Highlights for April 3, 2019

The Top 5 Cannabis Retail Brands in Canada

Cannabis retail has rapidly emerged as one of the most important components of the marijuana value chain. Not only do retail gatekeepers control one of the most intimate parts of the cannabis purchasing experience, but they do so at a premium — making cannabis retail a likely determinant of any marijuana company’s staying power.

DIGITAL JOURNAL

Google bringing digital skills training event to Sudbury

oogle is coming to Sudbury as part of its Grow with Google initiative to help create economic opportunity in communities across Canada.

Google will host a free, one-day event at Science North on April 12 to help small business owners, entrepreneurs, students and skill seekers improve their digital skills. The workshops will run between 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.

SUDBURY.COM

Konica Minolta Announces Support for Online Print Industry Resource Eat Print Love

Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Canada) Ltd. (Konica Minolta), a leader in the Graphic Communications industry, announced it will be lending its support to the online print community and knowledge resource website Eat Print Love. Konica Minolta will be Eat Print Love’s first industry supporter, offering resources and exposure to the site and its members.

GLOBAL NEWSWIRE

Survey: 85 Per Cent of Creative Managers in Canada Say Their Companies Are Transparent About Pay

Companies and employees in the Canadian creative industry are opening up about compensation, new research from staffing firm The Creative Group shows. More than eight in 10 advertising and marketing hiring managers surveyed (85 per cent) said their organization offers some level of salary transparency, with 27 per cent reporting full transparency. When asked to name the greatest advantage of instituting an open pay policy, the top response was increasing productivity (26 per cent), followed by creating an atmosphere of trust and collaboration (25 per cent)

CISION