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Podcast: Retail Insider Marks 10 Year Anniversary, Retrospective with Founder Craig Patterson

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Podcast: Retail Insider Marks 10 Year Anniversary, Retrospective with Founder Craig Patterson

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This week Craig and Lee talk about Retail Insider marking 10 years of operations, including how the news platform got started and some memorable happenings in the Canadian retail industry during that time.

Craig Patterson founded Retail Insider in April of 2012 in Vancouver. Operations are now run out of Toronto where Patterson relocated in 2016. This spring Retail Insider is launching Retail Insider the magazine and other initiatives will also be announced this spring.

The Weekly podcast by Retail Insider Canada is available on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Also check out our The Interview Series podcast where Craig interviews guests from across the Canadian retail landscape as part of the The Retail Insider Podcast Network.

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