Home agenda: future of shopping takes center stage in China
Beginning March 28, the leading trends in retail, the future of the customer experience and the evolution of the shopping experience will be hot topics at the World Retail Conference in Beijing.
World Retail Conference Asia Pacific
March 28-29
Beijing International Hotel,
Beijing, China
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In 2012 the annual World Retail Conference Asia Pacific brings together retail and market experts from around the region to discuss the latest consumer trends, the impact of mobile retailing, and how the rising spending power of the Asian consumer is altering the face of retailing.
http://www.worldretailcongressasia.com
61st Hannover Messe:
April 23-27
Hanover fairground
Hannover, Germany
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Hannover Messe is the world's biggest industrial fair and is home to the latest industrial technology innovations in the fields of energy, mobility and green tech; this year's show is partnered with China under the title Green Intelligence. In terms of visitor numbers, exhibitors and importance as an industrial tech fair Hannover Messe does not really have an equal; to illustrate this, CeBIT, now the world's largest high-tech fair, was once just a display category within Hannover Messe.
http://www.hannovermesse.de/homepage_e
49th Kitchen and Bath Industry Show (KBIS)
April 24-26
McCormick Palace
Chicago, IL, USA
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KBIS is a purely kitchen and bathroom product-related trade show geared towards designers, architects, wholesalers and other industry professionals. The show hosts the Best of KBIS Awards and features several keynote speeches from members of the kitchen and bathroom industry. KBIS is highly focused and specialized, giving it more in common Spoga Gafa garden show (September), for example, than with interior design events such as Ambiente (February).
http://www.kbis.com/
