Here are some select posts about the Jan 22-24 event in Orlando, Florida…

Broad international themes from Shop.org
Zia Daniell Wigder, JupiterResearch
This is the third Shop.org event I’ve attended over the past couple of years – it’s been a lot of fun to see global topics starting to play a key role in this online retail conference.

Acquisition Versus Retention - New Thoughts on an Old Argument
Mitch Joel, Twist Image
While attending the Shop.org Strategy And Innovation Forum in Orlando today, I had the pleasure of presenting on the topic of Social Shopping with Carrie Johnson from Forrester Research. We each did a twenty-minute presentation with about fifteen minutes of questions and answers. One individual asked our thoughts on where online merchants should best devote their time - on retention or acquisition?Canadians

Canadians Take Shop.org Innovation Forum by Storm
Evolving Shift, Simon Rodrigue
I just got back from Shop.org’s first Strategy and Innovation Forum and I am happy to report that Canadians stole the show. As an aside if you haven’t been to one of the shop.org events you need to put one on your schedule for 2008.