Media Advisory - Retail Council of Canada Spokespeople Available for Interviews on Competition Tribunal of Canada Ruling on Credit Card Anti-Competitive Rules Français

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Retail Council of Canada

Jul 22, 2013, 10:00 ET

TORONTO, July 22, 2013 /CNW/ - In anticipation of the ruling from the Competition Tribunal on the application to strike down restrictive and anti-competitive rules that Visa and MasterCard impose on merchants who accept their credit cards, Retail Council of Canada (RCC) has the following spokespeople available:

David Wilkes, Senior Vice President, Government Relations & Grocery Division

Diane J. Brisebois, President & CEO

In previous comments RCC has indicated its support for the Competition Bureau and its case before the Competition Tribunal.

Retail Council of Canada (www.retailcouncil.org) is the Voice of Retail.  Founded in 1963, RCC is a not-for-profit association which represents more than 45,000 stores of all retail formats, including department, grocery, independent merchants, regional and national specialty chains, and on-line merchants.

SOURCE: Retail Council of Canada

or to book an interview, please contact:

Sharon Armstrong
Senior VP, Marketing and Communications
Direct Line: 416 467 3747
Cell: 416 574 2552
[email protected]

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Retail Council of Canada Retail is Canada's largest private-sector employer with over 2.3 million Canadians working in our industry. The sector annually generates over $91 billion in wages and employee benefits. Core retail sales (excluding vehicles and gasoline) were over...