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Over the past several years of recession and recovery, economic, demographic, and other influencers created fundamental changes in the way retailers and manufacturers met shopper demand. Rate or pace of change in our industry has been running at incredible speed and it just keeps accelerating. We’ve relied heavily on the past to predict the future, but history is not always a good predictor for the future. It’s okay to look in the rear-view mirror, but what’s more important lies ahead! Easier said than done, but companies who are not investing in the future will be short-lived. Now more than ever, organizations need to work “in concert” within and outside of their organizations to drive growth.

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