Sometimes stepping back and looking from another angle produces a keener appreciation of what’s in your own backyard.
That’s akin to what the staff of Columbus 2020 has done to better define and describe what they have come to call the Retail Innovation Ecosystem of the Columbus Region.
“From a very earlier stage we recognized, as many in the Region would, that retail was strong. There were mature companies here. There were emerging companies. It was a really broad group of companies that served as a very strong foundation for the retail sector in the market,” says Matt McCollister, senior vice president, economic development.
