Angela Kapp's guest appearances

Angela Kapp

The Voice of Retail

Scott Galloway

Ron Johnson

Mack Weldon

Melissa Gonzalez

Rebecca Minkoff

Heather Monahan

Jason Goldberg

Josh Luber

Michael Schneider

Alex Waldman

Kate Hudson

Ashley Merrill

Danielle Brown

Jeremy Miller

John Ferguson

OwlTail

Lisa Bigioni

Claire Santamaria

Choom Cannabis Niagara

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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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 ****** 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 Until next time, have a great week!

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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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 ****** 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 <a href="http://www.meleblanc.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.meleblanc.co</a> or of course on LinkedIn Until next time, have a great week!

Lisa Bigioni owner of Choom Cannabis Niagara, Claire Santamaria VP of retail phenomena Yorkdale and Angela Kapp from CBD marketplace TruPotency

Aaron Bouganim

Krystal Laferriere

Welcome to the Voice of Retail for the week of November 4, 2019 I’m your host Michael LeBlanc, and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada and sponsored by Environics Analytics. Environics Analytics helps companies in Retail, CPG and the Cannabis industry turn data and analytics into insight, strategy and results. EA produces CannabisInsights – the market leading source of neighborhood level insights for the Cannabis industry. This episode is intended for adults 18+.  In this weeks episode we delve into the world of cannabis 2.0 retailing from several different perspectives and parts of the value chain in Canada and the U.S. First of all I visited with Aaron Bouganim, Managing Director at CannMart Inc. right in their impressive facilities in Toronto.  We talk about his rich history and perspectives in the medical cannabis space and the road ahead to 2.0. Next the first of a two part interview with veteran retailer, digital maven, beauty &amp; wellness pioneer Angela Kapp from Arizona.  We begin our rich conversation looking back at the early days of digital retail and the beauty category, right through to Angela becoming Co-CEO of TruPotency, a bespoke retail solution for the American CBD marketplace. Lastly I speak with Canadian Cannabis Wellness Expert Krystal Laferriere live in Calgary.   We explore her very personal journey to now a very professional role in the cannabis and CBD space, including a new listing and presence in Quebec’s retail cannabis chain, SQDC. Lastly I’ll take a look at the retail news of the week, but first, lets listen to my interview with Aaron. ****** Thanks to  Aaron, Angela and Krystal 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 ****** That’s a wrap on this episode of The Voice of Retail  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 great week!

Welcome to the Voice of Retail for the week of November 4, 2019 I’m your host Michael LeBlanc, and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada and sponsored by Environics Analytics. Environics Analytics helps companies in Retail, CPG and the Cannabis industry turn data and analytics into insight, strategy and results. EA produces CannabisInsights – the market leading source of neighborhood level insights for the Cannabis industry. This episode is intended for adults 18+.  In this weeks episode we delve into the world of cannabis 2.0 retailing from several different perspectives and parts of the value chain in Canada and the U.S. First of all I visited with Aaron Bouganim, Managing Director at CannMart Inc. right in their impressive facilities in Toronto.  We talk about his rich history and perspectives in the medical cannabis space and the road ahead to 2.0. Next the first of a two part interview with veteran retailer, digital maven, beauty &amp; wellness pioneer Angela Kapp from Arizona.  We begin our rich conversation looking back at the early days of digital retail and the beauty category, right through to Angela becoming Co-CEO of TruPotency, a bespoke retail solution for the American CBD marketplace. Lastly I speak with Canadian Cannabis Wellness Expert <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/krystal-laferriere/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Krystal Laferriere</a> live in Calgary.   We explore her very personal journey to now a very professional role in the cannabis and CBD space, including a new listing and presence in Quebec’s retail cannabis chain, SQDC. Lastly I’ll take a look at the retail news of the week, but first, lets listen to my interview with Aaron. ****** Thanks to  Aaron, Angela and Krystal 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 <a href="http://retailcouncil.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">retailcouncil.org</a> ****** That’s a wrap on this episode of The Voice of Retail  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 great week!

Exploring Cannabis 2.0 & CBD with Aaron Bouganim Managing Director of CannMart, Angela Kapp Co-CEO of TruPotency and cannabis wellness expert Krystal Laferriere