Phil Chang
Phil on the Visionary Life Podcast
Catch Phil's episode on Kelsey Reidl's Visionary Life podcast. In case you don't remember her, we're big fans of Kelsey Reidl - we met...
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This Commerce Life
A little bit more about Canadian Commerce, Retail, CPG. A good place to see our #fastthoughts as well.
We love the stories we get from our podcast guests. We also love bringing context and details about Canadian Retail that you didn't think of before. We hope to bring you that here as well.
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Ange MacCabe
- Jul 31
- 3 min
Leadership Burnout: Common Symptoms and How to Turn it Around
This is a re-post from our friends at Intuity Performance. Scott and Ange make a living at helping leaders lead. Everything from managing...
Phil Chang
- Jun 11
- 1 min
Repost: The RetailWire Podcast | Meet The BRAINTRUST | Phil Chang
Phil was featured on Retailwire's podcast. Head here to watch the Youtube version, or search for 'RetailWire' in Apple Podcasts or...
Phil Chang
- May 20
- 2 min
Supercharging Customer Service with the Wellness Superconsumer
Customer service is a key part of any business. We'd be crazy if we told you how to look after your customers. Having said that, there...
Phil Chang
- May 13
- 3 min
Buying Hacks - Tips for Merchants, Buyers, Store Owners
How can we sell more stuff to more people and still be able to cover our operating costs and show a profit at years end? Good merchants...
Phil Chang
- Apr 29
- 2 min
Digital Marketing Hacks for Retailers
Digital marketing and omnichannel is tough for today's retailers. They need to be everywhere all the time, and need to be all things to...
Kenny Vannucci
- Apr 22
- 3 min
Merchandising
This article was part of CHFA's #CHFAnow West show at the end of March, 2023. This is one of four articles that Kenny and Phil wrote as...
Phil Chang
- Apr 3
- 4 min
Amazon, other retailers revamp 'free' shipping as costs soar
We've been fans of Kelly Ison and Einstein Pet for a long time. Her episode is an oldie but a goodie. Click here to listen to it. This is...
Phil Chang
- Mar 25
- 1 min
It's tough times right now. How to take a step back before stepping forward
CPG and retail have some controversial issues right now - Loblaws, supply issues, price increases and cost of goods increases, but as...
Phil Chang
- Feb 12
- 2 min
The 4 essential tools every serious tea drinker needs
This post is a re-post from Old Growth Beverages' blog. In all transparency, Kenny and I are both involved with Old Growth Beverages but...
Phil Chang
- Feb 10
- 1 min
Hearts & Carts Episode Featuring Kenny
Seriously, the Hearts & Carts folks are super cool. Justin Osbourne and Alex Hill are doing great things and outside of listening to us,...
Phil Chang
- Feb 8
- 1 min
Hearts & Carts episode featuring Phil
Kenny and Phil do a lot of talking. The podcast is so fixated on brands and retailers, we seldom get to find out more about the two...
Phil Chang
- Nov 25, 2022
- 2 min
More on Rattan Bagga, 40 under 40
We had Rattan on the podcast a few weeks ago, and we thought we'd share a little bit more about him. This is Rattan's article first...
Phil Chang
- Nov 12, 2022
- 7 min
More on Emily O'brien, Comeback Snacks
We had Emily O'Brien on the podcast 5 weeks back, and we were blown away with her story. If you haven't heard the episode, you can listen...
Phil Chang
- Nov 5, 2022
- 4 min
Some more details on Seaweed...
A few weeks ago, we talked to Desiree Dupuis from Kove Snacks about making seaweed snacks. This is one of those amazing parts of the...
Phil Chang
- Oct 31, 2022
- 2 min
Small Business Organizational Chart
This is a repost from Jim and Laurie Shopland's blog post. Is it important to have an Organizational Chart for your small business? As a...
Phil Chang
- Sep 27, 2022
- 1 min
2nd place: Legal Nonprofit Database, AirOps Consulting
How exciting is this? Cherry Yang appeared awhile back with us (2020 already?!) and has been quietly building a phenomenal company and...
Phil Chang
- Sep 26, 2022
- 1 min
episode 254 - some extra's about Michael Theodor
In episode 254, we talked to Michael Theodor about his colourful past and how he wound up being an early pioneer to the natural products...
Phil Chang
- Aug 31, 2022
- 1 min
The Complete Guide to Online-to-Offline Marketing for CPG Brands
We would love to say that we wrote this, but you'd know different right away. Kenny and I had a chance to be a part of Social Nature's...
Kenny Vannucci
- Jul 22, 2022
- 3 min
The complexity of price increases
As industry folks in retail and CPG, a discussion about price increases that could result due to price changes with raw materials, wages,...