Retail Angles Special Edition Upcoming Events

September 23, 2008 Issue: 36 Retail Alliance Newsletter   Greetings! 7 days until Go-Green! Go-Green with Peter Coyote Tuesday, September 30 at the Virginia Living Museum Retail Alliance Members $35 Non-Members $50 Ticket price covers summit, exhibit hall, reception, dinner and award ceremony. Agenda Virginia Plastic Bag Summit Meeting* 3 - 5 p.m. Exhibit Hall/Reception 5 - 7 p.m. Dinner with Peter Coyote & Awards 7 - 8:30 p.m. *Virginia Plastic Bag Summit Meeting will be held at Christopher Newport University For more information or to RSVP, contact Jen Webber at 757.455.9323 or email jwebber@retail-alliance.com. Retail Alliance invites retailers, loss prevention professionals and law enforcement officials 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! In This Issue Virginia Retail Loss Prevention Conference 2008 Upcoming Retail 2 Retail Sam's Club Virginia Beach Holiday Window Works Contest Retail 2 Retail 6-8 p.m. October 7 Salsa's Mexican Grill 704 Mariners Row  Suite 110 Newport News, 23606 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. 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 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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