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NAB shares learnings from the World Retail Congress and Awards

Nov 21st, 08:14



NAB shares learnings from the World Retail Congress and Awards


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The World Retail Congress, held in Paris this year, hosted over 1200 delegates from 48 countries for retailers across the globe to share and learn from their peers. John Bowles and Gill Randall, Joint MD’s from the Newspaper Advertising Bureau, attended the congress and came home with several insights.

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