About Us
RetailConnections Team
RetailConnections serves senior retail executives by hosting events that provide exceptional learning and networking. We believe the value of establishing new business relationships in person far outweighs other forms of communication. In this era when knowledge from all retail departments is intertwined, events that bring together top-level management from every function area deliver the greatest business insights.
Marc Millstein, founder, president
Millstein brings more than 25 years of hands-on experience analyzing the most important developments in retail and launching events for senior executives. His background includes 17 years with Fairchild Publications, now a division of Condé Nast Media. At Fairchild, he launched the technology and logistics sections in Supermarket News and founded Executive Technology magazine. The award-winning news executive served as editor-in-chief for Club News, the IS Solutions newsletter, Executive Technology as well as the franchise's CIO Summits, web site and daily e-newsletter. Millstein also spearheaded news sections in Women's Wear Daily, Daily News Record and Home Furnishings News, among other Fairchild newspapers and magazines. Millstein and his family make their home in Tarrytown, N.Y.
marc@retailconnections.com
Denise Power, vice president, editorial
Power's 25-year journalism career took root in daily consumer newspapers in Illinois and New Jersey, where she worked up from reporter to management positions before shifting to business-to-business publishing in New York. She's been integral to two B2B publishing startups including Executive Technology, founded by Marc Millstein at Fairchild Publications (Condé Nast Media). Power's 14-year career at Fairchild began at Supermarket News, where she served as associate editor. She covered the retail technology beat for the print and online channels and advanced to managing editor and executive editor at Executive Technology before moving to Women's Wear Daily, where she wrote and edited the technology section. She is based in Chicago.
denise@retailconnections.com
LuAnn Hallberg, senior director, business development and sales
Hallberg has an extensive sales and marketing background. Prior to joining RetailConnections, she served as a senior national account executive eight years
at VertMarkets Inc. During that time she was an integral part of RetailSolutionsOnline's double-digit growth year after year. Hallberg also worked closely with solution providers to develop personalized marketing plans to meet their specific needs and business objectives. Hallberg, who is based in Spartansburg, Pa., holds an MBA from Gannon University.
luann@retailconnections.com
Kathi Dehm, senior business manager
Dehm brings 10 plus years of business management experience to the team. Dehm's 18-year career at Fairchild Publications (Condé Nast Media) started with a sales assistant position at Sportstyle magazine. After earning several promotions, she became director of business for the Fairchild Retail Group, which included: Supermarket News, Home Furnishing News, Executive Technology and InFurniture. During her tenure at Fairchild, Dehm helped launch several titles including InFurniture. In 2002 she was awarded the Fairchild First Award (employee of the year). In 2004, as part of the Supermarket News team, she shared in the Business to Business Impact Award. Based in Rhode Island, Dehm joined Retail Connections in 2009.
kathi@retailconnections.com
