This Commerce Life

Parachute Software rolls out a new menu ordering platform that's simple to use and cost effective. Calling all restaurants - a profitable way to do take out!   To check out Parachute Software: https://www.parachutesoftware.com/ Check out their ordering page here: https://order.parachutesoftware.com/order/ You can find David here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidlinton/

We talk to Shane Pounder, Vice President Operations and Interim Vice President Marketing at Flipp and we talk about consumer behaviour vis a vis digital shopping, the struggle of getting good content and some new channels Flipp is exploring.    To find Shane, click here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanepounder/ To get Flipp, click here: https://flipp.com/

AnneMarie runs a great after school tutoring centre that was doing a steady business before Covid. Covid shut her down and she had to do things differently and bring her tutoring online.  Word of mouth used to drive the business but she had to change how she did things, used Facebook ads, Google ads to drive traffic into her centre.   To find AnneMarie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annemariebrosnan...

Philly and  Winnie reminisce about the good old days, and  comes on the show to talk multicultural marketing. Winnie has serious experience marketing to the Canadian population, and we talk about the intricacies of cultural marketing.   To find Winnie:    https://www.linkedin.com/in/winniebmittal/

The distributor discussion continues -  some real life examples on how companies approach this.  The knuckleheads talk innovation and what comes next in this pandemic era. We've had a lot of cool guests on talking about innovation and how to look at things differently. We had a chance to just sit and chat and talk about cool stuff that we think might be coming.   At the end, we talk about WIFI Mes...

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/

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.mygr...

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 bu...

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

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/

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/...

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/  

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/    

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 virtually Check out Shelfgram here: https://www.shelfgram.com/ To find Bram, hit this link. https://www.linkedin.com/in/bramw/

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/    

The deadline is Sept 4th.   Apply here: https://www.intuit.com/ca/prosperity-accelerator/ Highline Beta and Intuit Accelerator closing Sept 4th - This program focuses on solving the most pressing financial problems for Canadian small businesses and consumers in the wake of COVID-19. Work with Intuit experts and Highline Beta to bring your solutions to market and make a difference!    

Wondering what a good influencer / industry expert looks like? You'll like what Pindy has to say. Pindy talks a lot about how to work with brands, what an expert looks like.   You can find Pindy at: https://censeopharm.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/pindy-janda-rph/

Daryna Kulya, Co-Founder at OpenPhone comes on to talk about changing the business phone for modern businesses. Kenny wants to be like Phil when he grows up and Phil has an aw-shucks moment.    We talk to Daryna about her past  - from founding Product Hunt in Toronto, and her time at Vidyard, to her current venture at OpenPhone.    Kenny gets super stoked and downloads Openphone, gets set up and r...

We head to Singapore to meet Richard Loat who helped to create Five Hole for Food talks about his journey of learning. We also talk to Richard about what brands can learn about cultures overseas.    Richard's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardloat/ Richard's book recommendation for brands wanting to head overseas   https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22085568-the-culture-map

A great conversation with Simrit, founder of Treatsmarts. She made a treat in her kitchen, and 3 years later, it's Treatsmarts and listed at Whole Foods and 16 other retailers   To find out more about Treatsmarts, head to  https://www.treatsmarts.ca/ Instagram: @TREATSMARTS   You can find Simrit at https://www.linkedin.com/in/simrit-ollek-566b14168/

Kenny is STOKED. Arjan Stephens, President of Que Pasa Mexican Foods and EVP for Nature’s Path Foods comes on the show.  A great story...where to begin? A great look at one of the pioneers of organic products, and the struggle to take organic foods mainstream.  Nature's Path is now found in 55 countries.  Find out about Que Pasa's unique story and Arjan's wedding present to his guests that became...

WWLD: _Laurie Shopland quotes Wonderman "I have super powers and I'll use it for good" She talks about how it feels to accomplish a goal, and how to find people who are ahead of you in the process to help guide you.   Laurie was published in the print version of https://www.optimyz.com/    

Fardad Moayeri, Executive VP, Janitor & Chief Esthetics Officer at Parissa talks about making the world a smoother place and the effect of TikTok.  An incredible story about Parissa's origins that includes the Iranian revolution, straight door to door selling and pandemic times.    Find out more about Parissa Wax here: https://parissa.com You can reach Fardad at his Linkedin here: https://www.link...

From 0 to 18,000 locations supported since 2015. Intelocate founder, Yulia Vasilyeva comes on to explain how and why so many companies and locations use Intelocate. We jump into the world of solving retail issues and hear some crazy stats like retailers solving 50,000 issues per 100 locations every 10 months! (on average) You can find: Yulia at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yuliavas/ Intelocate at h...

Special Episode. Cheryl Policastro from TPN Retail talks to the guys about 'The Future of the Buy' a Buy Online Pickup In Store (BOPIS) study done during Covid-19. The infographic can be found here: http://tpnweb.com/infographics/tpn_pandemic.pdf To find Cheryl on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheryl-policastro-0622674/