Welcome to the Voice of Retail for the week of June 3 2019 I’m your host Michael LeBlanc and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada and sponsored by Purolator, Canada's Shipping Company for courier and freight, learn more at www.purolator.com In this episode Craig Patterson from Retail Insider joins me again as we catch up on the year to date in retail in Canada including new international arrivals and a few departures, the tech scene on the show floor at RCC’s STORE2019, and a look ahead for the rest of 2019. Next an exclusive feature interview with Tim Mason, CEO of Eagle Eye and former deputy CEO & CMO of Tesco in the U.K., and CEO of Tesco in America, Fresh & Easy. We talk retail tech and about insights from his new book, “Omnichannel Retail” with advice for modern retailers on transforming their business and competing with digitally native retailers.
Welcome to the Voice of Retail for the week of June 3 2019 I’m your host Michael LeBlanc and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada and sponsored by Purolator, Canada's Shipping Company for courier and freight, learn more at www.purolator.com
In this episode Craig Patterson from Retail Insider joins me again as we catch up on the year to date in retail in Canada including new international arrivals and a few departures, the tech scene on the show floor at RCC’s STORE2019, and a look ahead for the rest of 2019.
Next an exclusive feature interview with Tim Mason, CEO of Eagle Eye and former deputy CEO & CMO of Tesco in the U.K., and CEO of Tesco in America, Fresh & Easy. We talk retail tech and about insights from his new book, “Omnichannel Retail” with advice for modern retailers on transforming their business and competing with digitally native retailers.
Last but not least I’ll cover off the top retail news of the week including Aritizia use of Influencers in their marketing mix, Save On Foods investing 12 million breaking ground on a new store, Sarah Jessica Parker coming to Edmonton, the high cost of hidden tariffs, Sephora stores close for diversity training, seven years of Sears self-destruction, a close up on our friend the Green Grocer (aka Peter Von Stolks SPUD, and Canadian Grand Prix winners and much, much more.
But first, let’s listen in to my interview with Craig Patterson
Thanks to Craig and Tim for being my guests in this episode, as you could probably tell the technical gremlins gave Tim and I a bit of trouble half-way through our interview so we switched off to a different recording media when we started talking about his book, hence the different sound texture and levels.
If you are in Toronto and listening to this before June 18, here is the link to register for the evening with Tim Mason:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/omnichannel-retail-book-launch-tickets-62049938035?aff=efbneb
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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 of course on LinkedIn
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