TORONTO, May 3, 2013 /CNW/ - (TSX: IDG) -
Indigo Books & Music Inc.,
Canada's largest book, gift and
specialty toy retailer is delighted to be named the top Canadian
retail employer brand, number 6 overall, by Randstad Canada. Unique
to the Canadian market, the Randstad Award rewards and
encourages best practices in building the best employer brands, and
is the only employer award where winners are chosen entirely by
workers and job seekers in search of employment opportunities
within Canada's leading
organizations, based on polling of 7 thousand job seekers conducted
by ICMA International in February and March of 2013.
"We at Indigo are gratified to be recognized as the top employer
brand in Canadian retail," said Indigo
Books & Music Inc. founder and CEO, Heather Reisman. "I am proud of our nearly 7
thousand employees and their role in building our reputation with
our potential future employees. Most of all I'm delighted that we
are so clearly and consistently sharing our passion for what we do
at Indigo with our customers and the communities in which we live
and work."
The Randstad Award study is conducted each year to both help
identify the most attractive companies in Canada, and to provide important insights for
employers on the trends and priorities affecting Canadian job
seekers and workers. In 2012, Indigo ranked 19th
overall.
The Randstad Award survey is based on the perceived
attractiveness of companies in a specific market. The 150 largest
employers per country are selected, each with at least 1,000
employees. Samples are based on national demographics (age, region,
gender, education level) with a slight emphasis on respondents aged
below 40, potential workers being the target audience of the
survey. Each sample is representative on age, region and gender and
includes students, employed and unemployed workforce aged between
18 and 65 years old.
About Indigo Books & Music
Inc.
With books always at our heart and soul at Indigo we are about
telling stories and creating experiences. Indigo is Canada's largest purveyor of ideas and
inspiration to enrich your life, with books, specialty toys, gifts
and lifestyle enhancing products that affordably offer intrinsic
quality, beauty and timeless design. As the largest book and
specialty retailer in Canada,
Indigo operates in all provinces under different banners including
Indigo Books & Music;
Indigo Books, Gifts, Kids;
IndigoSpirit, Chapters, The World's Biggest Bookstore, Coles and
the online channel, www.indigo.ca.
SOURCE Indigo Books & Music
Inc.