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FROM THE EDITOR

A Year to
Remember

historical quotes. As a writer, I appreciate the succinct and carefully crafted prose and as a

The VMSD team pivots to

speaker Booker T. Washington: "Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon

bring everything you love

way." This simple statement, for me, sums up the challenge before us: to rethink and

about IRDC, in virtual form.

Anyone who follows me on social media knows that I love to collect and share
human, I find them meaningful, motivational and often inspirational.
Recently I was reminded of one of my favorites, from author, educator and gifted

refashion nearly every aspect of our lives, how we work, how we learn, how we connect.
In June, we tested our first virtual event, an online version of the International Retail
Design Conference (IRDC) favorite, the Iron Merchant Challenge. Knowing that holding
in-person, live events in the fall might not be realistic, we dipped a toe into the water of
online, interactive gatherings and found our participants and competitors rose to the
occasion. Thank you Joe Baer and the team at ZenGenius for all of your hard work and
unbridled creativity in making this a success, and thank you to all those who competed
and attended this hallmark event.
Though it saddens me to report that we will not be together in person at IRDC this
fall, I'm excited to announce that we will bring the conference to you this year. In a time
when every business has had to rethink some part of their business model, we've been
working extremely hard to reimagine IRDC 2020 as a virtual event.
We understand that it is both the excellent, focused educational content as well as the
unparalleled networking opportunities with the best and brightest in the industry that
have made IRDC a success for 20 years. It is our mission to deliver on both of these counts
to bring our retail design community together at a time when it's needed most.
For now, I can share with you our new dates for IRDC 2020: Oct. 28-29. IRDC's
virtual program will include two days of keynotes, lively panel discussions, roundtable
networking and, of course, another virtual Iron Merchant Challenge - all delivered to your
screen via an interactive, dynamic online platform that can be accessed anywhere in the
world. Please stay tuned to irdconline.com as well as our social media channels for details
on agenda, activities and more. I hope to see you this fall!

Jennifer Acevedo
Editor-in-Chief/Associate Publisher, VMSD magazine


http://www.irdconline.com

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Contents
From the Editor
Vmsd Editorial Advisory Board
The Goods
Next Store
Spellbound
No Monkey Business
Bringing the Outside In
Take Me Home
Showroom
Ad Index
Checking Out
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VMSD - July/August 2020 - From the Editor
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VMSD - July/August 2020 - Vmsd Editorial Advisory Board
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VMSD - July/August 2020 - The Goods
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