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July 8, 2014
From left to right: Elizabeth Paton, U.S. fashion and luxury correspondent for the Financial Times; Sarah Willersdorf, principal at the Boston Consulting Group: Debbie Kiederer, principal at ChalkDust Consulting: Frank Zimmermann, CEO of Arvato Systems North America: and Aaron Mittman, CEO of Sonic Notify. All spoke on a luxury shopping panel last month hosted by the Location Based Marketing Association at The Associated Press HQ
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