RETAILOBSERVER.COM APRIL 2018
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Moe Lastfogel
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Moe's Musings Views
Happy Retailing,
I
always welcome April with open arms, as March is definitely my busiest
month of the year - filled with travel to shows like Nationwide and
BrandSource Buy Fairs, the International Home + Housewares Show, the
Architectural Digest Home Design Show and the Digital Signage Expo.
Sometimes straight from one to another! It is absolutely a blast, but I look
forward to refocusing and winding down a bit in the month of April.
Nationwide and BrandSource Buy Fairs were amazing. The attendance
for both certainly must have been record-breaking, especially for
Nationwide with the MEGA merger. The classrooms, keynotes, and show
floors at both events were packed. Both held special evening buying
events, and from what I was told, shattered all previous sales records. In
the next few months, we will have follow-ups on the fairs to give you
more details. BrandSource also held a Charity Poker Tournament with
proceeds going to their AVB Scholarship. Living in Las Vegas didn't
bring me enough luck to place 1st, but 6th out of 142 participants was
good enough for me, it was such a fun event for a great cause.
The IHHS was filled this year with more smart integrated products than
I have seen in years—Instant Pots, rice cookers and blenders to name a
few. I can't wait to see how some of the exciting products I saw this year
make out in the market place. A new microwave that has an integrated
blast chilling mode, and an integrated vacuum sealing drawer with a
stainless steel front and push-to-open feature made the top of my WOW
list. Again, more to come on the show.
I haven't gone to Architectural Digest or Digital Signage Expo as I write
this article but from the press releases I have received, I can't wait to get
there. The AD Show is always great, as I get the opportunity for more
one-on-one education than at many other larger shows. DSE is a great
look into the future of retail in the digital world and is always an eye-
opening experience for me. I can't wait for you to see what we have to
report on in the months to come.
IN LIKE A LION,
OUT LIKE A LAMB
