Where is RCC STORE Conference 2026 held?

RCC STORE Conference 2026 was held at Toronto Congress Centre in Toronto, Canada.

Retail & E-commerce

RCC STORE Conference 2026

Name: RCC STORE Conference 2026
Start: 2026-06-02
End: 2026-06-03
Location: Toronto Congress Centre

This edition has ended

RCC STORE Conference 2026 ran Jun 2–3, 2026 at Toronto Congress Centre in Toronto, Canada. It is a Retail & E-commerce conference that expected about 2,000 attendees. ConferenceGrid lists 62 speakers and 22 sessions. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Jun 2, 2026 · dates verified May 24, 2026

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62Speakers

0Sponsors

22Sessions

49Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at RCC, in alphabetical order.

Adam Halim

Senior Vice President of Product & Marketing · Flipp

Adrian Lang

Chief People and Legal Officer · Staples Canada

Alicia Samuel

Chief Information Officer · Holt Renfrew

Amir Hameed

SVP, WW Solution Sales & Engineering · Ring Central

Amit Patil

Head, Consumer & Retail Industry Strategy · Amazon Web Services

Benjamin Tal

Managing Director and Deputy Chief Economist · CIBC

Bruce Rodgers

Executive Director · CIFFA

Chris Glover

Host of Metro Morning · CBC Radio

Craig Bell Estabrooks

President and CEO · Port Saint John

David Boone

CEO · Michaels USA

David Brownstein

President · Browns Shoes

Dayo Akinbiyi

Vice President, Insights & Intelligence · Mastercard Canada

Debbie Lai

VP Marketing · Staples Canada

Derek Schweitzer

Senior Vice President, Stores (Canada) · Michaels

Ekaterina Dobrokhotova

VP Marketing · Miele

Eric Morris

Managing Director, Head of Retail · Google Canada

Florian Payri

Co-CEO · Aristid

Frédéric Bélanger-Ouellet

Leader, AI & Innovation, Microsoft Solutions · Talan Americas

Frederick Lecoq

Chief Marketing and Digital Officer · La Maison Simons

Greg Neath

Vice-President of Business Development, In-Store & Direct Mail Marketing · TC Transcontinental

Irene Daley

Vice President of Marketing · Canadian Tire Corporation

Isabelle Bonin

Vice President Marketing & e-Commerce · Reitmans Canada Ltd.

Agenda

Selected from 22 sessions.

Monday, June 1 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM EST
Cocktail Québec Cinq à Sept
Dans le cadre de L’événement STORE 26, le CCCD organise le fameux cocktail Québec, le Cinq à sept. Tous les membres du secteur du détail sont invités à prendre part à cette récepti…
Tuesday, June 2 10:10 AM - 10:15 AM EST
Future-Ready Retail: Strategies to Prepare for the Age of Agentic Commerce
Agentic commerce is the next AI innovation set to shake up retail, and the industry needs to be prepared to make the most of the opportunity. Purchase decisions will happen faster,…
Tuesday, June 2 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM EST
Think Blink: Designing Brands Consumers Feel First
Loyalty isn’t earned through logic, it’s triggered in a blink. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, author of Think Blink Manifesto, and Debbie Lai, VP Marketing at Staples, explore how retailers …
Tuesday, June 2 10:45 AM - 10:50 AM EST
Winning Consumer Loyalty: Payments, Trust and the Future of Customer Retention
As Canada’s payments ecosystem evolves, businesses will need to work harder to earn and keep consumer loyalty. With greater choice, rising expectations, and ongoing industry change…
Tuesday, June 2 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM EST
How Canadian Consumers are Redefining Value by Trip, Task, and Moment
Canadian shoppers are increasingly shopping by mission, not by channel. Drawing on new Leger/RCC research, this session explores how routine, urgent, deal-driven, problem-solving, …
Concurrent B
Tuesday, June 2 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM EST
The Next Era of Work: Where Retail Wins or Falls Behind
Retail’s next productivity leap won’t come from working harder - it will come from redesigning work. Agentic AI is reshaping how work gets done, and retail leaders face a critical …
Concurrent A
Tuesday, June 2 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM EST
The Next-Gen Customer: Serving Four Generations at Once
Retailers are no longer serving “a customer,” but multiple generations with very different expectations. The challenge isn’t just personalization anymore, it’s prioritization withi…
Concurrent C
Tuesday, June 2 1:15 PM - 1:35 PM EST
Inside Canadian Consumer Spending Trends
Consumer spending continues to be a hot topic of discussion as Canadian consumers and merchants navigate uncertain economic times. Sean McCormick, Vice President of Business Develo…
Concurrent A
Tuesday, June 2 1:15 PM - 1:35 PM EST
The Modern Flywheel: AI-Powered Speed, Human-Led Strategy
In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, success belongs to organizations that can optimize their retail engine with humans and technology moving as one. This dynamic session unpacks…
Concurrent B

Quick answers

When is RCC STORE Conference 2026?: RCC STORE Conference 2026 ran Jun 2–3, 2026 at Toronto Congress Centre in Toronto, Canada.
Where is RCC STORE Conference 2026 held?: RCC STORE Conference 2026 was held at Toronto Congress Centre in Toronto, Canada.
Who is speaking at RCC STORE Conference 2026?: ConferenceGrid lists 62 speakers, including Adam Halim (Senior Vice President of Product & Marketing, Flipp), Adrian Lang (Chief People and Legal Officer, Staples Canada) and Alicia Samuel (Chief Information Officer, Holt Renfrew).

Company intelligence

An audience of 49 companies, parsed from the program.

49 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room

0All threespeak · spons · exh

0Sponsoringsponsor only

49Speakingspeaker only

Speakers by seniority

66% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

C-suite1423%
Founder / Owner35%
VP-level2032%
Director / Head of46%
Manager / Lead23%
Research / Science12%
Marketing / Brand23%
Other roles1626%

Of 62 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies

#	Company	Speakers
1	Retail Council of Canada	4
2	Mastercard Canada	3
3	Holt Renfrew	2
4	Loblaw Companies Limited	2
5	RONA	2
6	Staples Canada	2
7	American Express	1
8	Aristid	1
9	AWS	1
10	Browns Shoes	1
11	Caddle	1
12	Canadian Tire Corporation	1
13	CBC Radio	1
14	Centric Software	1

Sponsors by tier

Tiers were not disclosed for this event.

RCC STORE Conference 2026

Cocktail Québec Cinq à Sept

Future-Ready Retail: Strategies to Prepare for the Age of Agentic Commerce

Think Blink: Designing Brands Consumers Feel First

Winning Consumer Loyalty: Payments, Trust and the Future of Customer Retention

How Canadian Consumers are Redefining Value by Trip, Task, and Moment

The Next Era of Work: Where Retail Wins or Falls Behind

The Next-Gen Customer: Serving Four Generations at Once

Inside Canadian Consumer Spending Trends

The Modern Flywheel: AI-Powered Speed, Human-Led Strategy

49 companies in attendance.