Kaileen Millard-Ruff's guest appearances

Kaileen Millard-Ruff

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

Willy Kruh

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Welcome to the Voice of Retail for the week of  June 11th, 2019 I’m your host Michael LeBlanc and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada and sponsored by Purolator, Canada's Shipping Company for courier and freight, learn more at www.purolator.com In this episode two exclusive feature interviews both recorded live in person at the Purolator Podcasting Studio at RCC’s #STORE2019. First, I chat with Kaileen Millard-Ruff, Vice President of Retail for Ottawa-based international retailer Lee Valley Tools.  We talk about Kaileen’s rich background in retail, the unique culture and history of the brand, their differentiating merchandising and in-store experience. Next one of Canada’s premier retail statesman, industry advocate and thought leaders Willy Kruh, Global Retail Lead for KPMG and Retail Council of Canada’s 2019 inductee into the Retail Hall of Fame.  Based here in Toronto with KPMG for 36 years, Canadian retail lead for the past 20 and global lead for the past 15, we chat about Willy’s start on sales floor with Harry Rosen, through to Willy’s reflections on the state of modern retail, and the work still to be done, particularly in Canada, by retailers to effectively compete in modern retail. Last but not least I’ll cover off Retail This Week including Hudson’s Bay going private, rare full length video interview with Amazon worldwide consumer chief, Fjallraven’s Swedish adventures in Canada, a harmonized approach to single-use plastics, Tokyo Smoke’s cross-Canada retail expansion, Walmart’s overall of jet.com, tough lessons from Tim Horton’s, Loblaw “pears” up with Toronto startup flash food and Metro launched e-grocery in Toronto. But first, let’s listen in to my interview with Kaileen from Lee Valley Tools Thanks to Kaileen and Willy for being my special guests for this episode, stay tuned for more interviews from the Purolator Podcasting Studio in episodes to come. 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 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!

Welcome to the Voice of Retail for the week of June 11th, 2019 I’m your host Michael LeBlanc and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada and sponsored by Purolator, Canada's Shipping Company for courier and freight, learn more at <a href="http://www.purolator.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.purolator.com</a> In this episode two exclusive feature interviews both recorded live in person at the Purolator Podcasting Studio at RCC’s #STORE2019. First, I chat with Kaileen Millard-Ruff, Vice President of Retail for Ottawa-based international retailer Lee Valley Tools. We talk about Kaileen’s rich background in retail, the unique culture and history of the brand, their differentiating merchandising and in-store experience. Next one of Canada’s premier retail statesman, industry advocate and thought leaders Willy Kruh, Global Retail Lead for KPMG and Retail Council of Canada’s 2019 inductee into the Retail Hall of Fame. Based here in Toronto with KPMG for 36 years, Canadian retail lead for the past 20 and global lead for the past 15, we chat about Willy’s start on sales floor with Harry Rosen, through to Willy’s reflections on the state of modern retail, and the work still to be done, particularly in Canada, by retailers to effectively compete in modern retail. Last but not least I’ll cover off Retail This Week including Hudson’s Bay going private, rare full length video interview with Amazon worldwide consumer chief, Fjallraven’s Swedish adventures in Canada, a harmonized approach to single-use plastics, Tokyo Smoke’s cross-Canada retail expansion, Walmart’s overall of <a href="http://jet.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jet.com</a>, tough lessons from Tim Horton’s, Loblaw “pears” up with Toronto startup flash food and Metro launched e-grocery in Toronto. But first, let’s listen in to my interview with Kaileen from Lee Valley Tools Thanks to Kaileen and Willy for being my special guests for this episode, stay tuned for more interviews from the Purolator Podcasting Studio in episodes to come. Now let’s hit the highlights from Retail This Week eNewsletter, biggest retail weekly in Canada and you can subscribe on <a href="http://www.retailcouncil.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.retailcouncil.org</a> for free. That’s a wrap on this edition of The Voice of Retail, if you liked this podcast you can subscribe on 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 <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!

Interviews with Kaileen Millard-Ruff, Vice President of Retail at Lee Valley Tools & Willy Kruh, Global Retail Lead for KPMG and Retail Council of Canada’s 2019 inductee into the Retail Hall of Fame