Empire shuffles executive leadership team Company CEO Pierre St-Laurent names new team The Leaders: Lessons from Naniss Gadel-Rab, president, Mondelēz Canada Gadel-Rab on refining her leadership style, navigating challenges and embracing change Shaun McKenna joins Encore Market Engagement as partner The former Grocery Foundation executive takes on a new role Canada must ‘lean into’ economic disruption, BoC’s Macklem urges As growth slows, Tiff Macklem calls on businesses to adapt to AI, tariffs and demographic shifts In the AI era, strategic partnerships are key to retail success At NRF’26, execs from Dell Technologies, Accenture, Everseen and Nvidia touted the power of collaboration and education in building effective AI solutions at retail