The Voice of Retail

Exclusive interview with Canadian retailer Knix CMO Danielle Brown, Stocard Managing Director Jesse Michael and RCC's Kalie Belanger on Canadian Independent Bookstore Day

Episode Summary

Welcome to the Voice of Retail for the week of April 7 2019 I’m your host Michael LeBlanc and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada and sponsored by Stream Commerce, North America’s fastest growing Shopify plus agency, learn more at www.StreamCommerce.com In this episode an exclusive interview with Danielle Brown, freshly minted CMO for award winning Canadian DTC retailer www.Knix.ca Next, we meet up Jesse Michael from Stocard and talk about their innovative solution for managing loyalty programs from the palm of consumers hands that delivery measurable benefits for retailers Then Kalie Belanger from Retail Council of Canada and I sit down for a chat together and she brings us up to speed on Canadian Independent Bookstore day coming happening April 27th.

Episode Notes

Welcome to the Voice of Retail for the week of April 7 2019 I’m your host Michael LeBlanc and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada and sponsored by Stream Commerce, North America’s fastest growing Shopify plus agency, learn more at www.StreamCommerce.com

In this episode an exclusive interview with Danielle Brown, freshly minted CMO for award winning Canadian DTC retailer www.Knix.ca

Next, we meet up Jesse Michael from Stocard and talk about their innovative solution for managing loyalty programs from the palm of consumers hands that delivery measurable benefits for retailers

Then Kalie Belanger from Retail Council of Canada and I sit down for a chat together and she brings us up to speed on Canadian Independent Bookstore day coming happening April 27th.
https://www.retailcouncil.org/events/canadian-independent-bookstore-day/
https://www.facebook.com/82391994581/posts/10156516448599582

Last but not least I’ll cover off the top retail news of the week, including Macy’s roll-out of their version of Story, Walmart’s latest environmental initiative (plus their Mic Drop as the kids would say on Amazon, MEC opens a new flagship in Toronto, another retail cannabis store graces that market, and the rise of electronic shelf labels

Thanks again to Danielle, Jesse and Kalie for joining me for this episode, and here is a link to Jeff Bezos’s 2018 Letter to Shareholders as mentioned in the show.
https://blog.aboutamazon.com/company-news/2018-letter-to-shareholders

That’s a wrap on this edition of The Voice of Retail, if you liked this podcast you can subscribe on iTunes or your
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I’m Michael LeBlanc, Founder and President of M.E. LeBlanc and company and you can learn more about me on www.meleblanc.co or on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeleleblanc/

Join me again next week for a feature interview with Mark Miller, author of Legacy in the Making, International Business Book Awards Book of the Year 2019 Finalist "Top Ten Business Books for 2018" according to Forbes, and RCC Quebec President Marc Fortin gives us a retailers view into Quebec

Until then, have a great week!