Jan26
NRF’s annual convention blog covered sessions including presentations by retail CEOs and experts in their field. Some discussed loss prevention, while others covered trends and many sessions discussed the economy. Also, the blog covered an inside look at the convention. Now that NRF’s BIG Show is over–check out NRF’s other blogs to keep up with [...]
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Jan23
After NRF’s BIG Show I had a chance to pick the brains of the G+G team. G+G, a creative firm specializing in strategic solutions for business growth, presented at NRF’s Convention and spoke about the power of retail design. They also featured some of their work in the DESiGN STUDiO. Here’s what they had to [...]
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Jan22
The last session I attended on Tuesday of the convention was in the DESiGN STUDiO. It was called Good Economy or Bad: It’s all about listening to your customers. The presenter, Beth Viner of IDEO offered an interesting perspective on what people expect, how people act, and how the focus on the consumer perspective becomes [...]
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Jan21
I noticed it in the very first session I went to. I thought it was an anomaly. I was wrong. In every session I went to, attendees had their cameras and camera phones poised to capture every slide that the speakers went through. I guess it’s the latest trend in taking notes. Here’s a picture [...]
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Jan19
While the DESiGN STUDiO featured the latest and greatest in retail store design, educational sessions, and even design awards, a mesmerizing–yet completely extinct–entity tried to steal the show. An incredibly lifelike dinosaur showed up at a special press reception we held on Sunday night. The dinosaurs are used in the Los Angeles Museum of Natural [...]
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Jan16
In a previous job, my colleagues used to joke that using the “we” word always meant someone else. “We need to do this” was quickly translated to “you need to do this”. Sound familiar in your office? In this week’s Harvesting the Low Hanging Fruit session, Jim Dion talked about using the “we” word, but [...]
Jan15
I’ve seen lists of retailers based on sales, number of employees, revenue growth, square footage, customer traffic… I could go on, but I’ve seen a lot of lists and this is a blog, not a book. This week, however, I got to add to my list of lists. I saw a new (new to me [...]
Jan15
Burt Tansky of Neiman Marcus, Kip Tindell of The Container Store, and Roger Farah from Polo Ralph Lauren wrapped up NRF’s Convention to talk about leadership and inspiration. While some of the same skill sets still apply, all of the panelists seemed to agree that different leadership traits are required in this climate to help [...]
Jan14
By Shish | Published:
January 14, 2009
| Posted in Events
Last year, I brainstormed with the Fair Factories Clearinghouse on using Collaborative Technologies for ethical sourcing management. They were looking for a tool that enabled their members to collaboratively monitor and share information about global workplace conditions among other things. I was pretty thrilled to hear at NRF this year that their sharing platform has [...]
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Jan14
By Shish | Published:
January 14, 2009
| Posted in Events
On my way to New York to attend NRF, I ended up taking a redeye a day before my planned flight date because of flight cancellations that happened due to bad weather. I’m used to redeyes and it’s usually my preferred option on coast to coast trips. My normal routine is to settle in and [...]
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