Bio

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.