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Brands and Retail Theatre: A Bigger or Lesser Choice?
Watch the webinar hosted by Peter Marshall, TRUnblocked and our own Heidi Van Roon discuss airport and travel retail.
Adapting The Front Line Team for the Retail Revolution
The roles of all customer-facing staff have become more important than ever. Market shifts that once spanned a decade have happened in six short months. The retail industry, and particularly luxury travel retail is undergoing an unprecedented revolution and we are at the very beginning of it. It is a time for retailers and brands to adapt to every customer-facing function. With retailers restructuring, the onus will be on brands to ensure a people-positive experience for their customers.
Future Airports: From Here to Where?
Portland Design, together with the influential travel retail blog trunblocked.com are launching a webinar series – Future Airports: From Here to Where? – to be staged on the 16th September 2020. This event will bring together a remarkable line-up of speakers and panellists
Purple Cow: Remarkable Brand Power
This month, our very own Heidi Van Roon, Founder & President, the SPARK Group of Companies, is featured on Trunblocked, talking Brand Empowerment.
Upcoming Travel Retail Career Sessions
Join SPARK for a virtual information session on careers in travel retail.
Learn what opportunities are available, why a career in travel retail is a great choice, what to expect at interviews and how to tailor your resume to get noticed and get hired. Take advantage of this unique timing to position yourself for an exciting career with brands like
Coty, Estée Lauder, Kiehl’s, Jo Malone, Shiseido, Dior, Bulgari, Hermes and many others. Stay tuned for our next event!
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COVID-19 Summary of Support from the Canadian Government
In light of the current pandemic, I thought to sketch a basic overview of the Government of Canada initiatives for Employees and Employers that are in non-unionized settings. I have
March 2020 Travel Retail Market Update
March 2020 Travel Retail Market Update We stand with you as our industry is brought to its knees. Who could have anticipated the extent of our global crisis and the
A Word from Our Founder and President
There’s one thing you need to know about me: I love sales and I love people. What motivates me—what motivates everybody at SPARK —is discovering how an exceptional sales organization can create win-win-win outcomes for staff, retailers, brands and customers.