This Commerce Life
Phil Chang / Kenny Vannucci
A Canadian Podcast, focused on Canadian brands, determined to talk about Canadian success stories.
We are retail educators and experts, teaching Canadian businesses how to build, grow, and scale in retail. As industry connectors, Kenny & Phil bring decades of experience as buyers, sales strategists, and marketers into delivering practical, actionable education grounded in real-world application.
We are retail educators and experts, teaching Canadian businesses how to build, grow, and scale in retail. As industry connectors, Kenny & Phil bring decades of experience as buyers, sales strategists, and marketers into delivering practical, actionable education grounded in real-world application.
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Mar 23, 2021 • 46min
Alain Tungul, Founder of @crystalcr3me, only sells his creme brulee on Instagram
Alain (Alan) teaches us a few things about the cooking industry, talks about his first job at Canoe. With the pandemic, he gets laid off and winds up making creme brulee. Alain could use some help here - so if our audience can help out, he could use a contact for some jars at a better cost. Reach out to us at @thiscommercelife or thiscommercelife@gmail.com or contact Alain directly at @crystalcr3me To check out his Instagram and order creme brulee: https://www.instagram.com/crystalcr3me/The BlogTo article: https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2021/01/coconut-ube-creme-brulee-toronto/
Mar 16, 2021 • 56min
Trevor Baker Recruiter and Coach from Macdonald's Search Group talks about digital skills and making career changes
20-25 years with a single company, and structured out...these folks are facing steep challenges. Trevor has some suggestions on how to find your next career change. To find Trevor:https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevoratmacdonaldsearchgroup/https://www.macdonaldsearchgroup.com/headhunter-in-vancouver
Mar 9, 2021 • 1h 7min
Kenny brought his lawyer. Tim Murphy, Founding Partner of Murphy & Company comes on to talk about how lawyers can help businesses
Tim practices in the areas of business law and intellectual property, and has a broad range of experience dealing with commercial transactions and technology law matters, as well as resolution of business disputes. He acts for clients in all manner of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, start-ups, financings, corporate governance and contract negotiations. To check out Tim's firm: http://www.murphyandcompany.com/lawyer/timothy-murphy/
Mar 2, 2021 • 1h 3min
Sarah (Brazier) Rochacewich, Owner of Aunt Sarah's Chocolate shop talks about leaving CPG to open her own shop
Now 4 stores, and making ice cream - Sarah and her husband Adam are rocking chocolate on the Rock. Check out Aunt Sarah's Chocolate shop here:http://www.auntsarahschocolate.ca/ Find Sarah here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-rochacewich-686b061/
Feb 23, 2021 • 1h 8min
Bag designer for FIFA 2002, Founder and Principal of Retail Strategy Group, Liza Amlani comes on to geek out on retail
Aside from the fact that Liza thinks Kenny looks like George Clooney (in the dark in poor lighting), we talk retail - click and collect, omnichannel retailing and Liza's work to help retailers understand how to live and work in today Find Liza at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizaamlani/Liza's blog: https://www.themerchantlife.com/Retail Strategy Group: https://www.retailstrategygroup.com/
Feb 16, 2021 • 57min
Opera Singer turned banker, retailer then went Startup. Alys Richards talks about her learning journey
An incredible conversation with a talented individual, Alys has a lot to say about how to think about your skills differently, and how to approach looking at opportunities differently. To find Alys: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alysrichards/
Feb 9, 2021 • 59min
CEO of Rebellious Infusions, Doug DuMars comes on to talk about going from BIG companies to a startup that disruptes the drink space
Doug DuMars comes from Kraft/Heinz and Pepsi, talks about his experience working for two of the biggest CPG companies in the world, to jumping in as a startup in the drink space, founding Rebellious Infusions. To find Doug: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dougdumars/ https://drinkrebellious.com/If you're interested in samples, head to https://Samples.DrinkRebellious.com
Feb 2, 2021 • 57min
Nicole Murphy, Vice President of Growth at Bell Curve comes on to talk career, email marketing and how Bell Curve is doing things different
Philly and Nicole laugh about how long they've known each other, they geek out about email marketing and how it can power a business' growth. The boys are amazed at Nicole's skills and how many pots she's had her hands in. To find Nicole: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolemjmurphy/Check out Bell Curve here: https://www.bellcurve.com/
Jan 26, 2021 • 44min
Shelby Taylor, Founder, CEO at Chickapea comes on to tell us about her unconventional journey to success
Shelby started working on Chickapea in 2015. Today, Chickapea is everywhere! Check out Chickpea here: https://chickapea.ca/You can find Shelby here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylorshelby/
Jan 19, 2021 • 59min
Wondering what you do with classic CPG skills? Angie Baker comes on to talk about using her strategic skills for helping children
Phil and Angie talk old J&J days and Philly relives some battle scars that left marks. Angie talks about putting her strategic skills to work with the Save the Children Organization, getting deployed to El Paso and helping children reunite with their families. To find Angie Baker - https://www.linkedin.com/in/angiembaker/
