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Welcome to the The Voice of Retail , I’m your host Michael LeBlanc, and this podcast is brought to you in conjunction with Retail Council of Canada.
In this episode, I’m in Dallas, Texas welcoming back to the podcast top retail strategist, best selling author and my Remarkable Retail podcast co-host Steve Dennis! We're back on the mic together talking about the launch of the 2nd edition of his best selling book Remarkable Retail, and we cover a lot of ground reviewing the core principles of the first book, what has changed in the second edition written in the COVID era, and the big trends and six key forces in the post-COVID retail world you need to know to survive and thrive!
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Steve Dennis is an advisor, keynote speaker and author on strategic growth and business innovation. You can learn more about Steve on his website. The expanded and revised edition of his bestselling book Remarkable Retail: How To Win & Keep Customers in the Age of Disruption will be released April 13th and is now available for preorder at Amazon or just about anywhere else books are sold. Steve regularly shares his insights in his role as a Forbes senior contributor and on Twitter and LinkedIn. You can also check out his speaker "sizzle" reel here.
*Very* excited to host my good friend and podcast partner Steve Dennis's virtual book launch of his new and expanded second edition of his breakthrough book April 13th, 5pm ET!
I get the pleasure of speaking to Steve each and every week for our podcast (btw, check out the latest episode featuring Kiri Masters all about how retailers should think about Instacart and other 3rd party delivery services) now you get to hear him 1:1 talk about the key strategies *you need to know* to survive and thrive in the COVID era of retail and beyond and ask questions directly in this live and interactive event.
Click the link today to register - space is limited!
https://lnkd.in/eGbg-Fy
We'll also be doing a Clubhouse launch event Monday April 12th at 5pm ET, I'll be moderating so please look for me and connect on Clubhouse!
Click here for your chance to win one of three copies hot off the shelves of Remarkable Retail!
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Until next time, stay safe and have a great week!
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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.