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Southwest + Pacific Chapter May 2026 Newsletter!
Spring is here, and so is Spring Fashion. As we all get into the warmer weather and the wardrobe refresh, here are some recaps of the past couple of months since our last newsletter. April 30th we had our most recent event at the furniture showroom destination, SOCO and the OC Mix in Costa Mesa. Joybird hosted the Retail Design Institute and RCA and showed us how a furniture showroom can truly provide the perfect environment for hospitality. SOCO and the OC Mix is a unique sh
Jun 1
Heartland - March Retail Talk Recap: Redesigning the Future of Grocery
Last Thursday, our chapter hosted our inaugural Retail Talk —and I’ve been thinking about it ever since. Going into the final week of planning the conversation, I still wasn’t entirely sure what it was going to be. I'd just gotten back home from a fun but chaotic trip to Seattle, was more depleted than I wanted to admit, and found myself in a familiar place a few hours before we went live: staring blankly at my screen, questioning if I actually had anything worthwhile to say.
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