NRF 2019: how to kick off the retailer year
SISQUAL® will attend the world’s largest retail conference and expo, NRF 2019. The event is known for its global audience and marketplace for ideas and relationship. It’s the perfect opportunity to forge new partnerships and learn from some of the biggest players transforming retail today.
From January 11th until 15th, the retail market will be watching New York City, the place where the Big Retail Show convenes to kick off the year with a unified ambition. Almost 40 thousand retailers, vendors and industry experts attend the event with the objective to learn more about the cutting-edge trends for the year and find new partners to transform their business.
Here are 3 highlighted features you should not miss:
#1 Branding with Scooter Braun, Chip and Joanna Gaines
This year the Big Show features the DIY celebrity duos Chip and Joanna Gaines, the co-founders of Magnolia and famous celebrities of Fixer Upper, the TV reality show. Together with Scooter Braun, one of the industry’s biggest entrepreneurs and innovators that broke new artists like Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Zac Brown Band and Karlie Kloss, they will talk on the session named „Brand builders: Balancing business and creativity to make a cultural connection” on Tuesday, January 15 at 15h45.
#2 The list 2019
It’s known that the NRF always bring good speakers to the Big Show, the 2019 edition is no different, the list 2019 has “true originals” speakers, they are rising stars and inspirational change-makers of the retail market. Go through “The List of People Shaping Retail’s Future” and get to know when these fearless leaders will be sharing their imagination and innovation that is considered to be having a great impact on the industry.
#3 Millennials’ talent Acquisition?
On Tuesday, January 15th, from 2 to 2:30, Jeff Beer, the Senior Staff Editor of Fast Company will moderate the session „Tech first: How retail is reimagining talent and acquisition for the digital generation”, Karalyn Smith, HR Senior Vice President of Sephora and Margo Downs, Chief People and Culture Office of Stich Fix will discuss about the millennials and how they disrupt the workforce management when it comes to retaining and acquiring new talents, on the Feature Stage they will talk about how top companies find and recruit new employees and integrate these hires into the operation so they can succeed and influence the larger culture.
When it comes to Retail, NRF 2019 is a „must go” event with a vast program that will be absolutely worth your time, more than 700 exhibitors from about 99 countries are at the trade show yearly and the SISQUAL® team could not miss such an important event. Contact us and let’s discuss a next-generation workforce software solution for your business.
