The Voice of Retail Speaker Spotlight | Michelle Larivee, Founder & CEO WTHN
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After a debilitating injury that left her with chronic pain, WTHN Founder & CEO Michelle Larivee turned to acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicines and found they provided great benefits for her. It was so impactful on her life that after 15 years of working in healthcare at the investment banking and private equity level, she decided it was time to create her own venture, aimed at providing these health resources in a way that was approachable and easily understandable to people.
“….So for us, it's, it's that approachability in every sense of the word, you know, whether that's herbal formulas that come in a tablet form, so it's as easy as possible for a consumer to take it. You know, names that make a routine seem like less of a chore, because they're fun, you know, on our studio side of things are and then I guess, also, you know, really important as the subscription element as well, you know, knowing that this is really a routine and a lifestyle that you need to commit to. So how can we make it easy to deliver that kind of herbal healing?”
In this episode we discuss Michelle's journey, and why she felt a business like WTHN was so desperately needed now more than ever.
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Michael LeBlanc is the president and founder of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc, a senior retail advisor, keynote speaker and now, media entrepreneur. He has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career.
Michael has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions and participated worldwide in thought leadership panels, most recently on the main stage in Toronto at Retail Council of Canada’s Retail Marketing conference with leaders from Walmart & Google. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience with Levi's, Black & Decker, Hudson's Bay, CanWest Media, Pandora Jewellery, The Shopping Channel and Retail Council of Canada to his advisory, speaking and media practice.
Michael produces and hosts a network of leading retail trade podcasts, including the award-winning No.1 independent retail industry podcast in America, Remarkable Retail with his partner, Dallas-based best-selling author Steve Dennis; Canada's top retail industry podcast The Voice of Retail and Canada's top food industry and one of the top Canadian-produced management independent podcasts in the country, The Food Professor with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University in Halifax.
Rethink Retail has recognized Michael as one of the top global retail experts for the fifth year in a row, the National Retail Federation has designated Michael as on their Top Retail Voices for 2025, Thinkers 360 has named him on of the Top 50 global thought leaders in retail, RTIH has named him a top 100 global though leader in retail technology and Coresight Research has named Michael a Retail AI Influencer. If you are a BBQ fan, you can tune into Michael’s cooking show, Last Request BBQ, on YouTube, Instagram, X and yes, TikTok.
Michael is available for keynote presentations helping retailers, brands and retail industry insiders explaining the current state and future of the retail industry in North America and around the world.