What are the challenges facing the retail sector?
A. In this highly competitive marketplace, retailers face the daily challenge of new product innovation, which in turn drives category growth, reduces costs of goods, and secures a sustainable supply of locally grown products to satisfy their customers’ desire to buy Alberta made goods. Retailers continue to struggle to find and work with small-to-medium-sized suppliers who try to get their products listed, but do not have the tools or information to be successful. The vertical alignment of producer/grower/processor and retailer to create a “value chain”, has proven results and will be the preferred method of doing business for all major retailers. Q.
