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CECI TEACHES @ PARSONS

I am honored to join the The New School/Parson’s School of Design teaching a Fall graduate level Retailing & Service Design course within the Fashion Management department ( www.newschool.edu ). The course provides an overview of the principles, procedures, disciplines and applications involved in successful retailing today. I add to the core foundation by sharing […]

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SMART RETAIL TECH CONFERENCE LAS VEGAS

Last week as advisor, I was proud to represent Qvalon (www.qvalon.com ), a cloud-based solution to manage, monitor and magnify omnichannel retail businesses at the Smart Retail Tech Conference in Las Vegas. As a retail leader I believe this mobile based tool provides for consistency in the execution of operational standards across a network of […]

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SMART USE OF PUBLIC SPACE

NOTES FROM THE FIELD 7/21 Earlier this year I shared my perspective, along with several examples, on creative use of vacated commercial space. Such investment drives revenue, generates interest, and revitalizes communities (https://www.linkedin.com/in/timceci/detail/recent-activity/documents/). After my recent involvement with three important New York City projects,  I will expand upon that conversation to include public spaces. While […]

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JUST PIVOT. . . . CONVERSATIONS

NOTES FROM THE FIELD 7/21 If there were nominees for the popularity and frequency of key words over the last year, by far one of the major finalists would be “pivot.” I have heard the concept and meaning behind pivot in more conversations than ever before, particularly during these pandemic times. The word reflects an […]

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