First up recorded live in the Environics Analytics podcasting studio at RCC’s Retail Cannabis forum in Toronto I meet Lisa Bigioni, an Ontario retail cannabis lottery winner and co-owner of Choom Cannabis in Niagara. We talk about the experience around winning the lottery, the process of picking a partner and opening up a cannabis retail store under incredibly tight deadlines. Next recorded live at the Retail Council of Canada Bricks & Mortar Forum live in Toronto we check in with Claire Santamaria, Vice President of Yorkdale Shopping Centre. One of the premier shopping centres in North America, Claire talks about the fashion heritage of the mall and the hard work that goes into finding the right retail partners and people that all comes together to make Canada’s most productive shopping environment Lastly part two of my interview with Angela Kapp, retail & brand maven and now Co-CEO of GG Growth, an modern enterprise based in Arizona that includes the top YouTube series CannaCribs, and the recently launched TruPotency, a CBD retail and resource….and that’s where we pick up our conversation.
Welcome to The Voice of Retail, I’m your host Michael LeBlanc, and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada.
First up recorded live in the Environics Analytics podcasting studio at RCC’s Retail Cannabis forum in Toronto I meet Lisa Bigioni, an Ontario retail cannabis lottery winner and co-owner of Choom Cannabis in Niagara. We talk about the experience around winning the lottery, the process of picking a partner and opening up a cannabis retail store under incredibly tight deadlines.
Next recorded live at the Retail Council of Canada Bricks & Mortar Forum live in Toronto we check in with Claire Santamaria, Vice President of Yorkdale Shopping Centre. One of the premier shopping centres in North America, Claire talks about the fashion heritage of the mall and the hard work that goes into finding the right retail partners and people that all comes together to make Canada’s most productive shopping environment
Lastly part two of my interview with Angela Kapp, retail & brand maven and now Co-CEO of GG Growth, an modern enterprise based in Arizona that includes the top YouTube series CannaCribs, and the recently launched TruPotency, a CBD retail and resource….and that’s where we pick up our conversation.
Lastly I’ll hit the highlights from Retail This Week for the week of December 9, but first, let’s jump into my interview with Lisa from Choom
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Thanks to Lisa, Claire and Angela for being my guests on this episode, now let’s hit the highlights from Retail This Week.
That’s a wrap on this edition of The Voice of RetailIf 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
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