The Voice of Retail

Special Guest Co-Host Dave Rodgerson + round-table interview from the Purolator Podcasting Studio with Q Division's Manolo Almagro, Ben Gauthier and Stratacache's Michael Arnett

Episode Summary

Welcome to the Voice of Retail for the week of July 29, 2019 I’m your host Michael LeBlanc, [and I’m Dave Rodgerson, guest host for this episode] and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada. So it’s the hazy, crazy days of summer and what better time to invite friends and colleagues from the retail industry to join me on The Voice of Retail and share perspectives about the retail news of the week! [Well thanks Mike for the invite, looking forward to delving into Retail This Week!] But first, We kick off with a most excellent round-table interview recorded live at Retail Council of Canada’s #STORE2019 in the Purolator Inc. podcasting studio with retail tech gurus and Q Division leaders and fellow podcasters Manolo Almagro, Ben Gauthier with Michael Arnett from Stratacache. We talk Golidie-Locks retail tech: over-hyped, under-hyped, and tech that’s just right.

Episode Notes

Welcome to the Voice of Retail for the week of July 29, 2019 I’m your host Michael LeBlanc,

[and I’m Dave Rodgerson, guest host for this episode]

and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada. So it’s the hazy, crazy days of summer and what better time to invite friends and colleagues from the retail industry to join me on The Voice of Retail and share perspectives about the retail news of the week!

[Well thanks Mike for the invite, looking forward to delving into Retail This Week!]

But first, We kick off with a most excellent round-table interview recorded live at
Retail Council of Canada’s #STORE2019 in the Purolator Inc. podcasting studio with retail tech gurus and Q Division leaders and fellow podcasters Manolo Almagro, Ben Gauthier with Michael Arnett from Stratacache.
We talk Golidie-Locks retail tech: over-hyped, under-hyped, and tech that’s just right.

Then Dave and I will look at the retail news of the week, but first, let’s listen to my interview with Manolo, Ben and Michael


Thanks to Manolo, Ben and Michael for being such good sports and 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.


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, and be sure and recommend to a friend or colleague in the retail industry. You can also ask your favourite home devices, Amazon Echo, Google home to play the most recent edition.

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!