Nadia Vattovaz's guest appearances

Nadia Vattovaz

The Voice of Retail

Echelon Wealth Partners

Scott Galloway

Ron Johnson

Mack Weldon

Melissa Gonzalez

Rebecca Minkoff

Mark Rosen

Heather Monahan

Jason Goldberg

Josh Luber

Michael Schneider

Alex Waldman

Kate Hudson

Ashley Merrill

Danielle Brown

Jeremy Miller

OwlTail

Rachael Rapinoe

Sucharita Kodali

Welcome to the 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 on this episode retail veteran Nadia Vattovaz, CFO &amp; EVP Operations at Fire &amp; Flower talks about operating  across Canada during COVID-19 powered by their purpose built, retail 2.0 company, allowing them to roll out curb side and home delivery in lightening speed with fantastic results with awesome consumer experience thanks to the  power of their people Next up Forrester Research Vice President &amp; top retail analyst Sucharita Kodali is back on the podcast looking at the catastrophic retail results in the U.S. and what all retailers should be focussed on today to ensure there is a tomorrow including re/up skilling their idle teams, investing on neglected areas of the business, and mastering the mechanics of click &amp; collect or curb side. Elite soccer player/trainer turned health scientist, entrepreneur and DTC retailer Rachael Rapinoe is my final guest, taking lessons from the pitch and turning them into focus on the touch line of her CBD brand for retail, Mendi. First lets jump right in to my interview with Nadia from Fire &amp; Flower ****** Thanks to Nadia, Sucharita and Rachael for being my guests on this episode  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 safe week!

Welcome to the 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 on this episode retail veteran Nadia Vattovaz, CFO &amp; EVP Operations at Fire &amp; Flower talks about operating  across Canada during COVID-19 powered by their purpose built, retail 2.0 company, allowing them to roll out curb side and home delivery in lightening speed with fantastic results with awesome consumer experience thanks to the  power of their people Next up Forrester Research Vice President &amp; top retail analyst Sucharita Kodali is back on the podcast looking at the catastrophic retail results in the U.S. and what all retailers should be focussed on today to ensure there is a tomorrow including re/up skilling their idle teams, investing on neglected areas of the business, and mastering the mechanics of click &amp; collect or curb side. Elite soccer player/trainer turned health scientist, entrepreneur and DTC retailer Rachael Rapinoe is my final guest, taking lessons from the pitch and turning them into focus on the touch line of her CBD brand for retail, Mendi. First lets jump right in to my interview with Nadia from Fire &amp; Flower ****** Thanks to Nadia, Sucharita and Rachael for being my guests on this episode  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 <a href="http://www.meleblanc.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.meleblanc.co</a> or of course on LinkedIn Until next time, have a safe week!

Nadia Vattovaz, EVP Fire & Flower talks about taking on COVID-19 with her retail 2.0 company, Forrester VP Sucharita Kodali on how retailers can survive and thrive, and elite soccer player turned DTC retailer Rachael Rapinoe on launching her CBD brand, Mendi

Nadia Vattovaz, Chief Financial Officer, Fire &amp; Flower. Prior to joining the Fire &amp; Flower, Nadia was the Vice-President of Finance and Procurement for Holt Renfrew Company Ltd. Previously, Nadia was the Vice-President, Finance Shared Services and Systems and Associate Vice President, Retail Finance for Canadian Tire; Vice President of Finance for Bento Sushi; Senior Director, Finance for Maple Leaf Foods; and CFO of Azcar Technologies.

Nadia Vattovaz - Chief Financial Officer, Fire & Flower (Episode #4: Why Not Now)