RETAILOBSERVER.COM AUGUST 2015
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Moe Lastfogel
moe@retailobserver.com
Moe's Musings Views
Thank you,
E
ight years, or 96 issues ago, Chuck Edmonds had a plan. Little
did he or anyone else know what would come of it. But it was his
turn to relax and watch somebody else run around like a madman in
this industry of retail, design and construction.
I figure even now he is watching with a smile on his face as the team
here at The Retail Observer try to match what he and Lee Boucher
were able to accomplish within their means years ago. With a digital
camera in hand (although they still printed the pictures for scanning), a
notebook and a computer (only for typing, as nothing was ever saved)
these two men started something big and had no idea where it was
going or would end up.
Thanks for the exercise guys, we are now running at a full stride with
no finish line in site. Since July of 2007, we have brought The Retail
Observer into a new era of being. It has grown from a 32-page regional
news rag (as it has been lovingly called for years) of 6,000 subscribers
to a truly international (37 countries) industry standard B2B publication
with well over 23,000 followers.
I'd like to take the time to publicly and personally thank Eliana Barriga
(Publisher), Terry Price (Art Director), Market Digitally with Michelle
(Website), Vmags Media Solutions (Digital Issue), Walsworth
(Printing) and of course all of our advertisers, writers, buying groups,
trade associations, trade shows and others who have helped make
The Retail Observer what it is today. But especially to you—our loyal
readers—without whom we would have no reason to keep running year
after year, issue after issue.
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