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From Home Furnishing Business
Google to Keynote MicroD Drive Conference
October 14,
2019 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry 
MicroD, a leading provider of online product catalog solutions and digital brand visibility for the home furnishings industry, has announced that Google will deliver a keynote address to home furnishings retailers and manufacturers during MicroD’s first user conference, Drive Conference 2020, on March 17 – 19, 2020 in Charlotte.
Alex Chanson, business lead for retail, and Lacie Sandstrom, specialty retail account manager, will talk about how digital is transforming the way that retailers and manufacturers effectively grow their businesses. These Google experts have a combined 20 years of experience in technology and retail along with having helped some of the furniture industry’s leading companies.
“There is no more fitting way to kick off our first user conference,” said Mona Nigam, vice president of marketing, MicroD. “MicroD’s network of retailers and manufacturers represent a unique niche with unique challenges impacting their businesses. We are delighted that Google will join us in educating our clients on the strategies to implement for continued growth online and in the brick and mortar spaces.”
The Drive Conference will focus on “Driving Your 2020 Vision” for its retail and manufacturing clients by providing seminars, workshops, and general sessions on topics of eCommerce, product visualization, digital marketing, EDI and supply chain efficiencies, evolving business strategies, and the inner workings of MicroD’s platform and ecosystem. The inaugural event is expected to bring hundreds of attendees to the user conference held in Charlotte.