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Retailers: Hoteliers of the Future

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The hospitality industry is booming, and retailers are taking notice. Several retailers have picked up on this, pushing them to take a dip (for others, a dive) in the hospitality industry, where experience is everything. That’s just the retail industry. View this post on Instagram.

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Small Meetings: F&B Insights from a Supplier

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Concessions, meaning discounting to secure the business, are often seen in contractual percentages off F&B retail pricing or hosted events, but retail pricing has to fluctuate in order for the operators to meet their food/beverage cost targets [margin]. Planners are being tasked to reduce this meeting element.

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Smart Meetings Presents: How to Diva on a Budget

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Rent the Runaway can help you can look like Emma Stone in The Favourite, wearing the castle gown by ML Monique Lhuillier for $95 (retail $998); or inspired by Green Book , wearing the cobalt Marilyn gown by Allison Parris for $75 (retail $485). More : Give a Glam Touch to Your Next Award Gala.

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6 Ways to Inject Retail Therapy in Your Next Meeting

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Event planners can take advantage of the unique landscapes offered by stores large and small to bring people together and add a dash of retail therapy. Blend food, fashion and fun by planning a progressive fashion demonstration. The post 6 Ways to Inject Retail Therapy in Your Next Meeting appeared first on Smart Meetings.

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Puff, Puff, Plan Your Marijuana Policy for Events

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California (retail sale beginning January 2018). Maine (retail sale beginning February 2018). Massachusetts (retail sale beginning July 2018). The states which are not listed have no broadly recognized laws on the matter. Marijuana Legalized for Recreational Use. Washington state. Washington, D.C. Medical Use Legalized.

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Train Stations Blend History and Art to Make Unique Events Venues

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“We’ll have restaurants and coffee shops and bars and retail all going on down here. “This beautiful space will be completely restored and be open to the public,” Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford said to Detroit Free Press. We’re also going to work with the community to see what they would like to happen here.

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Smart Women 2017: Doer

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First job: My first job was working retail at the mall. At the University of Miami, I kept a retail job at Urban Outfitters, along with a full course load, a work study, an internship and a board position at the college radio station. All are skills I rely on in meeting planning. Our size allows us to be nimble.

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