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Michael LeBlanc

Founder & President at M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc

Toronto, Canada

Founder | Strategic Advisor | Keynote Speaker | Podcaster | Top Global Retail Influencer | YouTube BBQ Show Producer & Host

Michael is the Founder & President of M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc and a Senior Advisor to Retail Council of Canada as part of his advisory and consulting practice. He brings 25+ years of brand/retail/marketing & eCommerce leadership experience and has been on the front lines of retail industry change for his entire career. He has delivered keynotes, hosted fire-side discussions with C-level executives and participated on thought leadership panels worldwide. Michael was recently added for the third year to ReThink Retail’s prestigious Top Global Retail Influencers list.

Michael is also the producer and host of a network of leading industry trade podcasts, including Canada’s top retail industry podcast, The Voice of Retail; U.S. and Global top 10% podcast Remarkable Retail with best-selling author Steve Dennis, the Global E-Commerce Leaders podcast, and The Food Professor podcast with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, one of the top 5 Canadian produced business management podcasts in Apple Canada podcast rankings. Michael is also the producer and host of the “Last Request Barbeque” channel on YouTube where he cooks meals to die for and influencer riches.

Available for keynote presentations helping retailers, brands and retail industry insiders explaining the current state of the retail industry in Canada and the U.S., and the future of retail.

Michael LeBlanc Points
Academic 0
Author 27
Influencer 68
Speaker 0
Entrepreneur 20
Total 115

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Company Type: Company
Minimum Project Size: N/A
Average Hourly Rate: N/A
Number of Employees: 1-10
Company Founded Date: 2017

Areas of Expertise

Leadership 30.68
Retail 33.86
Analytics 30.62
Marketing
Sustainability 30.50

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1 Founder
M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc.
M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc
March 01, 2017
Consulting & Advisory Practice focussed on businesses with consumer obsessed growth strategies
Keynote presentations, conference & event on-stage MC, panel moderation & participation

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Tags: Leadership, Retail

9 Podcasts
Special Encore Interview Episode: Special Guest Sam Zien, aka "Sam The Cooking Guy"
The Food Professor
December 28, 2023
On this special encore episode of the pod, we present an interview worth a second, or perhaps your first, listen. Our special guest, who lives in San Diego, California, via Vancouver & Toronto, is Sam Zien, aka Sam the Cooking Guy, who shares his remarkable and inspiring journey to over 3.6 Million subscribers on YouTube, three restaurants and six cookbooks and a great line of merchandise now It is a generous interview. Sam has a lot of insight from his rich life as a food entrepreneur and popular food media personality.

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Tags: Leadership, Retail

Season Finale: Ira Kalish, Deloitte's Chief Global Economist Looks Ahead to 2024
Remarkable Retail
December 26, 2023
We mark the close of our seventh season with a return visit from Ira Kalish, Deloitte's Chief Global economist, who helps us look back at how 2023 unfolded and gives us a glimpse into the macro-economic outlook for the year ahead. In a wide ranging conversation we delve into the possibility for a soft-landing, when we might start to see interest cuts, and the overall prospects for important global economies. We also discuss prospects for a thawing in the housing market, the potential looming crisis in commercial real estate, and a whole lot more.

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Tags: Leadership, Retail

Global Expansion, the Critical Role of Product Innovation & the Role of Failure with Jenna Flateman Posner, Chief Digital Officer, Solo Brands
Podcast Apple
December 22, 2023
In this episode, a lift from my Global eCommerce Leaders #podcast presented by StreamCommerce, meet the force of nature that is Jenna Flateman Posner, just two months into her new gig with innovative home products brand, wholesaler and direct-to-consumer retailer Solo Brands. We cover a lot of ground in this interview, not unlike what Jenna did as a University athlete and member of the USA Women's Sevens rugby team.

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Tags: Analytics, Leadership, Innovation

Winning Retail in 2024 with Mat Povse, SVP of Operation & Eric Stockner, VP & Category Officer Best Buy Canada
Podcast Apple
December 15, 2023
In a wide-ranging conversation, meet two of Best Buy Canada's standout veteran retail leaders: Mat Povse, Senior Vice President of Operations, and Eric Stockner, Vice President and Category Officer for Food, Home, and Baby. Mat and Eric join me on the mic to talk about big-picture trends, the current and future state of product innovation, this year's Black Friday performance (and what the point of Black Friday anyway), and what it takes to win the retail game in 2024 and beyond.

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Tags: Analytics, Leadership, Retail

Meet Selwyn Crittendon, IKEA Canada's new dynamic and engaging CEO and Chief Sustainability Officer
Podcast Apple
November 10, 2023
In this fun, fast-paced and insightful episode, Selwyn shares highlights of his twenty-year journey at IKEA, first impressions of the business environment, and ambitions for growth and diversification for this purpose-led retail brand in Canada for 47 of its 80 years of this global home furnishing and lifestyle powerhouse.

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Tags: Analytics, Leadership, Retail

Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems with Marianne Lewis, Dean of the Carl H. Lindner College of Business (Encore Episode)
Podcast Apple
November 03, 2023
Meet Marianne Lewis, Dean of the Carl H. Lindner College of Business and co-author of the breakthrough book from the Harvard Business Review Press, Both/And Thinking: Embracing Creative Tensions to Solve Your Toughest Problems in this Encore Episode from Summer 2022.

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Tags: Analytics, Leadership, Retail

Silicon Valley Trailblazer & Veteran CDO Atif Rafiq on his New Book "Decision Sprint"
Podcast Apple
September 29, 2023
Meet Silicon Valley trailblazer Atif Rafiq, who shares his extensive background and insights gleaned from a comprehensive and pioneering experience at Amazon, Volvo, and McDonald, the distinction of being the first Chief Digital Officer in the history of the Fortune 500. We're together to discuss his new book, Decision Sprint: The New Way to Innovate into the Unknown and Move from Strategy to Action.

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Tags: Analytics, Leadership, Retail

Retail Leadership's Blueprint to Net Zero with Geraldine Huse, President of P&G Canada, and George Soleas, President and CEO of LCBO
Podcast Apple
January 01, 2023
Live from the main stage at RCC's Retail Sustainability conference in Toronto, my discussion with two visionary retail leaders, Geraldine Huse, President of P&G Canada, and George Soleas, President and CEO of LCBO, as they offer invaluable insights from their respective organization's journeys to net zero, spotlighting the innovations, cultural changes, triumphs and tribulations on their paths to real sustainable change.

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Tags: Retail, Sustainability

What was I thinking when I created The Voice of Retail Podcast?!?
M.E. LeBlanc & Company Inc
May 21, 2019

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Tags: Leadership, Retail

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