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Phil Chang
Nov 28, 20244 min read
Key Strategies for Success: How Retailers / Vendors Can Prepare for the Holiday Season…
The holiday season is the most critical time for retailers and vendors. As the year’s busiest shopping period, it’s an opportunity to...
Phil Chang
Aug 25, 20231 min read
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...
Ange MacCabe
Jul 31, 20233 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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
Mar 25, 20231 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20231 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20227 min read
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, 20224 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20223 min read
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,...
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