On behalf of the University of Hawai‘i Shidler College of Business Alumni Association and the Travel Industry Management International, Inc, we would like to invite you to join us for our webinar series on supporting the reopening of Hawai‘i’s tourism industry. The webinars are designed to stimulate ideas for solutions that can be implemented by Hawaii businesses, tourism stakeholders, hospitality workers and the general public.
This week's event is a panel discussion on Impacts and Forecast of the Retail & Shopping Center Industry.
Panelists:
- Cory Beall, President, The Beall Corporation
- Meli James, Co-Founder, Mana Up Hawaii
- Paul Kosasa, President & CEO, ABC Stores
- Sam Shenkus, VP & Director of Marketing, Royal Hawaiian Center
- Tina Yamaki, President, Retail Merchants of Hawaii
Moderators:
- Masato Itoh, Leasing Representative and Principal Broker, Brookfield Properties
- Scott Rasak, Chief Operating Officer, JOCOR Distro
Topics Include:
- Safety implements at shopping center and retail outlets
- Small business pivots during the pandemic and post-covid
- E-Commerce tools and growing your online business
- Forecast and outlook on leasing
- Neighbor Island challenges for the restart of tourism
- How the supply chain and distribution cycle has changed
- Establishing new retail opportunities outside of Hawaii
- Impacts to retailers in 2020 and beyond