Canadian eCommerce leader Tanbir Grover interview part 2, and Andy Palalas, CRO for HighTide talks about the importance to merchants of Retail Cannabis 2.0

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 in this episode part two of my interview with Canadian eCommerce leader Tanbir Grover.  We continue our conversation talking about digital marketing, the reality of ROAS & transcending metrics, team building and the strategy of understanding the essence of a minimal viable product  - and breaks big career news.

Next,  from Tanbir 2.0 to  Cannabis 2.0!  Andy Palalas joins me again from High Tide and Canna Cabana to bring us up to speed on Cannabis 2.0 -the importance to the retail trade of these new products, customer feedback, merchandising strategies and the year ahead for HighTide

But first, let’s listen into my conversation with Tanbir, picking up where we left off last episode, talking about the modern attribution riddle

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Thanks to Tanbir and Andy for being my guests on this episode.

Wanted to take a pause and acknowledge the loss of 63 Canadians of a total of 176 souls, victims of what in these early days appears to be a tragic shoot-down mistake in Iran.  Reading through their personal biographies today as I tried to concentrate on the retail news for the newsletter and the podcast I was struck by their individual and collective contributions as a community in cities across Canada.   My thoughts are with their families and their community in these difficult and trying days.

Well  Now let’s hit the highlights of the retail news in Canada and around the world with Retail This Week….

That’s a wrap on this edition 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!

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.