1. Retail Ecosystem

Come Join The Content Guy At GroceryShop 2023

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I’ll be at GroceryShop 2023 in Las Vegas next month and am planning to host a get-together of MNB readers on Wednesday evening, September 20.  If you’re going to be there and would like to join me, send me an email and I’ll start to pull together a list.  I’ll send you details as we get closer.

It has been a while since we’ve done one of these, and I’m looking forward to hanging out with the MNB community.

Cheers!

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