What Happened: NAW’s 2009 Executive Summit – ‘Profiting Despite the Difficult Economy’
by Christina Lee on February 6th, 2009
The idea first sparked last spring. Ron Schreibman, along with others in the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, had already seen the news and heard of companies suffering under the problematic economy. In the meantime, this senior vice-president of strategic direction had to organize an annual executive summit for 2009, “a meeting of the collective leadership of the wholesale industry.” Then the two thoughts converged. He realized that the association and its members should create a productive discussion, “to go beyond just articulating what the problems are.” “Yes, it’s difficult,” he thought, “but there are things that companies are doing that... Read more »