In this weeks episode I’m on the trade show floor of RCC’s DTLQC conference in Montreal talking with local key retailers and retail industry players based in Quebec. First of all serial retail innovator and now CEO of iStore Joel Teitelbaum is my guest. Joel shares the details behind his rich retail background and reflects on his experience starting at Dylex and La Senza, plus the importance of key supplier relationships, finding great partners to grow the business and the magic of focus. Next Charles de Brabant, Executive Director, Bensadoun School of Retail Management at McGill University joins me and we explore his luxury retail experience in Asia with Loreal, and now thirty years on standing up the retail program at McGill University.
Welcome to the Voice of Retail for the week of November 18, 2019 I’m your host Michael LeBlanc, and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada.
In this weeks episode I’m on the trade show floor of RCC’s DTLQC conference in Montreal talking with local key retailers and retail industry players based in Quebec.
First of all serial retail innovator and now CEO of iStore Joel Teitelbaum is my guest. Joel shares the details behind his rich retail background and reflects on his experience starting at Dylex and La Senza, plus the importance of key supplier relationships, finding great partners to grow the business and the magic of focus.
Next Charles de Brabant, Executive Director, Bensadoun School of Retail Management at McGill University joins me and we explore his luxury retail experience in Asia with Loreal, and now thirty years on standing up the retail program at McGill University.
Finally I’ll take a look at the retail news of the week, but first, lets listen to my interview with Joel from iStore
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Thanks to Joel and Charles for being my guests on this episode, now lets hit the highlights from Retail This Week eNewsletter, I put this newsletter together, the biggest circulation of any weekly in Canada together each and every week, 51 weeks of the year - you can subscribe for free at retailcouncil.org
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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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