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NRF 2022, Day 1
Day 1 at NRF Big Show kicked off with a keynote featuring Target's CEO Brian Cornell and Matthew Shay, President & CEO National Retail Federation. After the usual smalltalk about how business was over the holiday period, the two men started talking about supply chain problems and how they could be overcome alongside any other headwinds the retail sector is bound to experience in the next few months and years. The main focus for Brian Cornell was upstream improvements in visibility and improvement of ports in the US. It was a bit disappointing not to hear about onshoring of manufacturing or alternative sourcing strategies...
NRF 2022, Day 0
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Recent news about the high prevalence of Covid in New York appears to have influenced a few companies to downsize their presence at NRF. However, the show has not started yet and we will see with our own eyes from tomorrow 10am. Look out for our coverage from the show. The typical last minute frenzy of setting up meetings with exhibitors have been a very civil affair in 2022 with nearly all companies also offering a hybrid approach with post-show Zoom (replace with your choice of video meeting software) meetings. Interestingly, the 2022 version has attracted many warehouse automation vendors, from AutoStore to Geek+ and...
Events we will be visiting (and reviewing): Leaders in Logistics, Denmark, March 23-24, 2020
LEADERS IN LOGISTICS, March 23-24th, 2020 Leaders in Logistics: Post and Parcel Summit 2020 is the must-attend summit uniting every logistics and postal operator across EMEA. This year we have supersized, introducing four brand new stages: digital transformation, innovating fulfilment, last mile delivery, and post & parcel strategy! We are also excited to announce the first wave of our 90+ speakers we are confirming. You will be hearing from Chiefs at UPS, PostNord, An Post, SingPost, Canada Post and more! Join 400+ attendees from 40+ countries in Copenhagen next March (23-24) and take home the actionable insights you need to...