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Labor Tensions Cause Port Headaches for Retail, Manufacturing Industries

Associations Now

This past weekend, the pain points for much of the retail industry weren’t anywhere near the stores. retail industry. In 2002, after a 10-day work stoppage at the ports, President George W. “To bring in product efficiently and effectively is something that sustains so many jobs in our industry. maritime trade.

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Pop-Up Events: The Next Trend for Associations?

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One company that’s found success is Target, which started hosting them back in 2002. This was the first stop on NPB’s #PeanutPower Pop-Up Tour , which also included Chicago; Washington, DC; Los Angeles; Atlanta; and Lake Tahoe. Our pop-up stores may be temporary, but they leave quite an impression. Buzz builder.

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Oscars Foul-Up: Lessons From Notable Event Embarrassments

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“They had a pretty simple job to do and messed it up spectacularly,” branding expert Nigel Currie said of PwC in comments to the Los Angeles Times. At one of those events, the 2014 Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) annual meeting, a shoe was thrown at the former first lady’s head. The takeaway?

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Transportation Group Hopes Annual List Guides Infrastructure Decisions

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Cincinnati; and Los Angeles. Dan Murray, ATRI vice president, explained during the conference call that Houston is an “extremely industrial city,” where trucks mix with commuters in rush-hour traffic. As the trucking industry’s nonprofit research organization, ATRI has been collecting and analyzing truck GPS data since 2002.