In this week’s episode just in time for Thanksgiving - an exclusive interview with 3rd generation butcher, bespoke grocer and entrepreneur Stephen Alexander, president of Cumbrae's grocery in Toronto. We talk about his journey from Australia to Canada, the essence of the brand and exciting expansion plans for the near future! Also joining me from live from Montreal is Philippe Cantin Senior Director, Sustainability Innovation and Circular Economy with Retail Council of Canada. Phillippe helps us unpack what retailers need to be on top of from the sustainability file across Canada.
Welcome to the Voice of Retail for the week of October 7, 2019 I’m your host Michael LeBlanc, and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada and brought to you by Atomic Reach. Atomic Reach offers Atomic AI, the world's leading Smart Content Platform. By optimizing product descriptions and marketing content to match shopper's reading and emotional preferences, we deliver sales conversion improvement and personalization at scale.
In this week’s episode just in time for Thanksgiving - an exclusive interview with 3rd generation butcher, bespoke grocer and entrepreneur Stephen Alexander president of Cumbrae's grocery in Toronto. We talk about his journey from Australia to Canada, the essence of the brand and exciting expansion plans for the near future!
Also joining me from live from Montreal is Philippe Cantin Senior Director, Sustainability Innovation and Circular Economy with Retail Council of Canada. Phillippe helps us unpack what retailers need to be on top of from the sustainability file across Canada.
Lastly I’ll take a look at the retail news of the week, but first, let’s listen to my interview with Stephen Alexandre.
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Thanks to Stephen and Phillipe for being my guests this week, now let’s hit the highlights from Retail This Week eNewsletter, biggest retail weekly in Canada and you can subscribe on www.retailcouncil.org for free.
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That’s a wrap on this edition of The Voice of Retail, if you liked this podcast you can subscribe on Apple iTunes or your favourite podcast platform, please rate and review, and be sure and recommend to a friend or colleague in the retail industry.
I’m Michael LeBlanc, Founder and President of M.E. LeBlanc and Company Inc. and you can learn more about me on www.meleblanc.co or of course on LinkedIn
Until next time, have a great week!