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    Lancaster University event

    Lancaster University event

    19th August 2011 | 1 min read

    Barry Grange CEO of Retail Express will be one of the keynote speakers at the University of Lancaster’s half-day event in London on 14th October, 2pm-6pm. The event will cover different aspects of the challenges in promotional forecasting & evaluation for supply chain management, which badly affects retailers and manufacturers alike. The event will kick off with Prof. Robert Fildes, director of the Lancaster Centre for Forecasting, with an overview of current practices and research in promotional forecasting.

    Attendance at this event is FREE but places are limited

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