The education programme which will be run throughout the Halloween & Party Expo, which is taking place in New Orleans from Friday 25 – Sunday 27 January, 2019, has been revealed, with activity taking place each day of the show.
The three-day timetable is comprised of a number of panel discussions and retail roundtables and has been designed to meet retailers business needs. The carefully designed sessions will help retailers solve their biggest challenges for the upcoming season, from staffing to customer/brand loyalty and from merchandising to add-on sales.
Panel discussions include: Retail & Tech – realistic technologies every merchant should know about to help their business thrive (Friday, 11am); Retaining Customers – expert insight on increasing sales and strengthening brand loyalty (Saturday, 10:30am) and Tips & Tricks – how to diversify your inventory assortment and increase add-on sales all year round.
The retail roundtables include: Balancing Physical & Online Stores – the realities of how this can work without frustration (Friday, 1:00pm); Merchandising – to increase customer engagement and store sales (Saturday, 1:00pm) and Strategies to Strengthen – covering employee engagement, staffing and other in-store employee management issues (Sunday, 1:00pm).
All sessions are on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information about the education timetable, please visit the dedicated section on the H&P Expo website.
