FUTURE OF RETAIL MERCHANTS COMMITTEE


Chaired by Charlene Calistro of T&C Surf Designs - the Future of Retail Merchants is a newly committee that began in 2018. This committee is made up of energetic and innovative retailers between the ages of 21 - 39 years old who are interested in helping to set the trends and direction of RMH with valuable input and innovative out of the box ideas.

*All committee webinars are recorded, if you missed it or would like to rewatch any please reach out and we can send you the link. 

Interested in joining this committee? Contact us at (808)-592-4200 or kamak@rmhawaii.org


PREVIOUS TOPICS COVERED IN MEETINGS

  • Melissa Change and Russ Shimada of AdStreamz on fake influencers and other trends
  • Paul Kosasa of ABC Stores on the history of ABC Stores
  • "Talk Story" with Pono and Danene of Manuheali'i 
  • Ku'ulei Vedder of Homegrown on the history of Homegrown 
  • "Talk Story" with Ed Sugimoto of Aloha Revolution

2026 Committee schedule:

FORM meets on the 3rd Thursday at 9:00 am on ZOOM 

Dates, Meeting Locations, Speakers, and Topics are Subject to Change

DATE

MEETING

LOCATION

SPEAKERS & TOPIC
 January 15, 2026 ZOOM

Planning meeting for 2026                                            

 February 19, 2026  ZOOM Lana Gronwald of Jules & Gem Hawaii
 March 19, 2026  ZOOM
Candice Ishikawa of Aloha Beer Co.

 April 16, 2026

 ZOOM
Topic & Speaker To be announced
 May 21, 2026  ZOOM Topic & Speaker To be announced
 June 18, 2026  ZOOM Topic & Speaker To be announced
 July 16, 2026  ZOOM Topic & Speaker To be announced
 August 20, 2026  ZOOM Topic & Speaker To be announced
 September 17, 2026  ZOOM Topic & Speaker To be announced
 October 15, 2026  ZOOM Topic & Speaker To be announced
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