TORONTO, March 19, 2014 /CNW/ - CIBC (TSX: CM) (NYSE: CM) will host its 17^th annual Retail and Consumer Investors Conference on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 in Toronto. The conference will feature presentations from leading, publicly-traded retail and consumer companies including: Nordstrom, Canadian Tire, Dollarama, Gildan, Metro, High Liner Foods, Saputo, Shoppers Drug Mart, Empire Co., Aimia and Tim Hortons.

Conference Attendance and Audio Cast:
Attendance 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/RETAIL2014/ (password: consumer2014).

Journalists interested in receiving retail and consumer products industry reports produced by CIBC World Markets equity analysts may contact Gina Lee-Chornenky at 416-412-8113 or gina.lee2@cibc.com.

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SOURCE CIBC