Appendix A
Agenda for the Panel’s Workshop
Consensus Panel Study on Measuring the Transformation of Retail Trade and Related Activities
Meeting 2: June 22-23, 2020
Virtual workshop to discuss the transformation, data challenges, and potential solutions
Monday, June 22, 2020
10:00-10:25 | Welcome and Overview of the Workshop | |
10:00-10:05 | Welcome, Brian Harris-Kojetin, director, CNSTAT | |
10:05-10:10 | Welcome, Lucy Eldridge, BLS | |
10:10-10:25 | Workshop overview, J. Steven Landefeld, panel chair | |
What Is Retail and How Is It Changing? | ||
10:25-11:25 | Research on Retail Changes. Moderator: Gregory Duncan, panel member | |
10:25-10:45 | Statements by participants. Emek Basker, US Census Bureau; Chad Syverson, University of Chicago; and Steve Noble, McKinsey | |
10:45-11:05 | Panel discussion | |
11:05-11:25 | Discussion |
11:25-11:40 | Break | |
11:40-12:50 | Industry Perspectives of Industry Changes: Past, Present, Future Moderator: Jack Kleinhenz, Retail Trade Federation | |
11:40-11:45 | Overview: Jack Kleinhenz, Retail Trade Federation | |
11:45-12:05 | Statements by panelists. Drew Spata, Macy’s; David Glick, FLEXE (formerly Amazon); Richard Phillips, Yale Divinity School (former chairman and former CEO of Pilot Freight Services); Anne Goodchild, University of Washington | |
12:05-12:25 | Panel discussion | |
12:25-12:50 | Discussion | |
12:50-2:00 | Lunch break | |
Key Measurement and Data Challenges | ||
2:00-4:00 | Data: Availability, Needs, Discrepancies, and Gaps. A panel discussion. Moderator: Wesley Yung, panel member | |
2:00-2:35 | Initial statement by panelists. Panelists: Ken Robertson, BLS; Jon D. Samuels, BEA; Matthew Russell, BLS; Leland Crane, Federal Reserve; Ian Thomas, Census Bureau; Edward Watkins, Census Bureau | |
2:35-3:15 | Panel discussion | |
3:15-3:30 | Break | |
3:30-4:00 | Discussion | |
4:00 | Adjourn |
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
Potential Improvements to Measuring Employment and Productivity in Retail-related Sectors | ||
10:00-11:30 | Towards a BLS Satellite Account for Retail: Moderator: Carol Corrado, panel member | |
10:00-11:00 | Panel discussion. Panelists: Brian Chansky, BLS; Tina Highfill, BEA; Philip Smith, Statistics Canada (retired); Marshall Reinsdorf, International Monetary Fund | |
11:00-11:10 | Discussant: Leonard Nakamura, panel member | |
11:10-11:30 | Discussion | |
11:30-11:45 | Break |
11:45-12:30 | Quality-adjusted Prices for Retail. Moderator: Dale Jorgensen, panel member | |
11:45-12:00 | Ana Aizcorbe, BEA | |
12:00-12:15 | Brendan Williams and Bonnie Murphy, BLS | |
12:15-12:30 | Discussion | |
12:30-2:00 | Lunch break | |
2:00-3:00 | Uses of Bottom-Up in Measuring Employment and Productivity. Moderator: Kelly McConville, panel member | |
2:00-2:30 | Teresa Fort and John Haltiwanger, panel members | |
2:30-3:00 | Discussion | |
3:00-3:20 | Break | |
3:20-4:20 | Global Value Chains. Moderator: Michael Mandel, panel member | |
3:20-3:40 | Dominic Smith, BLS | |
3:40-4:00 | Robert Feenstra, UC Davis | |
4:00-4:20 | Discussion | |
4:20 | Adjourn |
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