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Retail branding in fresh produce – a discussion
Are you ready to talk about branding and more effective communication with consumers? Join me, PMA’s Joe Watson and DMA Solutions Dan’l Mackey Almy as we discuss the...

Are you ready to talk about branding and more effective communication with consumers?
Join me, PMA’s Joe Watson and DMA Solutions Dan’l Mackey Almy as we discuss the Art and Science of Retail Marketing on Wednesday, September 1, as part of the Produce Marketing Association Town Hall series.
PMA’s Scott Rutherford will moderate a discussion of branding in the produce department.
To get us ready to talk, I did a little hometown store check to take the pulse of branding at my local stores. I hope you have a chance to look around your stores, too.
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Let’s compare notes!
Pamela Riemenschneider is the Retail Editor for Blue Book Services.

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