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Curtis Picard: Virtual Eggs & Issues

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Curtis Picard: Virtual Eggs & Issues

We speak with Curtis Picard, President & CEO Retail Association of Maine in preparation for this mornings Virtual Eggs & Issues.  Join the Portland Community Chamber and a panel of retail industry leaders for a discussion on how supply chain shortages have affected their businesses, and where we can find possible solutions. You will learn more about the overall global disruption, access to inventory, and low product supplies, as well as the effect these challenges have had on employee retention and morale.

Curtis Picard serves as President and CEO of the Retail Association of Maine representing retailers of all sizes statewide. Curtis has more than twenty years of trade association experience and previously worked for the Vermont Chamber of Commerce. In his current position, he also helps manage the Maine Grocers and Food Producers Association, the Maine Pharmacy Association, and the Maine Society of Health System Pharmacists

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