Washington, D.C.’s First Annual Restaurant and Specialty Retail Summit - The First of Many for Local Industry Leaders

On Wednesday, June 12, the Seyfarth Shaw DC office hosted its first Restaurant and Specialty Retail Summit. Together with co-hosts Streetsense and CohnReznick, Partner Andrew Sherman, creator and moderator of the event, sought to bring together local restauranteurs and specialty retail businesspeople to start a conversation about the latest trends at the forefront of the restaurant and retail industry. The event drew in around eighty local leaders in the restaurant and specialty retail industries, some of whom contributed their own restaurants’ signature dishes to the lunch buffet. Panelists discussed a variety of topics over three separate panels, including subjects like building a strong foundation for a successful restaurant, site design and customer experience, current legal and regulatory challenges inherent in building retail brands and systems, and important, inescapable trends in the industry.

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