The first event of NRF - the ‘reception’ was hosted by Wincor-Nixdorf at the Gotham Hall (very cool place on Broadway and 36th) and was interesting.  I’m really concerned about the attendance at NRF this year and, ultimately, the relevancy given the economy and the state of affairs within the retail sector.  The place tonight was pretty packed, but it seemed to lack cohesion.  I realize that this is a sort of strange statement considering that I’m talking about a party, but previous years seemed to have a sense of anticipation that this really lacked.

The party itself was good - they had a good cover band playing oldies (really good voices particularly for the medium), but there seemed to be ‘distracted’ nature to the party - it seemed to be missing something. Oh well.

I’ve included a picture of the singers - I took a couple of photos with my iphone from the balcony, but it was too dark and they aren’t any good….