Who won the Apple Watch from the Retail Pro® survey?
This January, retailers from all over the world participated in our survey to gauge what issues are priority for 2016. For those of you who participated, THANK YOU!
Check out the survey results here to see which hot issues retailers are tackling today, find out how you compare with what’s in the media today – omnichannel, mobile, emerging technology, Big Data, customer experience – and then BELOW, see which survey participant won the drawing for the Apple Watch!
Find out what’s happening behind retail doors today!
And the winner is…!
Kate Botelho | The Preservation Society of Newport County
Kate Botelho | The Preservation Society of Newport County | e-Commerce Manager
The Breakers Mansion. See it on the Preservation Society’s Pinterest: http://bit.ly/1S6th6w
Kate currently works as the E-Commerce Manager and Systems Administrator for The Preservation Society of Newport County, which operates 5 Newport Mansions® stores.
The Preservation Society of Newport County is Rhode Island’s largest cultural organization dedicated to preserving and protecting 11 historic properties and landscapes, 7 of which are National Historic Landmarks.
Kate has been with the organization for 15 years and has worked in all facets of museum retail, including store management, inventory control, receiving and merchandising, buying, and product development and design.
Kate spearheaded the creation of NewportStyle.net®,the online home of the Newport Mansions Stores, in order to bring the Newport, Rhode Island based stores to a larger audience. Currently Kate serves as Secretary for the Museum Store Association’s North Atlantic Chapter.
Kate also led the charge for the update from Retail Pro version 8 to 9 and she built the foundation for a BETA program to build an e-Commerce bridge. Here’s a quick look at their awesome site!
newportstyle.net
When the opportunity presented itself for her to attend the Retail Pro Americas Summit in Las Vegas, Kate jumped at the chance. Here’s a word from Kate:
Being from the non-profit environment these opportunities don’t always come around and I was thankful my institution saw the benefits of my attending. Winning the Apple watch was such an added treat to an already valuable customer summit.
In museum retail we can sometimes be behind the curve with new technologies, but when we first heard about Retail Pro Prism® we wanted to learn all we could. I was not disappointed! My colleague and I left with an excitement for the future of Retail Pro that we brought back with us to Newport.
We are looking forward to utilizing Prism and seeing it benefit our stores.
Kate Botelho
And here’s Kate’s colleague, super impressed by the hardware he saw at our Retail Expo!
They’re always busy at the Preservation Society. Right now, their wholesale department is branching out with their first trade show next week on the Cape, redesigning the store at their Breakers mansions, and opening a new location at the Green Animals Topiary Garden this May.
The Preservation Society’s wholesale show booth was a big hit on the Cape!
Congratulations on your success and on winning the Apple Watch, Kate!
