In this week’s episode I’m on the road, recording interviews from the Bahamas where I was a keynote speaker at Bluestar’s Vartech conference, and now recording live at the Global eCommerce Leaders Forum in New York in the Purolator podcasting studio. For this episode I reach out all the way out to Vancouver and chat with retailer Indochino CEO Drew Green. We catch up and talk about their impressive 40% YOY growth numbers that have made them one of Canadian Businesses ranked fastest growing retailers in their recent rankings, what it takes to maintain that level of growth and keep the customer coming back. Next I chat with veteran retail brand marketer Patrick Dickinson and talk retail marketing tradecraft, the complexities managing multiple brands and concepts in modern retail, and the nature of crowds, or lack of them, creating challenges for traditional store traffic models.
Welcome to the Voice of Retail for the week of September 16, 2019 I’m your host Michael LeBlanc, and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada.
In this week’s episode I’m on the road, recording interviews from the Bahamas where I was a keynote speaker at Bluestar’s Vartech conference, and now recording live at the Global eCommerce Leaders Forum in New York in the Purolator podcasting studio.
For this episode I reach out all the way out to Vancouver and chat with retailer Indochino CEO Drew Green. We catch up and talk about their impressive 40% YOY growth numbers that have made them one of Canadian Businesses ranked fastest growing retailers in their recent rankings, what it takes to maintain that level of growth and keep the customer coming back
Next I chat with veteran retail brand marketer Patrick Dickinson and talk retail marketing tradecraft, the complexities managing multiple brands and concepts in modern retail, and the nature of crowds, or lack of them, creating challenges for traditional store traffic models.
Lastly I’ll take a look at the retail news of the week, but first, let’s listen to my interview with Drew Green. A quick note, gremlins and not a super-great mobile connection stepped a bit on my recording with Drew, so you’ll hear the occasional beep that was I unable to edit from the interview.
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Thanks to Drew & Patrick 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!