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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 EST

VCF Conference
The State of Retail: A Financial Perspective
VCF/TPMA Event:
The State of Retail:
A Financial Perspective

Newark International Airport Marriott Newark Liberty International Airport Newark, NJ 07114 Phone: 1-973-623-0006 or 1-800-882-1037

Agenda-Overview
 

A summit where leading experts in finance, the economy, law, retail and manufacturing discuss the current state of retail and provide strategies to manage through the current financial crisis.
Key insights will include:

- Competitor bankruptcies: Combating downward price pressure and strategies for converting potential excess inventory
- Financial health of trading partners: Assessing retailers, suppliers, overseas factories, raw material providers, and transportation providers to ensure equitable trading
- Credit: Availability, rates, and the impact of global currency changes
- Economic indicators including consumer spending behavior: As factors in planning and forecasting

Attendees will become fully informed to leverage credit strategies, capitalize on financial information about trading partners, and best practices for competing with bankruptcy liquidations. Finally, help for making those most crucial decisions: Buy/don't buy. Ship/don't ship.

Keynote Speaker:
40 year-veteran as top-ranked Wall Street analyst Jeff Edelman

Speakers include:
- Leading attorney Larry Gottlieb from Cooley, Godward, Kronish, LLP
- Frequent CNBC and Bloomberg TV and Radio guest, consumer strategist Richard Hastings from Global Hunter Securities, LLC
- Executive Director of JP Morgan's Credit Trading Desk John-Carl Barone
- Alongside these speakers and Smyth Trade Credit; Leading Bankers and Retail Analysts; with Retailers and Manufacturers who will share on how their collaboration has helped to make the critical decisions we will address .

Who should attend:
- Retailer and manufacturer CFOs, VPs of finance
- Supply chain executives
- Credit managers, directors and VPs
- Customer financial services executives
- Compliance executives
- Sales, marketing

Registration Pricing - VCF/TPMA members: $595 - Non-members: $695 Hotel Reservations Please call Stacey Winn at 201.714.4508 to schedule your reservations at the Newark Airport Marriott Mailing List Consent By registering for this event, you agree to receive company mailings from VCF/TPMA, our trusted company affiliates, as well as our event service providers. You may receive information about products, services, and educational offerings that relate to your areas of interest. If you have questions or concerns, or wish to be removed from VCF's list, please contact us at askVCF@vcfww.com.

Questions? Contact Anthony Miano at 646.442.3701 or amiano@vcfww.com