DDi - August 2013 - (Page 10)

10 | From the Show Director March 18-20, 2014 Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas www.globalshop.org Vacation edition I just came back from my family vacation, and I’m well rested and ready to go. Truth be told, I haven’t taken a true vacation in a while, so this one was particularly nice. My wife, Jill, just graduated nursing school and is about to embark on her new career, so we decided we better take off now or it might be another long while before we get the chance. So, we loaded the car and headed for the beach, vowing to unplug and not think too much about our many responsibilities. The unplugging part wasn’t easy, but I made a real run at it. I left my phone at our rented house each day and barely checked emails (well, once a day, but I really tried to keep responses to a minimum). In fact, most of my interaction with electronics was imploring my daughters to turn off their devices and enjoy our surroundings. The forgetting about responsibilities was a little more difficult. If I managed a tradeshow that deals with most other market segments, I think I could have gone all week without giving my market too much thought. But, I’m lucky in that I get to work in what is arguably the most dynamic field in our whole economy—retail. And you cannot escape retail—it’s everywhere. And thank goodness for that! During our long drive to the Gulf of Mexico, as the odometer rolled on and on, I found myself lost in thought about all the many retail establishments we passed on our way down to Florida. From outlet centers to major malls along the interstate to the many stores in all the small towns we passed through, there was no shortage of places we could stop and purchase what we needed (or just wanted) along the way. It’s hard to take a tour like this and not realize we live in a land of plenty. Our vacation was in a small, fairly remote town in Florida, and even there the retail economy was fairly booming. There were boutiques, shops and restaurants galore, and they all seemed to have healthy traffic. It was fun to look at the designs and talk with the shop owners about how they came up with their presentations. I also found it encouraging to hear the response, “Picking up!” over and over when I asked them “How’s business?” I wish I’d thought to count all the retail I saw during our trip, but I don’t think I could have done it; there was just so much. But, based on everything I saw, I can definitely agree that things seem to be “picking up.” Contact us: 1145 Sanctuary Pkwy., Ste. 355 Alpharetta, GA 30009-4772 Ph: (770) 291-5400 Fax: (770) 569-5105 GLOBALSHOP SHOW DIRECTOR | Tim Fearney (770) 291-5421 tim.fearney@emeraldexpo.com SEnIOR ACCOunT ExECuTIvE | Roarke Dowd (770) 291-5428 roarke.dowd@emeraldexpo.com ACCOunT ExECuTIvE | Dreama McDaniel (770) 291-5420 dreama.mcdaniel@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 SEnIOR vICE PRESIDEnT | Joe Randall CEO | David Loechner SEnIOR vICE PRESIDEnT, BuSInESS DEvELOPMEnT | Darrell Denny vICE PRESIDEnT, FInAnCE | Denise Bashem vICE PRESIDEnT, OPERATIOnS | Lori Jenks Tim Fearney GlobalShop Show Director tim.fearney@emeraldexpo.com | August 2013 vICE PRESIDEnT, DIGITAL | Teresa Reilly vICE PRESIDEnT, MAnuFACTuRInG & MARkETInG SERvICES | Joanne Wheatley www.ddionline.com http://www.globalshop.org http://www.ddionline.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of DDi - August 2013

DDi - August 2013

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