Microsoft and some of the partners involved with What’s Next Retail are planning many exciting things at the NRF 101st Annual Convention & EXPO in New York on January 15-18, 2012.

Junction Solutions will be demonstrating their solutions in Booth #1133.

Cole Systems will be exhibiting solutions for retailers in Booth #259.

Dayforce will be exhibiting at Booth #2271. John Orr, Chief Strategy Officer, will be participating in a number of presentations at the show:

• Delivering a Winning Customer Experience: Leveraging Mobile Technology to Drive Operational Performance!: 01/15/2012; 12:00pm-1:30pm; Breakout Session; Hall E, 1E 14/15/16
• Workforce Performance That Rocks!: Best-in-Class Customer Care at Guitar Center: 01/16/2012, 1:45pm-2:45pm, EXHIBITOR BIG !DEAS, 3D09, Expo Hall
• Hibbett Sports: Driving Top-Line Growth Through Strategic HCM : 01/17/2012; 11:00am-11:45am; EXHIBITOR BIG !DEAS; 3D04, Expo Hall

Microsoft will also be participating in a number of Big !deas sessions:

• Excellence through Innovation: Dynamics Customers Tell Their Story Customer Panel, 1/16/2012; 3:00-3:45 pm
• —Patty Wade – CIO & Vice President Strategic Planning Mattress Firm
• —Ken Murphy – National Vice President of Sales  Mattress Firm
• —Chandru Shankar – Microsoft Services
• —Muhammad Alam – Microsoft Services
• —Howard Tafler – CFO DavidsTea
• —Dominique Choquette – Director of IT  David’s Tea
• —David Weiner – CEO, Cole Systems
• Microsoft for Retail – The Solution for Tomorrow’s Dynamic Retailer….Delivered Today, featuring Fred Studer, Michael Griffiths, Kimberly Greenberger (Morgan Stanley Retail Analyst) : 1/17.2012; 1:45-2:45 pm

If you’d like to schedule a meeting with any of the What’s Next Retail Thought Leaders, please send us a request on our Contact Us page.