As promised, I’m posting this as a follow-up to this year’s NRF show in NYC.  It is going to be a short post as there really isn’t a lot to talk about from the show, particularly in terms of security or compliance.
The big news this year is that the show didn’t suck.  Someone told me that it was the best attended show (by retailers) in the last 5 years.  I’m not sure if that’s an official ruling from the NRF, but I can certainly attest to the fact that traffic …

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 …