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Say “Hi” and “Bye”

Michael Lee Stallard

This year’s conference includes Karen Katz, President and CEO of Nieman Marcus, Maxine Clark, Founder of Build-a-Bear Workshop, Duncan Mac Naughtan, EVP, Chief Merchandising & Marketing Officer for Wal-Mart U.S. On October 10, I will give a keynote speech at the Retailing Summit held in Dallas, Texas.

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Why We Need To Disseminate Innovation To Overcome The Productivity Paradox

The Horizons Tracker

He argues that innovation has three core facets: Innovation generation , which is the sexy stuff you see all the time in the media. The new products, new technology, new startups. Innovation dissemination , which is the movement of these ideas and technologies into mainstream usage. ” Variable outcomes.

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IN COMMEMORATION International Woman's Day

Women in the LEAD

Online Day of Conversation for Women.Celebrating International Women's Day Global Dialogue Center ONLINE CONFERENCE CENTER    In many ways our day was a pioneering adventure to see if we could make such a connection and we did. The conference just ended. It's A New DAY! You were amazing women!

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3 Reasons to Kill Influencer Marketing

Harvard Business Review

In fact, it goes back to research done by Katz and Lazarsfeld , two prominent sociologists, in the 1940’s and 50’s. Now, it hardly makes sense that Hosni Mubarak and Viktor Yanukovych, who controlled the media and the major organs of power, lacked influence or access to influential people. Marketing Social media'