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\nHIGH POINT \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Author and trend guru Robyn Waters will speak at the High Point Market Authority\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first-ever evening educational event next week.
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\nThe event is set for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 18, in the High Point Theater. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s free for marketgoers, but reservations are required and seating is limited. To secure a seat, contact the Market Authority at (336) 869-1000, extension 227.<\/p>\n
Waters, known as the woman who put the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153tahr-zhay\u00e2\u20ac\u009d into Target, is the author of two books on turning trends into profits \u00e2\u20ac\u201d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Trendmaster\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Guide: Get a Jump on What Your Customer Wants Next,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Hummer and the Mini: Navigating The Contradictions of The New Trend Landscape,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d newly released by Portfolio Hardcover.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Educational events abound during the day here at High Point Market, but there are many buyers who simply can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t deviate from their shopping itineraries while the showrooms are open for business,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Brian Casey, Market Authority president. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We believe many of these marketgoers would welcome the opportunity to participate if there were high-level educational programs during the evenings that offered ideas to drive sales and profits.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
According to Casey, Waters\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 more than 25 years of experience in retail America include her substantial contribution to the rise of Target as a consumer powerhouse while she worked there as vice president of trend, design and product development.<\/p>\n
Waters is president of RW Trend, a consulting firm whose clients include Procter & Gamble, QVC, Fidelity Investments, Piper Jaffray and Microsoft.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Her visual presentations challenge her audiences to look at trends \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcfrom the inside out\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 by focusing their attention on what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s important instead of just what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s next,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Casey. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153When she speaks, energies are revitalized, perspectives are reframed and possibilities are re-envisioned \u00e2\u20ac\u201d making her the ideal presenter for our market guests. Her presentation will bring us all up to the minute, and show us where the minute is going.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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