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show talk 010 Change Before You Have To DOUG HOPE FOUNDER AND SHOW DIRECTOR, GLOBALSHOP doug.hope@emeraldexpo.com @globalshopshow J ACK WELCH, former CEO of GE, used to talk about the need to change, and he often repeated the "change before you have to" mantra both inside his company and at leadership events. That phrase sounds simple enough-make a move before it's too late, anticipate where the business is going and get there first. When Welch talked about change 10 or 20 years ago, it was no doubt tough to move fast enough to stay ahead, but certainly not as challenging as it is today. Nowhere is this truer than in retail. As you might imagine, our GlobalShop team follows retail closely-as intensively as analysts and investors, but perhaps through a different lens than most. We keep a keen eye on trends in design, of course, but also on strategy, especially on retail and brand activity aimed at shoppers. We see that the need for the pace of innovation is downright daunting, as it continues to accelerate and complicate the industry. So, what does that mean for our tradeshow? Clearly it means we need to develop faster, too-perhaps even quicker than you do. Outsiders may well believe that producing a GlobalShop 2016 March 23-25 Sponsored by A.R.E. In cooperation with IIDA Mandalay Bay Convention Center Las Vegas | GlobalShop.org CONTACT US: 1145 Sanctuary Pkwy., Ste. 355 Alpharetta, GA 30009-4772 AUGUST 2015 DESIGNRETAILONLINE.COM show is a mere few weeks or months of work. Not so-our intensive work cycle is 18 months per show. For us, we are answering the need to evolve by scrubbing the marketplace for new, cutting-edge products and solutions that will help you answer your need for transformative development. You need new products, innovative services and up-to-date resources to answer your challenges. We carefully curate new means to do just that. Last year, we brought more than 200 new companies to the show floor for you. We now project that we SHOW STAFF: → Founder and Show Director Doug Hope (770) 291-5453 doug.hope@ emeraldexpo.com → Sales Manager Roarke Dowd (770) 291-5428 roarke. dowd@emeraldexpo.com → Account Executive Dreama McDaniel (770) 291-5420 dreama.mcdaniel@ emeraldexpo.com → Account Executive Kerry Tyler (770) 291-5432 kerry.tyler@ emeraldexpo.com will meet or exceed that number in 2016, affording you the ability to see, touch, and experience revolutionary products and services in greater number than anywhere else-all at one place and at one time. To punctuate our commitment to fresh offerings, GlobalShop 2016 is purging its entire conference program and presenting brand-new-to-the-show speakers and content. We will provide you with the opportunity to hear new insights and opinions to help you drive the business forward and meet the future head-on. We're fortunate to have so many advocates, both among our exhibitors and attendees. If you'd like to see change at GlobalShop, we welcome the feedback, and are committed to exploring every suggestion and comment. We see the challenges you face, and we're evolving right along with you, because as Welch also said: "If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near." → Marketing Director Heather Kuznetz (770) 291-5512 heather.kuznetz@ emeraldexpo.com → Conference Manager Toni Ward (770) 291-5441 antoinette.ward@emeraldexpo.com → Senior Operations Manager Derrick Nelloms (770) 291-5452 derrick.nelloms@ emeraldexpo.com → Executive Vice President Joe Randall joe.randall@ emeraldexpo.com EMERALD EXPOSITIONS: → CEO and President David Loechner → CFO and Treasurer Philip Evans → Chief Information Officer Bill Charles → Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary David Gosling → Senior Vice President, Operations Lori Jenks → Senior Vice President, Digital Teresa Reilly → Vice President, Marketing Services Joanne Wheatley → Vice President, Human Resources Eileen Deady → Vice President, Corporate Operations Denise Bashem http://www.GlobalShop.org http://www.DESIGNRETAILONLINE.COM

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of design:retail - August 2015

design:retail - August 2015
Contents
Editor’s Note
Show Talk
On Trend
Inspirations
We Love This!
Designer Picks
Clicks & Mortar
Postcard
Have You Heard?
Mingle
The Visual Eye
Searching for Steve Jobs
Joseph Abboud
The New Fast Food
Kit and Ace
Products
Backstory

design:retail - August 2015