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10 | From the Show Director Enhance your social network at GlobalShop GlobalShop 2011 March 28-30, 2011 Sands Expo & Convention Center, Las Vegas www.globalshop.org Contact us: 1145 Sanctuary Pkwy., Ste. 355 Alpharetta, GA 30009-4772 Ph: (770) 291-5400 Fax: (770) 569-5105 S ocial networks are revolutionary. My network used to consist of people I knew and the people they knew. Now, I’m linked with people from all backgrounds, from all over the world. I’m linked to people I know very well and with people I have only the most tenuous of connections. Once, I had to call or e-mail an associate looking for a referral; now I troll my contacts and their contacts until I inevitably find a common connection. For all of my connections, I likely won’t meet or speak with even onethird of these people. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve accepted an invitation to link with someone, sent them a follow up e-mail and never heard back. I’m sure you can relate. Social networks are much more about breadth than depth. Collecting links, friends and followers is certainly a worthy pastime in this age, but how can you dig deeper and make these relationships beneficial and meaningful? GlobalShop is a great opportunity to enhance your social network by putting a face—a real, three-dimensional face—with a name. At GlobalShop, you can meet the people whose faces are on your monitor. You can schedule a mixer with one of your industry social groups. You can see products or concepts you’ve only seen online, and meet the people who produce them. GlobalShop can give your social network an added dimension and make it deeper and stronger. Who knows, you might even meet new people to connect with on your favorite social networking site. GlobalShop is on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, and I hope to see you there. But I really hope to have the opportunity to link with you in real time March 28-30, in Las Vegas at GlobalShop. See you there! GLOBALSHOP SHOW DIRECTOR | Tim Fearney (770) 291-5421 tim.fearney@nielsen.com SEnIOR ACCOunT ExECuTIvE | Roarke Dowd (770) 291-5428 roarke.dowd@nielsen.com SEnIOR ACCOunT ExECuTIvE | David Muirhead (770) 291-5432 david.muirhead@nielsen.com ACCOunT ExECuTIvE | Dreama McDaniel (770) 291-5420 dreama.mcdaniel@nielsen.com MARKETInG MAnAGER | Brent Harrison (770) 291-5412 brent.harrison@nielsen.com COnFEREnCE MAnAGER | Toni Ward (770) 291-5441 antoinette.ward@nielsen.com SEnIOR OPERATIOnS MAnAGER | Derrick Nelloms (770) 291-5452 derrick.nelloms@nielsen.com Tim Fearney GlobalShop Show Director tim.fearney@nielsen.com Nielsen Expositions | January/February 2011 www.ddionline.com http://www.globalshop.org http://www.ddionline.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of DDi - January/February 2011

DDi - January/February 2011
Table of Contents
From the Editor
Newsworthy
Shopper Insights
Quick Tips
Greentailing
Editor’s Choice
Swatch Shanghai
Printemps Paris
OPSM’s EyeHub
Sugamo Shinkin Bank
Right Light
Product Spotlight
GlobalShop Preview
Calendar
Advertisers
Classifieds
Think Tank

DDi - January/February 2011