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Jan15

NYU Grad Student Blogs from Retail’s Big Show–Day Three Recap

By Thomas Welsh | Published: January 15, 2009
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After spending two days at NRF’s Big Show, I was starting to get feel for the place. Here’s a recap of my Day Three (Tuesday, January 13). Retailers Doing Well by Doing Right: 11:00AM-12:00PM The first lecture I went to today was down in Hall E, where I heard Morley Ivers of RecycleBank and Tom [...]

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Jan14

NYU Grad Student Blogs from Retail’s Big Show–Day Two Recap

By Thomas Welsh | Published: January 14, 2009
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After channeling James Bond and Alice Cooper during my first day of the Big Show, here’s a recap of Day Two (Monday, January 12). Opening Keynote: The Company of the Future: 8:30-9:30AM This was quite a show. After glow-in-the-dark dancers and two shirtless, Adonis-like men from Cirque Le Masque opened the talk, Walmart CEO H. [...]

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Jan12

NYU Grad Student Blogs from Retail’s Big Show–Day One Recap

By Thomas Welsh | Published: January 12, 2009
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My Fellow Retail Enthusiasts, My name is Tom Welsh, I am a graduate student in business at NYU, and due to recent dire economic circumstances, I’ve had to make a tough choice: donate my body to science or get a real job. I have not made up my mind. But to learn more about the [...]

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