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10 | From the Show Director GlobalShop2012 Sponsored by: Feb. 29-March 2, 2012 Sands Expo & Convention Center, Las Vegas www.globalshop.org GlobalShop 2012 Inspiration, innovation, insights hy do you come to GlobalShop? That’s an important question, and it’s one we ask each year during post-show surveys to gauge your expectations and see how the show did in helping you meet them. In this year’s surveys, our audience indicated that the three most important objectives for coming to GlobalShop were to see new products, to keep up to date with industry trends and to find new suppliers. Other important objectives were to network, to see existing suppliers and for education and training. These all make a lot of sense—retailers, brand marketers, designers and other industry professionals come to GlobalShop to be inspired, to see innovative products and to learn new ways to improve their job performance. How are we doing on delivering value against these objectives? Fortunately, 80 percent of the survey participants rated GlobalShop as effective, very effective or extremely effective in helping our audience meet these objectives. On the one hand, that’s pretty good. On the other hand, it’s not 100 percent, so we continue to look at ways to improve the experience by adding more networking opportunities, fortifying the conference sessions and improving the show floor experience. Our exhibitors provide the products and inspiration that you come to see. They provide the “wow” factor and the innovations. GlobalShop provides the central location where industry suppliers can all gather, so you can see everything in one place. It’s up to our exhibitors to dazzle you with their expertise. If seeing all the latest and greatest your industry has to offer is important to you, please make sure to let your vendors know you expect to see them at GlobalShop and that you want them to knock your socks off. Encourage them to go all out and bring everything they have to offer. Because when they do, there’s nowhere else you can find this much inspiration, innovation or insights than at GlobalShop. 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@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) 291-5512 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 Contact us: W A Division of Nielsen PRESIDEnT, nIELSEn ExPOSITIOnS | David Loechner SEnIOR vICE PRESIDEnT, HuMAn RESOuRCES | Michael Alicea SEnIOR vICE PRESIDEnT, BuSInESS DEvELOPMEnT | Darrell Denny Tim Fearney GlobalShop Show Director tim.fearney@nielsen.com vICE PRESIDEnT, FInAnCE | Denise Bashem vICE PRESIDEnT, OPERATIOnS | Lori Jenks vICE PRESIDEnT, DIGITAL | Teresa Reilly vICE PRESIDEnT, MAnuFACTuRInG & MARKETInG SERvICES | Joanne Wheatley | September 2011 www.ddionline.com http://www.globalshop.org http://www.globalshop.org http://www.ddionline.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of DDi - September 2011

DDi - September 2011
Table of Contents
From the Editor
From the Show Director
Newsworthy
Shopper Insights
Greentailing
Editor’s Choice
Portfolio Awards 2011
Retail Design Luminaries
Retail Design Influencers
Design Firms of the Year
Best Visual Merchandising Programs
Retailer of the Year
Best-Designed Stores of the Year
Retail Standouts
Calendar
Advertisers
Think Tank

DDi - September 2011