Clicks and Mortar

By Clicks & Mortar

The podcast where small business owners and experts share ideas, solutions, and real life experiences to inspire and energize anyone who's running a business during these times of rapid change and

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The podcast currently has 17 episodes available.

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February 17, 2021Craig Patterson Publisher of Retail-Insider.com
In this episode, our CEO Matt Crowell joins in to help with some co-hosting duties as we welcome the Publisher of Retail Insider Magazine, Craig Patterson.
Retail Insider is a prominent voice in retail...offering retail news, headlines from around the world and in depth Canadian Analysis. Craig hosts the Retail Insider podcast, and works on projects with the Retail Council of Canada.
We discuss:
How there have been both closures and new store openings in retail through the pandemic
The staffing challenges retail may face in the coming years
What retail trends shaped by the pandemic will remain and fall away
The eCommerce Halo Effect that brick and mortar retailers have in eCommerce
How the landscape of Canadian retail is changing
The effect of eCommerce on returns
What new retail concepts have emerged from the pandemic
How Retail Insider has evolved through the pandemic
What Craig sees in the future for 2021
You'll find Retail Insider online:
Flipboard
Instagram
Facebook
Twitter
Retail-Insider.com
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Discover how you can bring GetintheLoop to your community and help small businesses, when they need it the most. Franchises now available. Learn more about becoming a GetintheLoop Local owner at GetintheLoopLocal.com
If you know someone in small businesses who is defying the odds, adapting to the changed market conditions, finding ways to survive and thrive and think should be a guest on the podcast contact me:
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LinkedIn
If you enjoyed this podcast, you may also enjoy "Love the Grind" a blog written by GetintheLoop's Founder/CEO Matt Crowell.
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45min
December 10, 2020Janeen Norman of Alpine Sausage and Best of Calgary Foods
It’s a story playing out with small businesses everywhere. Rapid consumer behaviour changes combined with constant changes to governmental operating regulations has significantly impacted small business owners. While some businesses have already chosen to, or been forced to close, Janeen Norman and 23 other Calgary business owners have decided to turn their story of struggle into one of self-determination and self-empowerment by establishing an eCommerce and food delivery collective called, "Best of Calgary Foods". In this episode you'll meet Janeen who owns Alpine Sausage and is the President of Best of Calgary Foods.
Janeen explains:
Best of Calgary Foods’ vision and mission
Why theuy out to create Best of Calgary Foods
What kind of challenges they’ve faced early on
How their unexpectedly explosive success forced them to find a new building after only 4 days
Why it is so important and urgent that people shop local
How through their collective reach, they raise one another
and, why Janeen says now is the time for small business to rise up
You'll find Best of Calgary Foods online:
Instagram
Facebook
Twitter
BestofCalgaryFoods.com
Clicks & Mortar is brought to you by GetintheLoop for Business, the modern marketing platform that connects small businesses with people who want to shop local, first. Find out how easy it is to get started at GetintheLoop.ca/business
Discover how you can bring GetintheLoop to your community and help small businesses, when they need it the most. Franchises now available. Learn more about becoming a GetintheLoop Local owner at GetintheLoopLocal.com
If you know someone in small businesses who is defying the odds, adapting to the changed market conditions, finding ways to survive and thrive and think should be a guest on the podcast contact me:
Twitter
LinkedIn
If you enjoyed this podcast, you may also enjoy "Love the Grind" a blog written by GetintheLoop's Founder/CEO Matt Crowell.
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20min
November 24, 2020Laurel Werbeski of Escape in Caledonia
Restaurants can offer pick-up and delivery options, and retailers provide eCommerce and curb side pick-up options, but what about experiential businesses like bowling alleys, theatres, and other indoor family fun centres? In this episode, you’ll meet Laurel Werbeski of Escape in Caledonia, an escape room and board game cafe in Ontario, and learn how they’re staying afloat, even amidst rolling lockdowns.
Laurel shares:
Escape in Caledonia’s mission
How their business has changed due to COVID,
Including what will continue to do even after the pandemic
What they’re doing to stay afloat today
How they’ve laid the foundation for a comeback
How they’re communicating with their customers
And how the business community in Caledonia is pulling together
You'll find Escape in Caledonia online:
Instagram
Facebook
EscapeinCaledonia.ca
Clicks & Mortar is brought to you by GetintheLoop for Business, the modern marketing platform that connects small businesses with people who want to shop local, first. Find out how easy it is to get started at GetintheLoop.ca/business
Discover how you can bring GetintheLoop to your community and help small businesses, when they need it the most. Franchises now available. Learn more about becoming a GetintheLoop Local owner at GetintheLoopLocal.com
If you know someone in small businesses who is defying the odds, adapting to the changed market conditions, finding ways to survive and thrive and think should be a guest on the podcast contact me:
Twitter
LinkedIn
If you enjoyed this podcast, you may also enjoy "Love the Grind" a blog written by GetintheLoop's Founder/CEO Matt Crowell.
Follow GetintheLoop on Social Media:
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26min
November 03, 2020Jamie Milton of Uniglobe Carefree Travel
In this episode, you’ll meet Jamie Milton, the owner of Uniglobe Carefree Travel in Saskatoon.
Jamie is a true pro in her business and I learned so much during this conversation!
We dive into what it was like during those early days in March when everything was being grounded and how travel agents played a major role helping Canadian Citizens get back home before borders closed, how consumer and corporate travel has changed since then and how her business is adjusting to the times.
Jamie also shares:
Some things people don’t generally know about travelling today
How COVID may impact travel costs in the future
What if any persistent changes may affect travel in the long term future
What new interesting and positive trends are emerging in the travel industry
How consumers can support their travel agent
Some good advice for other travel agents
You'll find Uniglobe Carefree Travel online:
Instagram
Facebook
UniglobeCarefreeTravel.com
Clicks & Mortar is brought to you by GetintheLoop for Business, the modern marketing platform that connects small businesses with people who want to shop local, first. Find out how easy it is to get started at GetintheLoop.ca/business
Discover how you can bring GetintheLoop to your community and help small businesses, when they need it the most. Franchises now available. Learn more about becoming a GetintheLoop Local owner at GetintheLoopLocal.com
If you know someone in small businesses who is defying the odds, adapting to the changed market conditions, finding ways to survive and thrive and think should be a guest on the podcast contact me:
Twitter
LinkedIn
If you enjoyed this podcast, you may also enjoy "Love the Grind" a blog written by GetintheLoop's Founder/CEO Matt Crowell.
Follow GetintheLoop on Social Media:
Facebook
Instagram
Youtube
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28min
August 19, 2020Dax Dasilva Founder/CEO of Lightspeed & Author of "Age of Union"
In this episode you’ll meet Dax Dasilva, Founder/CEO of Lightspeed, Founder of the not-for-profit organization Never Apart, and author of Age of Union. You’ll learn:
What Lightspeed is and how it helps small businesses
How operating a small business has changed dramatically over the past 10-15 years
How consumer expectations are vastly different today
Examples of Dax’s favourite small businesses in Montreal that have been innovating
What small businesses owners can do to support one another
How the silos of business, spirituality, the environment, and culture need to come down and be considered more holistically
And more about his book, “Age of Union”
You'll find Lightspeed and Dax online:
Lightspeed HQ Facebook
Lightspeed HQ Instagram
Dax Instagram
Learn more about the small businesses Dax mentioned:
Off the Hook Instagram
Editorial Boutique Instagram
Loreena Saravia Instagram
Etiket Boutique Instagram
Clicks & Mortar is brought to you by GetintheLoop for Business, the modern marketing platform that connects small businesses with people who want to shop local, first. Find out how easy it is to get started at GetintheLoop.ca/business
Discover how you can bring GetintheLoop to your community and help small businesses, when they need it the most. Franchises now available. Learn more about becoming a GetintheLoop Local owner at GetintheLoopLocal.com
If you know someone in small businesses who is defying the odds, adapting to the changed market conditions, finding ways to survive and thrive and think should be a guest on the podcast contact me:
Twitter
LinkedIn
If you enjoyed this podcast, you may also enjoy "Love the Grind" a blog written by GetintheLoop's Founder/CEO Matt Crowell.
Follow GetintheLoop on Social Media:
Facebook
Instagram
Youtube
LinkedIn
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31min
August 11, 2020Liza Huber - Founder/CEO of Sage Spoonfuls
In this episode, you’ll learn the Clicks & Mortar back story including how we were about to launch a podcast called, “Love the Grind” as the pandemic officially arrived in North America in March 2020.
It was then that we saw a much greater immediate need to create a podcast that could become a helpful ideas and lessons resource for small businesses as all business scrambled to change models, stay in business and thrive. So we pivoted to launch Clicks & Mortar instead.
One of the interviews we did was with Liza Huber, the CEO and Founder of Sage Spoonfuls, which is a line of infant and child products was one of those conversations that has stuck with me. Liza’s raw and honest account of the challenges she has faced, the mistakes she’s made, and the way she thinks about her business and work.
It seemed like now would be a good time to share this interview as so many small business owners are facing huge challenges,
I think regardless of what challenges you have, you’ll come away with some inspiration to carry on.
Please enjoy this special Clicks & Mortar presentation of the Love the Grind podcast as we talk with Liza Huber, CEO of Sage Spoonfuls.
You'll learn what prompted her to leave her successful acting career with NBC to start Sage Spoonfuls and how she decided to set out on her own entrepreneurial journey.
Liza also shares her experiences:
Financing her company
The question she asked her credit card company that saved her thousands of dollars of interest
About asking for help and mentorship
Intellectual property - and whether or not it has been worth obtaining a patent
Balancing a fast growing business with an equally fast growing family
and so much more
You'll find Sage Spoonfuls online:
Instagram
Facebook
SageSpoonfuls.com
Clicks & Mortar is brought to you by GetintheLoop for Business, the modern marketing platform that connects small businesses with people who want to shop local, first. Find out how easy it is to get started at GetintheLoop.ca/business
Discover how you can bring GetintheLoop to your community and help small businesses, when they need it the most. Franchises now available. Learn more about becoming a GetintheLoop Local owner at GetintheLoopLocal.com
If you know someone in small businesses who is defying the odds, adapting to the changed market conditions, finding ways to survive and thrive and think should be a guest on the podcast contact me:
Twitter
LinkedIn
If you enjoyed this podcast, you may also enjoy "Love the Grind" a blog written by GetintheLoop's Founder/CEO Matt Crowell.
Follow GetintheLoop on Social Media:
Facebook
Instagram
Youtube
LinkedIn
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1h 12min
July 28, 2020Chris Pinkerton of GetintheLoop and Patrick Gill of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Welcome to our interview with Chris Pinkerton who is the President of GetintheLoop. Prior to GetintheLoop, Chris was Head of the Mediative Consulting Group, an award-winning digital media and research company, which was acquired by Yellow Pages in 2010. Chris has a deep understanding of the intersection of technology and small business.
Also in this episode is an update from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce as their Senior Director of Tax and Financial Policy, Patrick Gill shares the results from an ongoing study the Chamber is doing with Stats Canada to provide the Government with local business level information about the pandemic and how it’s affecting small businesses.
In this episode Chris Pinkerton talks about:
The media trends small businesses need to know
Why small businesses on average have lagged in benefiting from technology
How small businesses on the average have historically adopted technology
The accelerated rate at which technology is being adopted by small businesses
The consumer behaviour trends caused by the pandemic
How small businesses are adapting to consumer trends
Some free resources for small businesses to get started
Also in this episode, Patrick Gill:
Explains the joint Canadian Survey on Business Conditions: Impact of COVID-19 on businesses in Canada, May 2020
What they’ve learned from small businesses at this stage of the pandemic
What small businesses and consumers can do to support small businesses
Where to find more about this study
You'll find GetintheLoop and The Canadian Chamber of Commerce online:
GetintheLoop
Canadian Impact of Covid Study
Canadian Business Resilience Network
Clicks & Mortar is brought to you by GetintheLoop for Business, the modern marketing platform that connects small businesses with people who want to shop local, first. Find out how easy it is to get started at GetintheLoop.ca/business
Discover how you can bring GetintheLoop to your community and help small businesses, when they need it the most. Franchises now available. Learn more about becoming a GetintheLoop Local owner at GetintheLoopLocal.com
If you know someone in small businesses who is defying the odds, adapting to the changed market conditions, finding ways to survive and thrive and think should be a guest on the podcast contact me:
Twitter
LinkedIn
If you enjoyed this podcast, you may also enjoy "Love the Grind" a blog written by GetintheLoop's Founder/CEO Matt Crowell.
Follow GetintheLoop on Social Media:
Facebook
Instagram
Youtube
LinkedIn
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38min
July 06, 2020Justin Tisdall of Juke Fried Chicken & Beetbox
Restaurateur Justin Tisdall is a partner in two restaurants in Vancouver, Juke Fried Chicken and Beetbox.
In this episode Justin talks about:
The early steps they took to protect their business and their customers
Menu pivots and process changes they’ve made
How they’ve vertically integrated by selling restaurant made products
The unique ways they’ve adapted to new restaurant regulations while staying on brand
What other innovative restaurants are doing in Vancouver to survive and thrive in a pandemic
Hospitality advice for restauranteurs during the pandemic
How restaurants might collaborate in the future
You'll find Juke Fried Chicken and Beetbox online:
BeetBoxVeg.com
BeetBox Instagram
BeetBox Facebook
JukeFriedChicken.com
Juke Instagram
Juke Facebook
Learn more about their in-restaurant kiosk bar concept, ChickadeeLounge
Clicks & Mortar is brought to you by GetintheLoop for Business, the modern marketing platform that connects small businesses with people who want to shop local, first. Find out how easy it is to get started at GetintheLoop.ca/business
Discover how you can bring GetintheLoop to your community and help small businesses, when they need it the most. Franchises now available. Learn more about becoming a GetintheLoop Local owner at GetintheLoopLocal.com
If you know someone in small businesses who is defying the odds, adapting to the changed market conditions, finding ways to survive and thrive and think should be a guest on the podcast contact me:
Twitter
LinkedIn
If you enjoyed this podcast, you may also enjoy "Love the Grind" a blog written by GetintheLoop's Founder/CEO Matt Crowell.
Follow GetintheLoop on Social Media:
Facebook
Instagram
Youtube
LinkedIn
...more
23min
June 24, 2020Maurice Boire of BZB Test Kitchen
Welcome to our interview with Chef and entrepreneur Maurice Boire who is a partner in BZB Test Kitchen.
In this episode Maurice talks about:
Their unique multi-faceted food service operation concept
How they’ve rethought the food service industry
The importance of selling and purchasing locally
Their creative, flexible lease agreement
How they were uniquely positioned when the pandemic hit
The challenges traditional restaurants face with take-out and what they do differently
His vision of change for kitchen workers
His idea for improving profitability by merging front of house with back of house
What traditional restaurants need to be doing right now
You'll find BZB Test Kitchen online:
BZBTestKitchen.com
Instagram
Facebook
Clicks & Mortar is brought to you by GetintheLoop for Business, the modern marketing platform that connects small businesses with people who want to shop local, first. Find out how easy it is to get started at GetintheLoop.ca/business
Discover how you can bring GetintheLoop to your community and help small businesses, when they need it the most. Franchises now available. Learn more about becoming a GetintheLoop Local owner at GetintheLoopLocal.com
If you know someone in small businesses who is defying the odds, adapting to the changed market conditions, finding ways to survive and thrive and think should be a guest on the podcast contact me:
Twitter
LinkedIn
If you enjoyed this podcast, you may also enjoy "Love the Grind" a blog written by GetintheLoop's Founder/CEO Matt Crowell.
Follow GetintheLoop on Social Media:
Facebook
Instagram
Youtube
LinkedIn
...more
32min
June 15, 2020Bob Phibbs - The Retail Doctor
Welcome to our interview with Bob Phibbs, the Retail Doctor.
In this episode, GetintheLoop’s Founder/CEO, Matt Crowell joins me for a conversation with one of the most popular retail thought leaders in the world, Bob Phibbs - The Retail Doctor. Bob has over 400,000 followers on LinkedIn and If you’ve ever looked up retail sales training on Google, you’ve probably come across the retail doc’s website or one of the many articles or videos featuring the work he does through his online and in person training and consulting programs. Bob is definitely outspoken and opinionated but whether you agree with him on everything or not, you have to appreciate his passion for retail.
In this episode Bob discusses:
How the pandemic has impacted retail
The potential negative impact of some pandemic induced practices
Which pandemic induced practices are most likely to survive post Covid
What it will take to be a successful retailer going forward
Why it makes sense to invest in your retail staff and elevate the position
What the traits are of a good retail salesperson today
You'll find Bob online:
RetailDoc.com
Twitter
LinkedIn
Facebook
Clicks & Mortar is brought to you by GetintheLoop for Business, the modern marketing platform that connects small businesses with people who want to shop local, first. Find out how easy it is to get started at GetintheLoop.ca/business
Discover how you can bring GetintheLoop to your community and help small businesses, when they need it the most. Franchises now available. Learn more about becoming a GetintheLoop Local owner at GetintheLoopLocal.com
If you know someone in small businesses who is defying the odds, adapting to the changed market conditions, finding ways to survive and thrive and think should be a guest on the podcast contact me:
Twitter
LinkedIn
If you enjoyed this podcast, you may also enjoy "Love the Grind" a blog written by GetintheLoop's Founder/CEO Matt Crowell.
Follow GetintheLoop on Social Media:
Facebook
Instagram
Youtube
LinkedIn
...more
44min

FAQs about Clicks and Mortar:

How many episodes does Clicks and Mortar have?

The podcast currently has 17 episodes available.