As the Governor a Question?
Register for the CRMA Awards Luncheon Today
Big City Primaries Tuesday
Links to Live By
Retail News and Notes
- With Labor Day behind us and the summer officially over, we turn our attention to our Annual Awards Luncheon.
- This year we are excited that Governor Lamont will join us and give some remarks to our group prior to the awards luncheon.
- We expect that the Governor will take a few questions from members of the audience and it got us thinking about what questions we should ask.
- That lead us to think, who better to know what questions retailers should ask the Governor than retailers themselves.
- So, we are challenging members to send us what question they would ask the Governor if they had the chance.
- If you had one question to ask the Governor, what would it be? Send that question today and if your question is selected, we will send you two complimentary tickets to the awards luncheon.
- Not every organization in the State is having the Governor attend their events so we have a unique opportunity to have the Governor’s full attention. So, give it some thought and send us your questions today!
- You can send you question via email to Cathy in our office cathy@ctretailnetwork.com.
Register for the CRMA Awards Luncheon Today
- In addition to sending us your question to the Governor, we strongly recommend you register for the luncheon today as well.
- You can register online by visiting our website, crmaonline.com/events.
- We are excited that the Governor will be there and that we will honor great retailers with our awards again this year.
- This is a great event for the retail industry. We hope you can join us.
Big City Primaries Tuesday
- In the world of CT state politics, the fall brings municipal elections. All towns and cities will hold elections for mayors, first selectman, and local boards of representation.
- In three of CT’s largest cities, New Haven, Bridgeport and Hartford, the incumbent Mayors are facing primary challenges that grab our attention.
- In New Haven, incumbent Mayor Toni Harp is facing a challenge from Justin Eliker. As that race gets close to the end lots of discussion about corruption. You can here for a good look at that race.
- Meanwhile, in Hartford Luke Bornin is facing a challenge from former mayor Eddie Perez. They held a debate last night and you can take a look at how that went by going here.
- And in Bridgeport, incumbent Mayor Joe Ganim is facing a challenge from State Senator Marilyn Moore. That race is heating up too as we head toward election day. You can go here for a look at the latest.
- We keep an eye on all the local races and will keep you up to date on any game changers. Meanwhile, if you have some interesting local races you are involved with, please feel free to share them with us.
Links to Live By
- Keith Phaneuf of the CT Mirror has two good stories on CT’s budget situation.
- One, deals with a recent report on overtime by state employees.
- The other has State Comptroller, Kevin Lembo, expressing some caution on the status of the state surplus.
- The Courant’s Jon Lender takes a look at a CT lawmaker’s involvement with his personal property and a recent accident that took place there.
Retail News and Notes
- AT&T, Verizon run with 5G demos at NFL games AT&T and Verizon will use the start of the National Football League season this weekend to give fans a taste of 5G’s potential, with Verizon saying it will equip 13 stadiums with its 5G “Ultra Wideband” links. AT&T will confine its 5G activities to the Dallas Cowboys’ home AT&T Stadium by demonstrating augmented reality technology and allowing fans to test 5G speeds on phones and mobile hot spots.MediaPost Communications (9/5), USA Today (9/5)
- How Target is innovating with smaller stores Target’s brick-and-mortar store strategy has included the opening of more than 100 small-format stores over the past few years, as part of a push to create more curated shopping experiences and expand further into urban areas. “Even today somewhere around 90% of retail is still done in stores. The store isn’t going away,” Target’s Chief Operating Officer John Mulligan said.CNBC (8/23), Modern Retail (8/27)
- Infographic: Get to know in-store shoppers A quarter of consumers who shop physically in stores are families with a total income of between $25,000 to $50,000, the largest demographic, and brick-and-mortar shoppers are fairly evenly split among age groups, Resonate reports. The study found that in-store shoppers are 48% more likely than average consumers to value duty, 27% more likely to value conformity and 23% more likely to value creativity. Adweek (tiered subscription model) (9/3)