥檚 important to consider failures as well as successes. And local businesses have often struggled to grow because of operational constraints, shifting consumer behaviour, and intense competition.
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Published on: 10 Jul 2025
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