Lauren Freedmen's guest appearances

Lauren Freedmen

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

Andy Palalas

Welcome to the Voice of Retail for the week of March 25, 2019 I’m your host Michael LeBlanc and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada and sponsored by Stream Commerce, North America’s fastest growing Shopify plus agency, learn more at Stream Commerce dot com. In this episode an exclusive interview with Andy Palalas, Chief Revenue Officer of High Tide talking about their family of retail stores, and particularly their CannaCabana retail cannabis store as it grows in Alberta and the eve of expansion to an open Ontario market. Next part one of a two part interview with Lauren Freedman, President of the eTailing Group.  Lauren literally wrote the book on eCommerce merchandising two decades ago with her landmark book “It’s Just Shopping”.  We chat about the current state of eCommerce merchandising and customer expectations, and about the insights Wiseplum gathered in the Understanding the Canadian Consumer study. Then of course I’ll cover off the top retail news of the week, including the Sobey family donation to retail education, the Landmark $100-million gift to the University of Toronto from Gerald Schwartz and Indigo CEO Heather Reisman , ontario cannabis store opening update, Holts beautiful new expansions and another one bites the dust with Steve Dennis. It’s a milestone couple of weeks in Canada - RCC had their first Retail Cannabis forum, and Ontario opens up bricks + mortar retail. The RCC Retail Cannabis forum was a great morning, with Westleaf presenting their Prairie Records innovative cannabis store format, my panel covering in-store experience (check out the special edition of TVOR as I taped the panel), hiring advice both at the associate and executive level, and beating any stigma that might associate itself with the category - basically, be a great neighbour !  Good advice pretty much anywhere anytime! As part of my ongoing coverage of the roll out of retail cannabis, and Courtesy of my friends at Environics Analytics CannabisInsights, powered by Vividata, I share some really interesting insights about two markets, Edmonton and St. John’s If you liked this podcast you can subscribe on iTunes or your favourite podcast platform. 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 on LinkedIn Join me again next week for part two of my interview with Lauren Freedman, and an exclusive interview with Frank Monteleone, Senior Vice President of HR for Rexall as we discuss digital strategies for attracting talent. And we’ll see how the Ontario Cannabis roll-out went. Until then, have a great week!

Welcome to the Voice of Retail for the week of March 25, 2019 I’m your host Michael LeBlanc and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada and sponsored by Stream Commerce, North America’s fastest growing Shopify plus agency, learn more at Stream Commerce dot com. In this episode an exclusive interview with Andy Palalas, Chief Revenue Officer of High Tide talking about their family of retail stores, and particularly their CannaCabana retail cannabis store as it grows in Alberta and the eve of expansion to an open Ontario market. Next part one of a two part interview with Lauren Freedman, President of the eTailing Group. Lauren literally wrote the book on eCommerce merchandising two decades ago with her landmark book “It’s Just Shopping”. We chat about the current state of eCommerce merchandising and customer expectations, and about the insights Wiseplum gathered in the Understanding the Canadian Consumer study. Then of course I’ll cover off the top retail news of the week, including the Sobey family donation to retail education, the Landmark $100-million gift to the University of Toronto from Gerald Schwartz and Indigo CEO Heather Reisman , ontario cannabis store opening update, Holts beautiful new expansions and another one bites the dust with Steve Dennis. It’s a milestone couple of weeks in Canada - RCC had their first Retail Cannabis forum, and Ontario opens up bricks + mortar retail. The RCC Retail Cannabis forum was a great morning, with Westleaf presenting their Prairie Records innovative cannabis store format, my panel covering in-store experience (check out the special edition of TVOR as I taped the panel), hiring advice both at the associate and executive level, and beating any stigma that might associate itself with the category - basically, be a great neighbour ! Good advice pretty much anywhere anytime! As part of my ongoing coverage of the roll out of retail cannabis, and Courtesy of my friends at Environics Analytics CannabisInsights, powered by Vividata, I share some really interesting insights about two markets, Edmonton and St. John’s If you liked this podcast you can subscribe on iTunes or your favourite podcast platform. I’m Michael LeBlanc, Founder and President of M.E. LeBlanc and company and you can learn more about me on <a href="http://www.meleblanc.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.meleblanc.co</a> or on LinkedIn Join me again next week for part two of my interview with Lauren Freedman, and an exclusive interview with Frank Monteleone, Senior Vice President of HR for Rexall as we discuss digital strategies for attracting talent. And we’ll see how the Ontario Cannabis roll-out went. Until then, have a great week!

Exclusive interview with Andy Palalas of High Tide talking cannabis retail, catching up with Lauren Freedmen on eCommerce merchandising trends (part 1)