Upcoming seminar on Greentailing and other new global trends

6one5 Retail Consulting Group’s Greentailing & Other Revolutions In Retailing Breakfast Summit, to be held on Wednesday February 11 in Rushcutter’s Bay, Sydney, addresses many issues relevant to retailers, including the ever prevalent green consciousness.

Presented by Will Ander, senior partner at McMillan Doolittle and Robert Kinkade, partner at 6one5, with a welcome address by Inside Retailing’s Melbourne editor Bruce Atkinson, the summit coincides with the release of Ander and Neil Stern’s book, Greentailing: and Other Revolutions in Retail.

As well as greentailing, Ander address five other major revolutions happening in retail:

RetailNow 2008

RetailNOW, RSPA’s Annual Summer Convention and Expo, is RSPA’s largest event of the year as it’s the home of the industry. Retail Technology professionals meet once a year at RetailNOW to display new products to hundreds of dealers and resellers along with participating in dozens of education sessions for all levels of industry professionals. RetailNOW also provides first class networking events for all attendees. This is the must-attend event for anyone involved in the retail technology industry.

RetailNOW 2008 is the premiere convention and expo for all professionals in the retail technology industry. RetailNOW is where the industry meets each year to become educated on new business trends, emerging technologies and best business practices along with exploring a diverse exhibit hall with more than 130 booths featuring the latest products in the retail technology industry. This show is a must attend for all levels of retail technology professionals.

Venue :
Convention: July 12-17 | Expo: July 15-16
Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino
3700 W. Flamingo Road
Las Vegas, NV 89103

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Retail Solutions 2008

Retail Solutions is the leading exhibition for the UK’s retail technology market where representatives from the top 500 retailers come to learn about the latest technology, source suppliers and compare vendors.

For the first time ever Retail Solutions is being held in conjunction with a three day conference. Retail Week are relocating a series of well established conferences – including Supply Chain, Loss Prevention, Multi-Channel Retailing and the CIO Forum. These conferences successfully bring together senior-level retail professionals and are renowned for providing inspiring and stimulating educational content

EDS Technology Services Partner
Today’s retailers need to constantly reinvent themselves and deliver sustainable growth through new products, channels and geographies. They are also challenged with improving profitability in low-growth environments, whilst consistently delivering exceptional customer service.

EDS founded the information technology outsourcing industry more than 40 years ago. Today, EDS is a leading global technology services company delivering business solutions to its clients. We differentiate ourselves in the marketplace by providing outstanding services, innovation and industry thought leadership.

We have supported retail and consumer industries companies worldwide to address their challenges and deliver business success. EDS works with 25% of the top 100 retailers worldwide. We have served more than 200 consumer industry and retail clients across all major market sectors and scale and size of business.

Our partnership with Retail Solutions continues our active involvement in the retail industry globally, working with our alliance partners to drive innovation and supporting industry associations to develop research and insights.

At EDS we understand that your success and reputation is in our hands and as the world’s business ally … we deliver on our commitments so that you can deliver yours.

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World Retail Congress 08

The World Retail Congress invites you to join Congress Connect.
Congress Connect is a secure online portal allowing you to maximise your networking opportunities as a delegate of the Congress. You can view the latest list of delegates to arrange meetings and initiate discussions in advance of the Congress.

To log in you will need the username and password you received with your Congress Connect confirmation email. If you have don’t have these, please contact us at info@worldretailcongress.com and we will arrange to resend them to you.

| REGISTRATION | PROGRAMME |

VENUE:
CCIB Forum
(Centro de Convenciones
Internacionales de Barcelona)
Rambla Prim, 1-17
08019 Barcelona
Spain
Tel: +34 93 230 1000

7th International Russian Retail Forum

We are delighted to announce that preparations have already begun for the 7th International RUSSIAN RETAIL FORUM, which will take place on 31st March – 3rd April 2008 in the Marriott Grand Hotel in Moscow

“RUSSIAN RETAIL FORUM” is one of the industry’s most well-known and highly-esteemed events. Building upon the outstanding success of the forum in 2007, which attracted over 400 key figures from the sectors, this year’s 4-day agenda will, yet again, feature top speakers, the most practical and in-depth information, and premium networking opportunities which you need to keep your finger right on the pulse of latest industry developments.

More than 80 senior executives from major retail chains will speak at this year’s Summit. The panel of speakers will represent a mix of retail players from all major segments as Grocery Retail; Clothes, Shoes, Sportswear and Children’s Clothing; DIY; Cosmetics, Perfumes and Pharmaceutical Products; and Automotive.

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9th International Franchise & Retail Opportunities

9th International Franchise & Retail Opportunities would comprise Exposition and International Franchise, Retail & Entrepreneur Workshops. The exposition would have an unmatched opportunity for Franchisors & Retailers to present their company to potential business buyers. Also, it gives a vast platform to real estate companies and property consultants to showcase their property to retail and franchise companies. Over 200 domestic & international business opportunities would be showcased including Food & Beverages, Training & Education, Hospitality, Service Industry, Retail, Apparel and many more. The two day conference would be broadly categorized into Opportunity & Knowledge Seminars which would bring together both local and international franchise & retail experts to discuss latest trends and developments in Franchise & Retail arena. This program would help to raise awareness of Franchising & Retailing in India to develop individual’s ability to effectively evaluate themselves and comprehend franchise & retail business opportunities.   
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EuroShop 2008: The Global Retail Trade Fair

EuroShop 2008
Contacts. Opportunities. Prospects. For the retail industry. For its partners. For the future.

You should be there, too, from 23rd to 27th February 2008 when the international retail industry meets in Düsseldorf. After all, the opportunity to profit from the definitive industry highlight comes around just once in three years – at EuroShop!
Only here will you find more than 1,600 exhibitors from 50 countries and 91,000 trade visitors from 93 countries on 200,000m² gross exhibition space.
Quality, variety and internationality – EuroShop.

For both exhibitors and visitors EuroShop is unparalleled in the industry:

• It is the leading show for retail investment.
• It is a trend barometer and innovation platform..
• It targets clearly structured industry sectors..
• It is clearly structured into four sectors..
• It offers an attractive and international ancillary programme with congresses and practical seminars.

For the 16th time Messe Düsseldorf, together with the EHI Retail Institute as sponsor, will be staging the world’s leading event.
High-calibre: trade visitors from all retail sectors and their partners

• Food and non-food retail
• Consumer and capital goods industry
• Wholesale Skilled trades
• Chain gastronomy

The core target group also includes:

• Architects
• Retail designers
• Graphic designers
• Visual merchandisers
• Those responsible for exhibitions
• Marketing professionals

9th Marketing & Retail Conclave – MRC 2008

India is a land of multiple formats, from the ubiquitous small unorganized retail stores to emerging organized retail formats. The retail sector in India is estimated at USD 300 Billion with the organized sector accounting for USD 9 Billion, growing at 35 – 40% annually.

MRC 2008 :Marketing and Retail Conclave (earlier known as KSA Retail Summits) have emerged as the most widely respected and well attended forum in the Indian Retail Industry. Organised annually since 1999, the conference has become a platform for the retailers and brand leaders across the country to share their expirence and concerns, as well as learn from the rich experience of International Retailers and Brand Leaders.
The summits have attracted an outstanding response from the industry- with an illustrious panel of International and Indian Speakers, Participants and Sponsors. The recently concluded 8th Retail and Marketing Conclave 2007 was attended by over 550 delegates, representing the senior management of the leading Indian and International Corporates and Retailers.
8th Marketing & Retil Conclave had 52 International and Indian Guest Speakers along with Technopak Faculty & 550 delegates representing 19 Countries and 23 Indian Cities

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Venue : 19-21 February, 2008
Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi, INDIA

Retail Business show set for record turn-out

Advanced registrations for The Retail Business Show (February 5-6) indicate that visitors to the show will surpass the previous two years.

Combined this increase with the quality of exhibitors and the calibre of the speaker programme and workshop itinerary, and the show promises to be one of the highlights of the 2008 retail calendar.

Taking place in the National Hall in London’s Olympia, The Retail Business Show will showcase innovative business solutions, address industry issues and look at new industry developments for the modern multi-channel retailer.

Exhibitors will include business solutions for the modern multi-channel retailer including full e-commerce platforms to email, merchandising, security solutions, rich media, payment processing and fulfilment services.

PayOffline will be demonstrating how its new secure payments system aims to open up e-commerce to the five million people in Britain who do not have a bank account, whilst Barclaycard Business will be showcasing its OneTouch contactless technology which enables customers to pay for transactions for £10 and under at retailers using cards such as the Barclaycard OnePulse.

Casio will be exhibiting its new DT-X7 Handheld Terminal with Laser Scanner developed using human-centred design methods to improve operability. Musion will be demonstrating its revolutionary Eyeliner™ Foil, a 3D projection system allowing 3D objects or human, animations or filming, to appear on a live stage setting.

Software solutions’ exhibitors will include K3, VCTIMELESS, Itim and Anabas who will exhibit solutions for integrated retail solutions, retail management software to manage historical data, sales and demand forecasting, and EFTPOS and card processing respectively.

Along with the four speaker theatres focussing on Multi-Channel Retailing, Internet Retailing, Retail Fraud and M-Tailing, there will be four pavilions, sponsored by Microsoft, NCR, Oracle and Vendorcom, where visitors can book appointments with businesses represented within each site. The Vendorcom pavilion will also host two conferences repeated on both days, entitled PCI DSS and Payment Security, and Contactless Payment Conference.

The workshops will be hosted by Mercado Software, Tealeaf and Custom Communication. Themes will be Searchandising 2.0 – Increasing Conversion Rates for Online Retailers Using Improved Search and Merchandising, Converting Hits to Sales: A Better Online View, and How Social Media is Shaping Brand Reputation and Online Marketing in Retail.

Source : The Retail Bulletin

India Fashion Forum : IFF 2008 (January 29 – 30, 2008)

Welcome to India Fashion Forum, the magnum opus of the Business of Fashion & Retail, where the best creative minds, ideas, and global practices will converge. Over 100 thought leaders and global honchos will share their visions, learning and glories with some 2500 captains from the fashion businesses.”

“While ‘DESIGN’ is the central theme of IFF 2008 , there will be many benchmark case studies presented by global authorities and super-achievers in the business. It will also be a celebration and commemoration of the fact that design not only shapes the aesthetics, but also creates the functional value and ‘reason for being’, and also provides the most endearing values to brands. Design connects buisinesses to consumers through culture and emotions.IFF 2008 will house simultaneous and concurrent Leadership talk sessions, exhibits of futuristic concepts in fashion forecasting, branding and retailing, the most exciting of retail spaces across. India, and an unparalleled opportunity for business networking. Meet the fashion captains of the world at IFF. Discover the future of fashion in India, and the rightful place of design in that future.”
– Dr Darlie Koshy, Chairman IFF ’08 & Director, National Institute of Design

VENUE :
January 29 – 30, 2008
The Renaissance, Mumbai, India.