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Groupon and me!

Week 2 and five days after my Groupon coupon has run.
YAY! Round One is over. Now on to the next step! Our offer of beauty was: A private makeup session, skin care lesson, and a skin softening aromatherapy hand treatment. It also includes a refreshing signature beverage (alcoholic if they’d like) and a few decadent edibles both served on a silver tray. The offer featured on a Saturday. I was...

Day 2 of Global Shop, March 2010

Read my report on conference sessions from day two of Global Shop, www.globalshop.org; much for spas to take away.
Day Two of Global Shop began with a keynote presentation by Wendy Liebmann, CEO and Chief Shopper of WSL Retail Strategies. Liebmann’s session was entitled “ Hope for Retail .” According to Liebmann, we’ve had a decade of calamitous change, and the crisis is over, but the behaviors and impact are not; fear and uncertainty remain. Some aspects of the...

Report from Day 1 of Global Shop, March 2010

Read my report on some fascinating conference sessions, and how they apply to spas, at the largest trade show for the retail industry in the world.
On March 10, I attended the first day of Global Shop 2010 ( www.globalshop.org ) at the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas. Global Shop is the largest annual in-store marketing and store design event in the world, featuring over 700 exhibitors and 16,000+ buyers. This is where over 80% of the top retailers go to see thousands of ideas...