{"id":11546,"date":"2019-10-15T15:53:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T19:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acce.ca\/new\/?p=11546"},"modified":"2019-11-13T12:00:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T17:00:42","slug":"2019-acce-eh-1025en","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acce.ca\/new\/2019-acce-eh-1025en\/","title":{"rendered":"ACCE VELOCITY &#8211; Digital Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DATE: <\/strong> Friday, October 25, 2019<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/acce_events\/albums\/72157711537761537\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PHOTO ALBUM FOR THE EVENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TIME:<\/strong><br \/>\nRegistration &amp; Reception @ 6:00 p.m.<br \/>\nEvent Starts @ 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>VENUE:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Harry Rosen<br \/>\n&#8211; 82 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1L9<\/p>\n<p>A Canadian entrepreneurial success story, Harry Rosen is Canada&#8217;s largest high-end menswear retailer. Since opening its first store on Parliament Street (Toronto) in 1954, the company that is still a privately owned family business has grown with now having 18 stores and over 1,000 employees from coast to coast.  The retail apocalypse in recent years has seen massive seismic shifts in the retail landscape with major brands being challenged with having to transform or risk collapse. Through it all, Harry Rosen has managed to navigate evolving consumer preferences and even thrive with its unique approach to innovation and outstanding customer loyalty.  Join us for a fireside chat with Ian Rosen, VP of Digital &#038; Strategy and third generation of the family, as we explore carrying on an incredible legacy, staying relevant in a marketplace shakeout and how embracing an online business is critical to ensuring a prosperous future.    <\/p>\n<p>Presented by the ACCE Youth Entrepreneur Group, VELOCITY is a forum that brings together subject matter experts and entrepreneurs of all stripes to spark business collaboration and propel opportunity.  Serving equal parts of inspiration and super-charged connecting, plug into a program series that will unleash your inner entrepreneurial warrior.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FEATURED SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER:<\/strong><br \/>\n<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acce.ca\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ian-Bio.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ian Rosen<\/b><\/a><br \/>\nVice President, Digital &#038; Strategy, Harry Rosen<\/p>\n<p><strong>FEES: <\/strong><br \/>\n$30 per person (HST included) \u2013 ACCE Members and Partners<br \/>\n(Members of ACCE and Partners may bring 1 guest for free)<br \/>\n$30 per person (HST included) \u2013 Non-members<br \/>\n** Includes light refreshments **<\/p>\n<p><strong>RSVP: <\/strong> Thank you for your support! All tickets are sold out!<\/p>\n<p>Please click <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acce.ca\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/ACCE_velocity-20191025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE<\/a><\/strong> for the event flyer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>INQUIRY:<\/strong> Please call (905)479-2802 or email: membership@acce.ca<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>EVENT SPONSOR:<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acce.ca\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/logos\/NB.jpg\" alt=\"nb\" width=\"160\" align=\"left\" border=\"30\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>VENUE SPONSOR:<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harryrosen.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acce.ca\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/logos\/harryrosen.jpg\" alt=\"nb\" width=\"120\" align=\"left\" border=\"30\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"1\"><b>SUPPORTING PARTNERS:<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theccfa.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acce.ca\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/logos\/CCFA.jpg\" alt=\"CCFA\" width=\"105\" align=\"left\" border=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/to.naaap.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acce.ca\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/logos\/NAAAP_Toronto.png\" alt=\"NAAAP\" width=\"95\" align=\"left\" border=\"30\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DATE: Friday, October 25, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":11559,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acce.ca\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acce.ca\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acce.ca\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acce.ca\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acce.ca\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11546"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.acce.ca\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11557,"href":"https:\/\/www.acce.ca\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11546\/revisions\/11557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acce.ca\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acce.ca\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acce.ca\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acce.ca\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}