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The website of the World Retail Congress, which just concluded its annual confab in France, asks âWhy Paris in 2014?â
Why, indeed, British retail CEO Andy Street might have asked. The chief of department store chain John Lewis made his way to the conference last week to receive the award for Best Omnichannel Retailer (No, we donât know what that means, either).
...ÌęA big voice in philanthropy
Businessman Marcel Desautels, who made his fortune when the company he headed up â credit reference and recovery firm Creditel of Canada â was sold in 1996, is one of Âé¶čAVâs most generous benefactors. He donated $22-million in a landmark gift to the universityâs business school (now named after him) in 2005 and is also a big donor to the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.
Mr. Desautels also happens to be an accomplished opera singer. When he visits Âé¶čAV every now and then he takes some singing classes to keep his tenor voice in form.
âThe students were so inspired,â says Âé¶čAV principal and vice-chancellor Suzanne Fortier. âHe is in his early 80s and to have the quality of voice and the ability to perform that he has at this point of his life is fantastic. â
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