CRN Big Fall Event open for Registration
Marian Salzman to deliver Keynote address
Big Fall Event is the Place to Be this fall
News and notes from the State Capitol
News and notes from around the State
- This week we began our push for our Big Fall event that will take place on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts in Hartford.
- Also, this week we have sold numerous tickets and tables for the event, so don’t wait to purchase yours!
- Registration for the Big Fall Event is open NOW, so please go to our website, www.ctretailnetwork.com.
- It is going to be a great event, and you won’t want to miss it!
Marian Salzman to deliver Keynote address
- In addition to honoring a retailer as our Retailer of the Year – and we will make that announcement very soon – we are very excited to announce that Marian Salzman will deliver our Keynote address.
- For those of you who are not familiar with Marian, she is a dynamic speaker who is a global thought leader, trendspotter, and communications professional who has built her career on helping companies and brands anticipate the future and find their sweet spot ahead of the competition.
- We will have a conversation with her about trends she is seeing now and what we might expect to see over the course of the next couple of years, so you can take that information back to your store or business with more knowledge to help manage the every changing world that we live in.
- You can learn more about Marian by going here https://mariansalzman.com/
- We are excited that Marian will be joining us, and it is just one more reason why you don’t want to miss this year’s Big Fall Event.
It is the Place to Be this Fall!
- We are excited that Marian will be joining us, and it is just one more reason why you don’t want to miss this year’s Big Fall Event.
- You can go here to view our flyer for the event- and please feel free to share it with all of your friends and business colleagues.
News and notes from the State Capitol
- Connecticut made an 11.5% return last fiscal year investing its pension assets, placing in the top 25% nationally of large public pension funds, State Treasurer Erick Russell reported this week. The numbers are detailed here by CT Mirror.
- A new report released Wednesday by the state Auditors of Public Accounts found that the state’s venture capital firm failed to properly validate the number of jobs its efforts have created. CTNewsJunkie reports on the findings here.
- Connecticut is entering a new era with the first early in-person voting in a general election and a nearly invisible and overdue technological change — the first, if limited, use of new tabulators that will count votes. CT Mirror reports on the changes here.
- Attorney General William Tong has joined with 41 other attorneys general from around the U.S. and called on Congress to pass legislation requiring a U.S. Surgeon General warning on all algorithm-driven social media platforms. Details reported by the Fairfield County Business Journal here.
News and notes from around the state
- The CBIA Foundation for Economic Growth and Opportunity is promoting what it describes as a “long-term roadmap” to boost the state’s economic competitiveness. Hartford Business Journal looks at the plan here.
- 136 of Connecticut’s 169 municipalities have achieved higher levels of economic well-being in 2023 than they did in 2019, according to the state Department of Labor’s (DOL) analysis of its Connecticut Town Economic Indexes (CTEI). CT Insider Investigator has that story here.
- The new L.L. Bean retail store in Enfield is set to open early next month, company officials announced this week. This is one of four new locations opening for the retailer, as well as the third L.L. Bean store to open in Connecticut, joining sites in South Windsor and Danbury. Hartford Business Journal has details here.
- The Connecticut Insurance Department (CID) has approved a reduced rate hike for individual and group plans for 2025, despite bipartisan pleas to reign in healthcare costs. CTNewsJunkie has the numbers here.
- The Connecticut Education Association (CEA) kicked off its Public Education Champions campaign in Glastonbury this week, calling attention to mental health issues facing students and the need to better support teachers to help prepare tomorrow’s workforce. CTNewsJunkie reports on the kick-off here.
- Is Hartford a college town? A new initiative hopes to make it happen. Details here reported by the Hartford Courant.
- The UConn Fight Song, the championship theme the nation has by now grown familiar with, played Tuesday afternoon as the Huskies’ 2023-24 men’s basketball players and staff members entered the East Room of the White House. CT Post has the details here.