Jeff Roster

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It’s That Time Again-Gartner/RIS News Tech Study 2010 – Any Questions We Should Be Asking?

by Jeff Roster  |  December 14, 2009  |  Comments Off

I find this project to be the highlight of my year for a couple of reasons: 1. Working with Joe Skorupa and the RIS News team is a real pleasure.  They are a terrific group of professionals and all really love this industry.  2. There’s not an event I go to where I don’t meet a respondent to [...]

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NRF Thoughts and Questions

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.  [...]

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