2024 Media Kit:
Advertising Rates & Publication Schedule
Informative. Insightful. Inspired.
Canada’s only national retail industry publication, Retail Insider the magazine is a dynamic digital quarterly that presents sponsors and advertisers with a premium platform by which to reach Canada’s retail decision-makers.
Providing comprehensive and in-depth coverage of Canada’s retail industry through a hybrid of hard news, insightful interviews, thought-leadership, research and expert analysis, Retail Insider the magazine helps form an accurate and holistic view of the evolving retail landscape for its readership.
Feature stories highlight and explore the various forcing functions currently impacting the retail industry, including the digitization of retail operations, environmental, social and governance issues, supply chain disruptions, in-store technology and design, and more, while profiling some of the brands and the personalities behind them in order to reflect the diversity and innovation that continues to drive Canadian retail forward.
Coverage is national in scope, featuring news and stories from coast-to-coast-to-coast, with a focus on uncovering and dissecting the challenges and opportunities faced by retailers of all sizes and concepts within every vertical and category throughout the industry, including: apparel, home improvement, luxury, shopping centres, electronics, discount, grocery, pharmacy, general merchandise, real estate, and more. In addition, special contributions from global retail leaders provide an international perspective and vital layer of benchmarking for those operating in Canada.
And, the impressive breadth of topics investigated and reported on covers the entire retail spectrum, providing retail leaders and their teams with important insights to help inform and enhance all areas of their operations, including: supply chain and logistics, mobile and ecommerce, customer service, loss prevention, merchandising, information technology, human resources, and more.
The retail industry is constantly innovating, relentlessly moving at pace toward operational and customer service excellence. Retail Insider the magazine is proud to be the Canadian retail industry’s publication of record, and we look forward to working with advertisers and sponsors in order to continue growing the magazine and providing the most complete coverage of the Canadian retail industry.
Sean Tarry Editor-In-Chief Retail Insider the
magazine
Who reads Retail Insider the magazine?
22.8k
Readers
35k Followers on LinkedIn
60% of readers are directors or above, representing the majority of Canada’s retail decision-makers:
level
of readers are Canadian
2024 Publication & Content Schedule
2024 Content Schedule
Spring Issue
Publication Date: March 12 2024
Content Topics: Future of Payments
Retail Fraud & Loss Prevention | Technological Innovation | Grocery
Special Content: Store Design
Summer Issue
Publication Date: June 11 2024
Content Topics: The Canadian Consumer | Enhancing the In-Store Experience | Employee Development
Special Content: Retail Leaders
Fall Issue
Publication Date: September 10, 2024
Content Topics: Retail Cyber Security | Small Business | The Canadian Shopping Centre
Special Content: The Future of Loyalty Programs
Winter Issue
Publication Date: December 10, 2024
Content Topics: A look Ahead to 2025 | The Data Revolution | Online Retailing
Special Content: The Best in Canadian Retailing
Advertising & Sponsorship Rate card
Double-Page
Trim: 17x11” | Bleed: 0.125” Safe Area: 16x10”
Trim: 8.5x11” | Bleed: 0.125” Safe Area: 7.5x10”
Trim: 17x11” Bleed: 0.125” Safe Area: 16x10”
Trim: 17x11” Bleed: 0.125” Safe Area: 16x10”
Advertorials - $6,500
*minimum 3 pages of content
Work with the Retail Insider team to develop compelling and engaging pieces of thought-leadership that highlight the expertise of your brand, exposing your solutions and services to retail decision-makers across the country.
Special Positions: Special or guaranteed position add 15%
Executive Roundtable Discussions - $10,000 *minimum 6 pages of content
Dynamic discussions involving multiple retail leaders concerning hot retail topics provide sponsors with an incredible opportunity to position their brands as presenters of the content, engaging the Retail Insider community with related messaging, tips and tools
