{"id":1236794,"date":"2013-09-10T09:41:56","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T16:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/09\/10\/retail-pro-to-host-global-conference-for-customers-and-partners-in-barcelona\/"},"modified":"2013-09-19T09:17:42","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T16:17:42","slug":"retail-pro-to-host-global-conference-for-customers-and-partners-in-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/09\/10\/retail-pro-to-host-global-conference-for-customers-and-partners-in-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"Retail Pro to host Global Conference for Customers and Partners in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back-to-school sales are tapering off as September rolls on, while the holiday sales season won&#039;t kick off until November &#8211; so October is the perfect time for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/Solutions\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"dnautolink\">retail industry<\/a> professionals to sharpen their skills and prepare for the year to come. Retail Pro&#039;s Customer and Business Partners will have the opportunity to explore, discuss and ready themselves for&nbsp;the changing retail landscape in Barcelona, Spain next month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As mobile devices&nbsp;continue to play a&nbsp;more prominent role in the industry, Retail Pro Customers will&nbsp;have the chance to hear&nbsp;the&nbsp;CEO of Merchant Warehouse, Henry Helgeson, talk about how this is impacting the sector in Opportunities in Mobile Commerce: Why Retailers Hold the Power. Helgeson will be discussing how retailers can plan for mobile payments at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/Solutions\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"dnautolink\">point of sale<\/a> and enable a streamlined customer buying experience.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In turn, Kevin Connor, Director of Product Management, and Ket&nbsp;Venethongkham, Director of Retail Pro University, will address mobile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/Solutions\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"dnautolink\">POS<\/a>&nbsp;questions with Business&nbsp;Partners during their POS For The Mobile-Centric Consumer presentation.<\/p>\n<p>These are but a few of the topics planned for the two events, which will cover some of the most pressing topics and innovations within the industry right now.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Retail Pro&#039;s Business&nbsp;Partner Summit will run from October&nbsp;18 to 20, while the Customer Summit will be held between October 20 and 22. Both parties can register for the event by visiting&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/Community\/2013Conference\/Registration.php\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/Community\/2013Conference\/Registration.php<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back-to-school sales are tapering off as September rolls on, while the holiday sales season won&#8217;t kick off until November &#8211; so October is the perfect time for retail industry professionals to sharpen their skills and prepare for the year to come. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/09\/10\/retail-pro-to-host-global-conference-for-customers-and-partners-in-barcelona\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1236795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1236794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-retail-pro-in-the-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1236794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236794\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1236795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1236794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1236794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1236794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}