Nassar has acquired Bentley & Co. Ltd.'s assets and store leases, and will retain most of its 140 stores as part of a restructuring effort to revitalize the struggling Canadian luggage and travel products retailer.
Lamothe discusses his life from growing up on a farm near Ottawa to becoming a welder, and then eventually moving into various leadership roles with major Canadian retailers.
The discussion includes how travel restrictions impacted the business, key lessons learned in the past couple of years, how business has changed, the current store presence and plans for growth.