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<p style="text-align:center;">Back by popular demand, Daniel Burrus will share the most important hard trends and related opportunities that are shaping the future of retail, and AI tools you can implement now to lower costs, increase efficiency and gain competitive advantages.  </p> <p style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://www.groceryconnex.com/2022/speaker/576885/daniel-burrus" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img alt="" height="270" src="https://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/2039997-6323af50a85f4.png" width="300" /></a><a href="https://www.groceryconnex.com/2022/speaker/576885/daniel-burrus"><span><span title="Click and drag to resize">​</span></span></a></p> <p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Daniel Burrus is considered one of the World’s Leading Futurists on Global Trends and Innovation.<br /> The New York Times has referred to him as one of the top three business gurus in the highest demand as a speaker.</strong></p> <p style="text-align:center;">He has delivered over 2,800 keynote speeches worldwide, and is a strategic advisor to executives from Fortune 500 companies, helping them to develop game-changing strategies based on his proven methodologies for capitalizing on technology innovations and their future impact. His client list includes companies such as Microsoft, GE, American Express, Google, Deloitte, Procter & Gamble, Honda, and IBM.</p> <p style="text-align:center;">Daniel is the author of seven books, he has been the featured subject of several PBS television specials and has appeared on networks such as CNN, Fox Business, and Bloomberg, and is quoted in a variety of publications, including Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Fortune, and Forbes.</p> <p style="text-align:center;">His accurate predictions date back to the early 1980s, when he became the first and only futurist to accurately identify the 20 technologies that would become the driving force of business and economic change for decades to come. Since then, he has continued to establish a worldwide reputation for his exceptional record of predicting the future of technology-driven change and its direct impact on the business world.</p>

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<p style="text-align:center;">Since every sales opportunity ends with the consumer, it is important that we understand how the consumer is evolving as we head into 2024. Inflationary pressures have reset consumer priorities with more of them unsure about the future. As a result, consumers may be spending more, but they are consuming less. Carman will share the latest data and insights to answer the crucial question: how do we get back to real growth beyond rising prices?<br /><img alt="" height="266" src="https://assets.swoogo.com/uploads/medium/3030234-652554d441c3f.png" width="258" /></p> <p> </p>

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