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Retail Alliance Newsletter
Greetings!
Tickets are now available and selling out fast!
 Retail Alliance is drawing attention to the increasing concern and consideration for the environment by sponsoring Go Green. The featured guest this year will be actor, author and activist Peter Coyote, who will advance the interest generated last year by actor and environmentalist Ed Begley Jr.
On Tuesday, September 30 the Retail Alliance Go Green event will include a Virginia summit addressing the challenge of controlling plastic bag abuse and how businesses and communities can have an immediate positive impact on the environment, both facilitated by Coyote. This is the culmination of a six-month community study originating in Isle of Wight.Go Green will also feature a trade show highlighting environmentally sound business products and organizations, a reception, dinner and the first-ever awards to businesses that are taking leadership positions in the green movement.
Tickets are $35 for Retail Alliance members and $50 for non-members. This price includes the Virginia summit, exhibit hall, cocktail hour, dinner and the awards presentation.
For more information or to RSVP, contact Jen Webber at 757.455.9323 or email jwebber@retail-alliance.com.
Click here to learn more about Go-Green!
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Retail Alliance is proud to announce that we will be launching our interactive online registration for upcoming events in October 2008!
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 Retail Alliance invites retailers to attend the Virginia Retail Loss Prevention Conference, October 2 & 3, at the Wyndham Hotel and Conference Center on the Virginia Beach oceanfront.
This year's conference is guaranteed to entertain and educate, while providing retailers with the tools they need to avoid potential theft.
The highlights of this year's event include:
- Golfing Event
- Reception
- Exhibit Hall
- Dinner with the wildly amusing key-note speaker, Bob Arno; the world's greatest pickpocket
- Educational Seminars
- Mock Robbery
- Retail Thieves Fashion Show
- and much more!
Mark your calendars and save the date, with all of the unique and exciting events taking place at this year's conference, it is certainly something you do not want to miss!
If you are interested in attending, contact Jen Webber at jwebber@retail-alliance.com or click here to download the registration form! | |
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Retail 2 Retail
 6-8 p.m.September 16
Sam's Club
3345 Virginia Beach Blvd
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Join fellow retailers for an entertaining evening of networking and fun, complete with refreshments.Retail 2 Retail takes place the first and third Tuesday of each month and is free to RETAIL ALLIANCE members.To RSVP call Jen Webber at 757.455.9323 For directions to this R2R and to view upcoming R2Rs click here.
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Shopping Trends Shift Downward
Consumers are shopping more often at lower-priced stores, purchasing more private-label goods and looking for stores that offer one-stop shopping, according to research. While department stores may be losing customers to discounters, those discounters are in turn losing shoppers to even less-expensive dollar stores.
For the full story visit
Marketing Daily
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80% of Online Retailers Offered Free Shipping During Holidays
Cutting shipping costs has proved to be an effective retail strategy during the holiday shopping season. Despite higher fuel costs this year, retailers such as Harry & David intend to keep shipping costs down to boost holiday sales.
USA TODAY has the full story.
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Holiday Window Works
It's not too early to sign up for your chance to win $1500!
Click here to learn more and download your sign-up sheet
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The Virginia Retail Federation, LLC is a proud sponsor of the
2008 VDDA Annual Conference
50+: The Next Big Downtown Housing & Retail Market
October 1-3
Downtown Portsmouth, VA
"50+: The Next Big Downtown Housing and Retail Market,"
will provide city managers, planners, economic development officers,
preservationists, downtown managers, tourism representatives,
developers, engineers, architects and other committed downtown
stakeholders with information to best prepare their communities
for the oncoming 'boom' of baby boomers!
Contact tprofancik@retail-alliance.com for more information on this event!
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