• Down to Business

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Down to Business

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  • Welcome to Down to Business, the Financial Post podcast that brings you deep-dives on Canada's economy, and explains the biggest business stories of the day through interviews with newsmakers. Hosted by Gabe Friedman.
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Episodes
  • The Delivery Economy explodes: Reverberations throughout the economy & ceilings to online - Part 3

    The Delivery Economy explodes: Reverberations throughout the economy & ceilings to online - Part 3
    Dec 11 2024
    In the final episode of The Delivery Economy, Clarence Woudsma, a professor at the University of Waterloo’s School of Planning, joins Gabe to explain how e-commerce is evolving and the trends that may lie ahead, from growth markets such as grocery to the shifting labour landscape. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    13 mins
  • The Delivery Economy explodes: Looking for a relief valve in the delivery economy as traffic grows - Part 2

    The Delivery Economy explodes: Looking for a relief valve in the delivery economy as traffic grows - Part 2
    Dec 11 2024
    In episode two of The Delivery Economy, Gabe speaks with Ivan Waissbluth. Fed up with traffic in Toronto, Waissbluth co-founded NRBI, which has been building a rapidly growing fleet of electric cargo bikes to deliver goods around the city's dense core. Then a bike courier with decades of experiences tells Gabe what it’s like to ride a bike around Toronto, and how conditions have changed for bike couriers in the past 30 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    21 mins
  • The Delivery Economy explodes: A Down to Business deep dive - Part 1

    The Delivery Economy explodes: A Down to Business deep dive - Part 1
    Dec 11 2024
    In the first episode of The Delivery Economy, Down to Business host Gabe Friedman explores the astonishing economics of e-commerce with the CEOs of two Canadian companies.Sylvia Ng discusses her decision to leave Shopify Inc and found ReturnBear in 2021 as she watched a growing number of companies struggle with the high level of returns from online sales; and Mark Ang explains how his decision to co-found a self-storage company in 2017 inadvertently set him up to build the logistics infrastructure and software that allows the largest brands in the world to sell goods online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 mins

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