by Jeff Roster | January 27, 2009 | 1 Comment
I just launched the study yesterday and the data is streaming in. Already I’m seeing some interesting and counterintuitive trends in the data. Each year this study is important. It gives us a unique view into the retailer mindset on IT spending patterns. However this year the importance is off the charts. If you haven’t [...]
Category: Retail Observations Retail Retail IT Marketing Retail Spending Tags: IT spending
by Jeff Roster | January 14, 2009 | 2 Comments
Another NRF has come and gone. I thought I’d share some of the recurring questions and my answers. 1. How is attendance/floor traffic at the show- Any time you talk about numbers or percentages it’s critical to properly define what you are talking about. When the NRF talks about attendance they are referring to registrations. [...]
Category: Retail Industry Events Retail Observations Retail Retail IT Marketing Retail Spending Tags: NRF, trends
by Jeff Roster | January 11, 2009 | Comments Off
Weather delays had some impact on attendees but not nearly as much as feared. Easily the most asked question I’ve fielded today was on attendance. Will the recession steal the joy out of NRF’s Big Show? The answer to that I say is no. I would expect attendance to be off last years pace but [...]
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Category: Retail Industry Events Retail Observations Tags: NRF
by Jeff Roster | January 8, 2009 | 2 Comments
I’ve repeatedly been asked my thoughts on what Web 2.0 tools retail and technology executives should use. I am by no means an expert in this subject. But I have been exploring this area fairly aggressively and will pass along my observations. LinkedIn – To me this is a no brainer. This is a powerful [...]
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by Jeff Roster | January 8, 2009 | 2 Comments
As promised here’s my NRF evening schedule. Hopefully I won’t regret doing this. But like the great NRF Twitter experiment 2009 we’ll see how this goes. If you are a reader to this blog feel free to look me up and say hi if you’re at any of these events. I’d love to hear your [...]
Category: Retail Industry Events Retail Observations Tags: NRF, Retail events
