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| LEED for Retail 2009 |
| The U.S. Green Building Council’s pilot LEED for Retail−CI rating system is scheduled to be implemented in early 2009. What will retailers need from you to get their store interiors certified? USGBC Retail Sector Manager Justin Doak and Retail Core Committee Member Lisa Russell explain the role of fixtures, materials, visual merchandising products, and other A.R.E.−member goods and services in obtaining LEED points. |
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The Future is Your Decision
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With retailers cutting back on expansion and renovation programs, a forecast of economic development specifically for our industry can help you stay two steps ahead. Back by popular demand, the Institute for Trend Research (ITR) provides short- and long−term forecasts based on research specific to our industry. Principal Alan Beaulieu, a senior analyst and economist, provides your roadmap to the future. This presentation last year scored a record high evaluation from attendees. |
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The Radical Leap: Extreme Leadership at Work and Beyond
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| In today’s challenging retail environments marketplace, leadership requires unprecedented passion, determination, foresight, dedication, and fearlessness. Employees (and customers) won’t follow empty rhetoric, but they will respond to significant, meaningful and dramatic action. Leadership coach and best–selling author Steve Farber will show you how to generate positive change through the “LEAP” framework–love, energy, audacity, and proof. |
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