RETAIL LEADERS PREPARING FOR SUCCESSION, STITCH BY STITCH Whether you’re running one of the largest retail businesses in the country, or a single store location, developing a succession plan to ensure future growth is becoming increasingly critical. The way Canada’s largest alterations retailer and family-run business did it was by developing a ten-year plan that started from the bottom up. BY SEAN C. TARRY 12 | canadian retailer | winter 2013 | www.retailcouncil.org/cdnretailerhttp://www.retailcouncil.org/cdnretailer