![]() By Moe Lastfogel Director of Sales and Marketing for The Retail Observer Welcome to the new version of The Retail Observer. Our team has put a lot of work into redesigning the look of this iconic industry resource that we launched on the first day of Design and Construction Week. A perfect place and time to announce this exciting news!
The Retail Observer website will offer new features, archives, resource pages and an ongoing events calendar with more to come including: • HOME - Main Features, Industry News, Social Updates and Partner Spotlights • MAGAZINE - Current Digital Issue and Magazine Archive • FEATURES - Current Industry News and Updates • WRITERS - Library of Writers’ Articles • EVENTS - Industry-wide Events Calendar • PARTNERS -Listings and LINKS to Manufacturers, Trade Associations, Buying Groups and Distributors • BLOG - Moe’s Musings, Elle’s View and Commentary It has been a vision of ours to make it easier for our readers to have access to the education, news and resources we bring to you every month but also allow you to pull from past issues. We also know that the way you access information is changing. So, the site is mobile friendly and will feature a ‘What’s Happening Now’ section with daily news updates and social media feeds. Recently, we announced the passing of Chuck Edmonds, the Founder of the Northern California Retailer and The Retail Observer. In his passing, his family graciously gifted us with leather bound issues from 1970-1983 and from 1990-2007 that we will use to create a new historical section that will cover a good portion of the Kitchen & Bath and Consumers Electronics’ past. We are proud to continue the tradition Chuck started and look forward to growing our businesses together.
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![]() By Moe Lastfogel Director of Sales and Marketing for The Retail Observer Wow, here we go again. Shows, shows and more shows. The next three shows are
a great way to start off the New Year. CES, Las Vegas Winter Market and Design & Construction Week. The introduction of new products and the networking available over the next 5 weeks will be amazing and I for one can’t wait. CES takes place January 7-10 with a multitude of events both before and during that are going to keep us in a whirlwind. With press events starting on the 5th and going through the 7th and then 3 full days of trying to take in the entire show, it will be a challenge to catch it all. I personally am looking forward to all of the new connectivity products that are hitting the market and seeing how manufacturers have progressed with glasses-less 3D TV. I know my feet will be tired. January 26-30 will be another exciting Las Vegas Winter Market. This year nearly 1.1 million square feet of new and expanded showrooms spanning furniture, home decor and gifts has been added. Over 1,200 new and expanded exhibitors and thousands of new product introductions. For this show, I will definitely need walking shoes. The Design & Construction Week with the International Builders’ Show (IBS) and the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS) co-locating will also take place in Las Vegas February 4-6, along with the International Window Coverings Expo. I thought I’d share with you a list of the manufacturers in the appliance category that are showing: Air King, Brew Express, Broan-Nutone, Electrolux, BSH Home Appliances, Dacor, Falmec, Fhiaba, Fulgor Milano, Kalamazoo Outdoor Gourmet, Liebherr, Napoleon Fireplaces & Grills, Rangecraft Manufacturing Co., Scotsman Ice Systems, Summit/Danver, True Professional, Vent- A- Hood, Viking Range, and Vinotemp. Just to name a few! Of course, this list will be old by the time the show rolls around. Expect to find even more manufacturers; some you may know as well as a few you don’t, will be onsite or at offsite locations which seem to be happening more at many shows. With these three events merged here in Las Vegas, we can now see and talk with exhibitors from every part of the industry during the same week. Thank goodness I’ve decided to buy new shoes! I look forward to reporting on these events in the upcoming months and showing you all of the new products and innovations that The Retail Observer is on the lookout for! Just remember that the best way to see what’s being offered is to be there yourself and if you’re at a show and see me, please stop to chat and tell me what you think. |
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