James Jesty's guest appearances

James Jesty

The Voice of Retail

Scott Galloway

Ron Johnson

Mack Weldon

Melissa Gonzalez

Rebecca Minkoff

Heather Monahan

Jason Goldberg

Josh Luber

Michael Schneider

Alex Waldman

Kate Hudson

Ashley Merrill

Danielle Brown

Jeremy Miller

John Ferguson

OwlTail

Eleanor Lynch

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 On this episode we head west to Vancouver and then back again to Toronto to meet two great retail cannabis operators innovating, growing their brand and retail footprint. Building and leading a team that are Cannabis enthusiast first, retailers second and 100% dedicated to their community and customer satisfaction Eleanor Lynch, President Of Operations at Kiaro is back on the podcast as we catch up on their latest retail store expansions, tactics for engagement in the community they operate in and ambitions to head east and bring their brand of operational experience and great retail to the Ontario market. Speaking of the Ontario market, James Jesty, President at The Friendly Stranger Holding Corp. joins me for a wide-ranging conversation where he outlines their three retail banner strategy based on a foundation of decades in the Ontario retail cannabis community and marketplace with The Friendly Stranger, Happy Days and Kensington’s Markets Hot Box retail brand. But first, lets check in with Eleanor from Kiaro ****** Thanks to Eleanor and James for being my guests on this episode.   If you liked this podcast you can subscribe on Apple, Spotify 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 safe week!

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 On this episode we head west to Vancouver and then back again to Toronto to meet two great retail cannabis operators innovating, growing their brand and retail footprint. Building and leading a team that are Cannabis enthusiast first, retailers second and 100% dedicated to their community and customer satisfaction Eleanor Lynch, President Of Operations at Kiaro is back on the podcast as we catch up on their latest retail store expansions, tactics for engagement in the community they operate in and ambitions to head east and bring their brand of operational experience and great retail to the Ontario market. Speaking of the Ontario market, James Jesty, President at The Friendly Stranger Holding Corp. joins me for a wide-ranging conversation where he outlines their three retail banner strategy based on a foundation of decades in the Ontario retail cannabis community and marketplace with The Friendly Stranger, Happy Days and Kensington’s Markets Hot Box retail brand. But first, lets check in with Eleanor from Kiaro ****** Thanks to Eleanor and James for being my guests on this episode.   If you liked this podcast you can subscribe on Apple, Spotify 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 <a href="http://www.meleblanc.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.meleblanc.co</a> or of course on LinkedIn Until next time, have a safe week!

Eleanor Lynch, President Kiaro & James Jesty, President Friendly Stranger explore the always dynamic and evolving retail cannabis market from the West Coast to Ontario