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NAHAD holding 20th Annual Convention

April 23, 2014 By Paul Heney Leave a Comment

NAHADNAHAD, the Association for Hose and Accessories Distribution, is hosting its 30th Annual Convention from April 26-30 at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix, Arizona. The group says that this is the only worldwide event dedicated to serving hose distributors, manufacturers and suppliers.

The Annual Convention brings more than 900 attendees together for four days of business education, face-to-face business networking, the Showcase of Hose Solutions exhibition program, the group’s George Carver Award and a variety of social events. The goal of the Convention is to build stronger trading partner relationships, as well as deliver new product introductions and hose solutions.

Some of the sessions to be presented include:

• The profit sandwich
• Personnel productivity improvement
• The revenue mindset referral
• Business, up-selling & why you can’t out-market your mindset
• Max out margins with effective pricing
• Preparing for 2020 —The manager’s guide to dealing with the new workforce
• How to grow your business with simple, powerful marketing: No-cost techniques for revenue growth
• SWAT team selling—Lead your sales force forward
• The case for reshoring—To offshore or reshore? How to objectively decide
• The shale energy revolution—Latest market research findings
• U.S. tax, healthcare and regulatory policy updates

The Design World staff will be attending and covering the NAHAD Annual Convention, so stay please tuned for updates on this blog.

For more information, visit www.nahad.org.

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