Canright Calendar

Nearly every business was hit hard during the pandemic, and for retail brands, this was no exception. How have the most successful of retail businesses adapted over the last year, and what can brands in this vertical do to optimize their advertising and business practices? 

Centro’s Page Kelley will share how retail brands can conquer challenges related not just to their competition, but their industries, evolving consumer behaviors, and the changing media landscape.

• What new and accelerated industry trends exist 
• How changes in customer behavior impact media planning 
• Where challenger brands should invest in innovative advertising strategies 

https://www.centro.net/webinar/2021/03/vertical-viewpoint-conquering-challenges-as-a-retail-brand

Distinguished Speaker Series featuring Tom Keck, ’97, Partner, Head of Research and Portfolio Management, Stepstone Group.

https://web.cvent.com/event/4db4e366-1180-40d8-95fd-a17e45853988/summary

What happens to our brains when we’re rejected in social situations or made to feel less than? Surprisingly, the neuroscience behind these reactions is similar to that of our early ancestors but their survival was at stake. Most of the threats that our brains now face involve inclusion (or lack of) in our workplace. In this webinar, address diversity and inclusion, with a focus on inclusivity and the neuroscience behind it. Attendees should come away knowing that belonging is a global need, and that inclusion is more than being nice; It’s believing the experiences of others and supporting and validating those experiences.

http://www.illinoisdiversitycouncil.org/events/2021-april-lunch-nlearn-meeting/

Matthew Klein, Economics Commentator, Barron's, observes that the difference between U.S. exports and imports of manufactured goods is now at its highest level ever relative to the size of the economy, having grown from about 4% of gross domestic product before the pandemic to roughly 5% in March 2021.  Moreover, he maintains that some of the funds appropriated for the Cares Act and follow-on legislation effectively leaked outside America’s borders, partly compensating households and businesses in the rest of the world.

His commentary is informed by the view that a global conflict between unequal economic classes within countries is being misinterpreted as a series of trade, commercial and political conflicts between countries with competing national interests. The result across the world is that the rich have prospered while workers can no longer afford to buy what they produce, have lost their jobs, or have been forced into higher levels of debt.

This presentation is designed for the global trade practitioner who:

• Needs insight on the trends driving US exports and imports

• Asks why the global economic recovery is being paid for by the US taxpayer

• Is skeptical that the Biden administration’s trade policies are fundamentally different from his predecessor’s

• Questions whether today’s trade conflicts are caused by governments promoting the interest of elites at the expense of workers

https://itcc.wildapricot.org/event-4240446/Registration