Designing the Future of Retail

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 is also the producer and host of a network of leading podcasts, including Canada’s top retail industry podcast, The Voice of Retail, plus the Remarkable Retail with author Steve Dennis, Global E-Commerce Tech Talks and The Food Professor with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois, all available on Apple, Spotify, Amazon and all major podcast platforms.

David Lui is the CEO and a partner of Unity Brands Inc., a company he co-founded with Joe Mimran and Frank Rocchetti. Unity Brands recently acquired Kit and Ace, where David also serves as CEO.

David has an extensive background in retail with over 30 years of retail and marketing experience and is known for his award-winning brand transformations, e-commerce and digital knowledge along with his passion for scaling businesses.

He has worked and led many retail brands including Esprit, NYGÅRD, Mark’s, Sport Chek and most recently, he was the CEO at KORITE International. In 2022, he was ranked 11th in the Global CEO Awards. His portfolio includes being named CEO of the twelfth Fastest Growing Company in Canada’s PROFIT100, First for Fastest-Growing Company in British Columbia, Canada, winner of the BDC Young Entrepreneur Award, and a Business in Vancouver Forty under 40.

David holds an MBA from the Ivey Business School at Western University.