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2016 FALL SHOW WRAP-UP
• Business leadership workshops were also a big hit at this year's
convention. Courses on customer service, leadership skills,
marketing and selling strategies were met with great enthusiasm
by MEGA members. The MEGA MBA program saw its second
round of leaders complete the course, and interest continues to
grow for this leadership initiative.
• Day one ended with a MEGA member favorite, MEGA Madness.
This year's event was the largest to date with more vendor
participation and more units written than ever before. MEGA
members took advantage of the superb deals provided during this
90-minute ordering frenzy. "MEGA Madness is always a fun event,
and this year we saw record-breaking order levels attained by
most participating vendors," said Missy Hodges, MEGA Group's
vice president of appliances.
• Tuesday kicked off with a keynote from digital thought leader Erik
Qualman. His high-energy presentation style, mixed with how he
easily distills complex thoughts into actionable plans for his
audiences won over the MEGA crowd and vendors. Qualman,
whose books include Socialnomics and What Happens in Vegas
Stays on YouTube, focused his speech on a retailer's digital
reputation, paving the way for one of MEGA's big reveals - the
launch of WebFronts Review.
MEGA GROUP USA CONCLUDES FALL SHOW IN NASHVILLE
BY LAUNCHING MEMBER EXCLUSIVES
MEGA members now have access to an exclusive product,
WebFronts Review, which aggregates their customer reviews from a
variety of online platforms including Google, Yelp and Facebook, and
helps them respond to each. Retailers can now more quickly respond
to reviews posted about their stores, and even solicit reviews from
customers after each sale. As part of the WebFronts Review release,
MEGA announced it will cover the cost for the first location of
