BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:78263da8543bf0d438067c1ae302aab715 CATEGORIES:Program Meetings SUMMARY:August Program Meeting "The Changing Face of Retail" LOCATION:University Club of Milwaukee\, 924 E. Wells St.\, Milwaukee, WI 53202 DESCRIPTION:
Augu
st Program Meeting
"The Changing
Face of Retail"
Date: Thursday, A
ugust 16, 2018
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:15
p.m.
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Agenda:
11:30 a.m. - Noon | Registration & Networkin
g
Noon - 1:15 p.
m. | Lunch & Panel Discussion
TEMPO Milwaukee Members | No C
ost
Guests | $35
Program Description:
The wor
ld of retail is ever-changing as it adapts to the constant evolution of con
sumer trends. Join us for a panel discussion with three retail experts who
live, breathe and study the past, present and future of retail environments
. Attendees will hear from Samantha Gravina, General Manager at IKEA, Marga
ret Harris, Co-Founder of Sendik's and David Livingston of DJL Research, mo
derated by Corri Hess of BizTimes on staying ahead of trends, dynamics of b
eing family owned versus corporate, the rise and fall of big brick and mort
ar stores and the effects of a tightening labor market. The panelists will
leave attendees with a look into the future of retail, anticipating and pre
dicting what's to come for this ever-changing industry.
About Samantha Gravina:
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/span>Samantha Gravina joined IKEA in 2000 at
Chicago-area IKEA Schaumburg as a part-time furniture sales co-worker whil
e pursuing her MBA and working full time at a non-for-profit organization i
n marketing. She soon moved into the IKEA leadership team full-time at both
IKEA Schaumburg and IKEA Bolingbrook in similar positions. Five years late
r, she became the local marketing specialist handling responsibilities for
both stores. She shifted focus from marketing to sales in 2008 by serving a
s deputy sales manager at IKEA Schaumburg until being promoted to sales man
ager two years later. In 2016, Gravina was named deputy store manager of IK
EA Bolingbrook and, in 2017, became acting store manager, where she served
until being appointed store manager of the IKEA Oak Creek. She enjoys the w
ork life balance IKEA offers and spends a lot of time with her husband and
two children.
About Margar
et Harris:
Margaret Harris co
-owns Milwaukee-based Sendiks Food Markets with her three brothers: Ted, Pa
trick, and Nick. They carry on the long-standing tradition of providing the
ir guests only the best grocery shopping experience, period. Born and raise
d in Wisconsin, Margaret is passionate about giving back to the community.
She administers Sendik's Giving and has served on a number of charitable bo
ards. Margaret's many responsibilities include the Sendik's Home Department
(floral & gifts), creative direction, product development, branding an
d store design.
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About David Livingston: David began his career in supermarket site analysis and competiti
ve intelligence more than 36 years ago at Scrivner in Oklahoma City. His pr
evious supermarket experience began in 1972 at age 13, working at an IGA su
permarket in Indiana. In 1982, David began working as a market analyst at S
crivner where he learned skills in computer gravity modeling, demographic a
nalysis, and competitive intelligence. In 1986, David moved to Wisconsin t
o be the Market Research Manager at Roundy's. He held this position for ove
r 16 years, performing all the market studies for Roundy's corporate stores
and independent customers in the mid-west. After Roundy’s was sold i
n 2002, David became self- employed and was able to continue servicing seve
ral Roundy’s retailers in addition to adding several new clients, inc
luding investors, real estate investment trusts, shopping center developers
, grocery wholesalers and other consulting firms.
Progra
m Sponsor:
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