WithIt Presents Hot Trends Talk at Las Vegas Market

Furniture World Magazine

Industry veteran Mary Liz Curtin will present Hot Trends and Timeless Traditions: What's Selling, Who's Buying and Where are They Shopping? at the World Market Center this summer. Curtin, a professional speaker, writer, and sales and marketing therapist, will deliver a WithIt seminar with useful information in a lively manner that will give us new ways to interface with our clients. The afternoon seminar, hosted by the WithIt Western regions and sponsored by WithIt, eBay and the World Market Center, will be held from 3:00 to 4:30 pm. on Tuesday, July 25, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, room S226. Whether you are an emerging or established retailer or manufacturer, Curtin can help you find the answers you need to run a more profitable and successful business. As retail in the home industries changes and evolves, watching trends, knowing our customers and learning what they want and need is essential for success. Curtin will discuss different consumers and their needs, review some of the top retailers and how they work so that you may be inspired to create your marketing and design plans for the coming months. The event will begin with refreshments and networking, and is free of charge. All furnishings professionals in the retail, manufacturing and supply sectors are welcome. For more information about WithIt¹s 2006 national and regional activities, visit www.withit.org or contact Executive Director, Sara Lyke. WithIt, founded in 1997, encourages and develops leadership, mentoring, education and career opportunities for women in the home furnishings industry.