The Heritage Ohio Webinar Series is webcast live every first Wednesday of the month. Our webinars introduce you to a wide array of preservation and revitalization topics.
Please join us in exploring 10 key trends, insights, observations, and musings regarding the retail industry in Central Ohio and beyond.
This is Boulevard Strategies’ 7th Annual Top 10 List. They start from scratch each year and write all new material. They do not try to cover every trend, every year. Having said that, there are a few constants. They always start off by looking at the economy, particularly, consumer confidence, then they review local retail real estate stats and major new projects in the pipeline. They always devote one page to all things Wal-Mart: love’me or hate’em, you’d be a fool to ignore’em. And Boulevard Strategies always serve up their ever-popular “What’s Hot, What’s Not” zingers. Otherwise, they try to share with you what they’re seeing, experiencing, reading about, and thinking about lately.
So please join us on February 1st from 1:00PM to 2:00PM and see what’s going to be hot in 2012!
About your speaker: Chris Boring is a principal and the founder of Boulevard Strategies, a Columbus-based retail consulting and urban planning firm that specializes in market analysis. He has completed over 60 market studies for downtowns and commercial corridors in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. The firm has already been awarded three new market studies in 2012 (Anderson Township, west Dayton neighborhoods, historic downtown Pataskala) with a fourth pending (downtown Findlay).
Mr. Boring is also currently collaborating with his new partner Deb Miller, a retail marketing and visual merchandising expert, and Heritage Ohio on “Retail is Detail”, a workforce development program aimed at assisting small retailers and restaurants such as those in Main Street communities. We have worked with businesses in Kent, Defiance, Greenville, Van Wert, Norwalk, Port Clinton, Wilmington, Portsmouth, and Cambridge so far but will need to find sources of additional funding to bring Retail is Detail to more communities.
In addition to client-based assignments, Mr. Boring tracks retail trends, in general, is frequently quoted in the media, and often serves as a panelist at industry seminars He grew up in Springfield, Ohio and earned his Bachelors and his Masters degrees in Business Administration, both from Bowling Green State University.
The Details
When: February 1st from 1:00PM to 2:00PM
Level of Discussion: Introductory
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