Find out how to deliver effective price management to improve sales and increase margin…

This conference will give you critical content on the changing shape of retail pricing, promotions and merchandising strategy, including core issues such as:

The real impact of the current economy on retail pricing: a frank assessment of what the current economic climate means for retailers… and specifically how you will have to adapt your pricing strategies to stay competitive

Putting the consumer first: really understand customer value perceptions and how to tailor your pricing and promotions to take advantage and maximize margin

Integrating and implementing pricing solutions: the best ways to incorporate new pricing processes and technology to maximize organizational effectiveness and minimize opportunities for disruption

Positioning pricing at the core of the merchandise lifecycle: discover how to manage and incorporate pricing into your complete merchandise lifecycle to drive efficiencies and deliver more to your bottom line

Adapting pricing to the changing face of retail: learn how to deal with ever increasing competition and the secrets of consistent cross-channel pricing

Over 2 packed days, you'll have access to hotbed of knowledge from every conceivable area of retail pricing and merchandising... and in the next couple of minutes, as you read down the page, you'll discover why attending this event will guarantee you walk away with new insights to help you improve the way you work.

** Take a look at the latest agenda now to exactly what we're talking about **

All new for the 2008 Retail Pricing Summit!

1. Split agenda with clear topic focused sessions:

• Only priority issues make it on our agenda for 2008 – click here to see what you can't afford to miss
• Learn the pricing tricks and moves that will help you reach the land of happy customers and blazing profits
• Extended roundtable sessions: dig deeper into your specific challenges with the help of a small selection of your peers

2. Fun and relaxing gala dinner:

• Maximise your networking potential, your company's investment and your conference experience!
• Free for all retailers attending the summit
• Exciting, quick and non-pressured way to meet your fellow delegates and industry peers after our annual drinks party

3. All new speakers and attendees:

• A fantastic line-up of speakers from across industry : retailers, strategists, academics, technology wizards… we've got all the bases covered!
• We're committed to having the cream of the retail pricing community in attendance from all sectors of the industry
• Let us know who you want to be at the summit and we'll do our best to make sure they're there. Click here to tell us who you want to meet

**  For more information on these exciting innovations and special promotions, download the brochure **

This year's Retail Pricing Summit is the ideal arena to meet with world-leading retailers, research agencies, technology innovators and high level strategists. Following months of research directly with the pricing community, we can guarantee that the agenda will focus on the topics that matter most to you and you'll take away several job-defining insights.

Save time! Find out more in 2 days than you would in weeks – or even months - of training:

This event is built to address only the core issues you need to be prioritizing in the development of your pricing. No dead time, just frank, clear and accessible information and prime networking opportunities throughout the two day program. Just take a look at some of the topics that will be causing a buzz on October 15 th – 16 th in Chicago .

• The true economic picture : get beyond the headlines and hear trusted forecasts on how higher gas prices and a weak dollar will really affect consumer buying behavior. Find out how to price right to get a good share of the wallet

• Get the information you need to react to difficult market conditions : how to deal with the competition and ensure you always react efficiently and effectively to changing prices in the market

• Revealed – the latest innovations in price optimization to drive sales and hold profit margin: find out where should you be investing your budget to guarantee real ROI

• What makes consumers tick? Find out why the best pricing focuses on understanding consumer value perceptions: get real insight on how this will revolutionise the performance of all your product categories

• Optimize promotions to drive revenues – understand how emerging strategies and techniques can help you work deals on the shop floor... without reducing margin

• Integrate and implement pricing solutions across your retail enterprise : learn the positive impact pricing can have on the success of your merchandise lifecycle management

• Manage organizational change : high level strategic advice on how to change pricing behavior before sophisticated technology is implemented... and how to integrate new systems for seamless price execution... and much, much more!

** Register now and take the first steps to improve your pricing capabilities and your competitive advantage **

Think about the knowledge you'll take away after meeting these industry leaders!

The 2008 Retail Pricing Summit is the premier forum for meeting the leading minds in the industry . At no other time or place will you find such a powerful congregation of experts. Check out just a few of the speakers we have confirmed to participate:

Ira Kalish, Director of Global Economics and Consumer Business , Deloitte Research

Bren Baldock, Sr. Manager Merchandising Strategy , The Home Depot

Manu Sareen, Senior Manager, Pricing Strategy , Best Buy

George L. Coleman, Partner , Accenture NA Retail Pricing Lead

Larry Foster, Senior Director Retail Services , Nash Finch Company

JD Spangler, VP Pricing & Promotion Management , Sara Lee

John Kittell, Category Manager, ACE Hardware

Eric T. Anderson, Hartmarx Research Associate Professor of Marketing ,

Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management

Mike Griswold, Research Director, Retail, AMR Research

Richard Althoff, VP, Analytic Solutions Group, Connect3 Systems

Chris Vukich, VP Pricing , Winn-Dixie

** Register now to make sure you give yourself and your colleagues a chance to meet these guys – click here

to get info on our amazing group booking rates **