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Good Afternoon,
It has been just over a week since PMA announced its move to join forces with CES in Las Vegas in January.
Although not totally unexpected initially the news still came as a bit of a shock to some and a welcome 'hurrah' to others.
Long time industry figures are calling it a fantastic move and will allow for far greater opportunities for everyone involved.
With the ability to check out the latest from the CE channel at the same time as attending PMA many wholesalers and retailers are looking forward to the opportunity for new agencies and new products to hit the shelves, and therefore open up potential new sales channels, for everyone.
Overall the reaction across the globe has been one of optimism and potential.
Several Australian industry figures have also stated that this change now makes the Australian show of even more importance as a vehicle for showcasing new products and increasing education.
We look forward to watching the development of the new show and conference and would love to see as many Australians in attendance as possible.
Our new Future Leaders program has now wrapped up and whilst there was slow initial take up of the program the end result was very pleasing with over 50 of our industry's Future Leaders attending some really valuable training sessions run by the Friedman Group.
It was great to see so many young people receiving training and it felt like the program was certainly offering more to the industry than the previous Young Achiever Program could , due simply to the fact that more people benefitted.
The reaction from store owners who sent their staff has been very pleasing with many commenting that their staff returned energised, passionate and looking for ways to improve - and that can only be good for everyone!
We look forward to developing the Future Leaders Program into a 'must attend' program for the youth in our industry.
Thank you to everyone who made the effort to send their staff.
Cheers Peter Rose | 
