Holiday Retail Spectacular | Dax Dasilva & Myriam Belzile-Maguire

About this episode

The episode features Dax Dasilva and Myriam Belzile-Maguire discussing retail strategies during economic uncertainty.

Inspiring stories from outstanding Canadian businesspeople, since 2009. The Entrepreneurs: Dax Dasilva, founder and CEO, Lightspeed Commerce + Myriam Belzile-Maguire, co-founder and designer, Maguire Shoes On our Holiday Retail Spectacular, we catch up with two returning retail champions who preach "focus" in these turbulent times: an e-commerce and point-of-sale innovator who recently returned to his executive role, and a hybrid online-storefront shoe designer who surprised us by doubling down on Brooklyn brick-and-mortar. In the news, Mike and Dan break down big-picture economic uncertainty in Canada with Trump's tariff threats, an abrupt change at the head of the Finance Ministry and an unknown timeline for the Prime Minister's expected resignation; Québec's heavily-subsidized electric vehicle transition plans face hurdles, public sector workers go from a minority to a majority of in-office workdays, and the ongoing debate on how to be remote and professional. Happy Holidays from the Inspiring Entrepreneurs team: Mike, Dan, Marjorie and Fernando. We'll be off for a few weeks but stay tuned for more wisdom from outstanding Canadian businesspeople, and the latest #cdnbiz news…

People in this episode

Hosts: Mike, Dan, Marjorie, Fernando

Guests: Dax Dasilva, Myriam Belzile-Maguire

Topics covered

• holiday retail
• e-commerce
• economic uncertainty
• Canadian business
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• holiday retail
• Dax Dasilva
• Myriam Belzile-Maguire
• e-commerce
• Canadian business

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lightspeed Commerce, Maguire Shoes, Inspiring Entrepreneurs, TNKR Media

Places: Canada, Québec

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