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Bruce Winder is a retail analyst, media commentator, advisor, author and speaker serving a variety of clients in the retail, services and manufacturing industries. He is the President of Bruce Winder Retail – BWR

Bruce is the author of RETAIL Before, During & After COVID-19 published in 2020, available on Amazon. He was named a 2024, 2025 & 2026 Top Retail Expert (Analyst Category) from Rethink Retail’s global ranking.His 35+ years experience in big retail & consulting make him one of North America’s most sought after experts. He was an AVP, GMM, DMM and Director at Canadian Tire, Airmiles, Zellers and Sears Canada.

Bruce has been interviewed on TV hundreds times on leading media outlets such as NewsNation, BBC, BNN-Bloomberg, CBC, CTV News, CTV National, CP24, Breakfast Television, CityNews and Global News. He has also contributed hundreds of times for articles in publications such as The Washington Post, BBC, Bloomberg, Adweek, Yahoo! Finance, Reuters, WWD, The Globe & Mail, The Financial Post, The Toronto Star, and dozens more.

Bruce has been a speaker and keynoted numerous company and industry events discussing retail trends, industry best practices as well as neurodiversity in the workplace.

Bruce completed his MBA from The Smith School of Business at Queen’s University in 2004 and is a proud member of the neurodiverse population.

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Bruce has appeared as keynote at two of our annual conferences. He truly is a retail expert and drew record attendance at each conference that he headlined. I highly recommend Bruce for his expertise, timely subject matter and engaging presentations.
– Judy Sharpe - Vice President Events & Member Engagement, CHFA
A great informative, engaging speaker! Insightful session with our team of franchisees/owners on the retail landscape, trends and the impact of Covid in our space. Provided valuable and useful information during these uncertain times. We highly recommend his services!
– Claudine Sweeney - CEO & Founder - Simply For Life
We had the pleasure of having Bruce present to our leadership team at the Source (Bell). He is a dynamic and knowledgeable speaker who is well versed in retail trends and the ever changing landscape that we are facing as we climb through Covid, Supply Chain disruptions, the growth of omni-channel and all of the other key events and changes that we are seeing. He was able to share key insights and answer the burning questions that we had - it was time well spent!
– Andaleeb Syed Dobson - Former Vice President, The Source
Having Bruce on BNN is always good television. His depth of knowledge expressed in an accessible manner makes him a go-to guest for reaction to any retail story.
– Michael Hainsworth - Media Personality
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