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Forum for the Future:
The 2010 Midwest Furniture Club Seminar
On March 10, 2010 the Midwest Furniture Club will sponsor Forum
for the Future, a seminar featuring two speakers covering the dramatic
changes to our industry in the past year. Forum for the
Future will be held at the Stonegate Conference Center in Hoffman
Estates.
The seminar will feature Peter Tourtellot, Managing Director of
Anderson Bauman Tourtellot Vos (ABTV). In September, 2009, ABTV
published a report entitled “The American furniture Industry:
What Will It Take to Survive?”
which caught the imagination of the furniture community as it chronicled
the challenges and changes the industry has faced over the last
decade. Mr. Tourtellot will present the findings of the report
and discuss the state of the furniture business in 2010.
After a business lunch, Leslie Carothers of The Kaleidescope Partnership
and a contributor to Furniture Today on-line, will demonstrate
how consumer’s information gathering and decision making
has changed dramatically and permanently due the revolution in
social media. Ms Carothers presentation uses real time demonstration
of the applications that are changing the way we connect with our
customers.
The seminar is open to all members of the Midwest Furniture
Club and their retail guests.
If you are interested in attending, please contact the chapter President, Geoff Weed at 312 305 6421 or at gweed@ashleyfurniture.com
