TORONTO, March 22, 2012 /CNW/ - CIBC (TSX: CM) (NYSE: CM) will host its 15^th Annual Retail and Consumer Investors Conference on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 in Toronto, Ontario. The conference is scheduled to feature presentations from some of Canada's leading publicly-traded retailers including: Aimia, Aritzia, Canadian Tire, Costco Wholesale Corporation, Dollarama, Empire Co. Ltd., Gildan Activewear Inc., Loblaw Companies, METRO Inc., North West Company, Saputo Inc., Shoppers Drug Mart and Walmart Canada.

Important Note About Media Attendance:

This event is by invitation only; media and the public are invited to listen to the corporate presentations via audio cast at the link below on the day of the conference.

A complete agenda and companies can be found at http://conferences.cibcwm.com/login.asp?cid=RETAIL2012 (password: consumer12).

If you are interested in receiving consumer products' industry reports produced by CIBC's equity analysts, please contact Erin Truax at (416) 304-5568 or erin.truax@cibc.com.

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