ASTRA Announces 2016 Marketplace & Academy Keynote Speakers

astra_logo_smallStress management guru Colette Carlson and Bob Phibbs, the Retail Doctor, will headline the American Specialty Toy Retailing Association’s (ASTRA’s) 2016 Marketplace & Academy taking place June 5-8, 2016 in Denver, Colo.

Carlson will open the event with an interactive keynote with tips ASTRA members can use to produce more in less time with fewer resources, while staying focused, positive and engaged, and Phibbs will give members creative new ideas for attracting and training better employees, ideas for reinventing the in-store experience, and tools for engaging their customers.

Registration is now open, and early bird registration ends Feb. 29. Visit www.astramarketplace.org for the complete ASTRA Marketplace & Academy program.

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Elyse Carmosino

Elyse Carmosino

Elyse Carmosino is an editorial intern at Adventure Publishing Group. She is a junior journalism and global studies double major at Hofstra University and is originally from Boston, Massachusetts. She spends her days helping run Hofstra University’s chapter of Society of Professional Journalists and dancing in various on-campus clubs. Her previous experience includes writing for College Lifestyles online magazine and for Hofstra’s campus newspaper The Chronicle.

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