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.
Episodes
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Nov 3, 2020 • 59min
Mike Roberts, VP at Purity Life Health Products comes on to talk distribution during Covid and what small brands need to know
Canada’s leading distributor of natural health products. From dietary supplements, vitamins and natural body care to eco friendly household products and natural health food products, Purity Life supplies products to over 7,000 stores across Canada. To check out Purity Life click here: https://www.puritylife.com/You can find Mike at https://www.linkedin.com/in/mroberts6/
Oct 30, 2020 • 1h 5min
COO of Green Planet Wholesale, Mark Walman talks about Cannabis, the emerging industry and the future of weed
We were inspired enough to put this episode in the same week as another game changer. (see prior episode about Kelly Pigeon and Dresst) Green Planet Wholesale is the supplier of equipment, a new kind of garden store. We were inspired to here where they're going, and how they've approached this growing and emerging segment of the market.To find Green Planet Wholesale click here: https://www.mygreenplanet.com/To find Mark, his Linkedin is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-walman-082a6830/The Youtube channel we were talking about is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7no6ZJE1_PK756fpWy70lw
Oct 27, 2020 • 59min
Kelly Pigeon started with the big "WHY," founds two game changing platforms -Dresst, then Loopt.
Kelly Pigeon started with the big "WHY," founds two game changing platforms -Dresst, then Loopt. We talk about how to reduce consumption and waste in durable goods, and change the way the industry builds clothing, and the way consumers see clothing. She doesn't stop there - she takes the platform she builds on Dresst and turns it into a model that other businesses can use to also run a rental business. Check out Dresst: https://www.dresst.ca/Loopt is here: https://www.looptplatform.com/You can find Kelly here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-pigeon-6630607/
Oct 20, 2020 • 51min
How to shift gears from being a solopreneur to being an owner and running a company with great people.
We talk about how business owners / solopreneurs need to embrace teams and let their people help them grow. The guys get into the weeds and talk about the planning process, how to make sure departments stitch plans together so they function as a cohesive unit. The book we were talking about:https://www.eosworldwide.com/traction-book
Oct 13, 2020 • 54min
Consultant turned Pet Food Brand Founder. We head to Africa to learn from "Fats" Diamini, Founder of Maneli Foods.
We head to Africa to learn from "Fats" Diamini, Founder of Maneli Foods. We get a crash course on building a brand in South Africa and the joys and challenges of running a global brand. To find Nhlanhla "Fats"https://www.linkedin.com/in/nhlanhla-dlamini-0671531/ Maneli Foods is here: http://manelipets.com/
Oct 6, 2020 • 1h 19min
Joe Tarnowski gives us two episodes in one. The power of virtual meetings and what ECRM can do for vendors and retailers and a masterclass in content creation.
Wondering what a tradeshow online looks like? How do you get good conversations while you're virtually minding your virtual tradeshow booth? Joe Tarnowski. VP, Content at ECRM & Host of The ECRM Podcast comes on to talk about making conversations happen between vendors and retailers. BONUS content - Joe loves content (like Phil). To find Joe - you can find him here. https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarnowskijoseph/ You can find ECRM here. https://ecrm.marketgate.com/
Sep 29, 2020 • 58min
All hands on deck: Bed Bath and Beyond Mexico CEO Stephen Sotto talks about great retail during the pandemic
All hands on deck: Bed Bath and Beyond Mexico CEO Stephen Sotto talks about great retail during the pandemic. Bed Bath and and Beyond Mexico has found success catering to their consumer in new and innovative ways. We talk to Steve about his career and his pandemic journey with Bed Bath and Beyond. To reach Steve, you can find him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-sotto-08b605b/
Sep 22, 2020 • 1h
Founder of Manitoba Harvest, Mike Fata comes on to talk about his remarkable journey to making hemp mainstream again
Founder of Manitoba Harvest, Mike Fata comes on to talk about his remarkable journey to making hemp mainstream again. Mike talks about how he began looking at hemp, his incredible struggle to bring hemp back to mainstream, and how he's giving back now. To reach Mike, you can find him on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manitoba-mikefata/
Sep 15, 2020 • 1h 3min
Imagine doing 700 virtual store tours without leaving your laptop. Bram explains how Shelfgram aims to do just this.
Bram Warshafsky, marketer, entrepreneur and Founder of 5Crowd comes on talk about his latest venture, Shelfgram. [Think Nielsen meets Pinterest]Store checks now come to you digitally. Imagine being able to do store checks virtuallyCheck out Shelfgram here: https://www.shelfgram.com/To find Bram, hit this link. https://www.linkedin.com/in/bramw/
Sep 8, 2020 • 46min
This one is all about us. Philly breaks his own rules, Kenny leans into less-than-40-hours...
This one is all about us. Philly breaks his own rules, Kenny leans into less-than-40-hours...We talk trade shows - do the online versions work? If you've been to one that you like, please let us know. We were also talking about - https://ecrm.marketgate.com/
