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INDUSTRY REPORTS

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The Great Ideas Summit Heads to Miami
ARLINGTON, Va. – Great people, great products, great parties and great education all await you February 27-29 at The Great Ideas Summit 2012 in Miami. The Electronic Retailing Association (ERA) invites you to join nearly 800 direct response decision makers who will be on hand to mingle, collaborate and partner with other industry leaders. You’ll make new connections and strengthen existing ones while exploring innovative ways to drive profitability during compelling education sessions. off the price of an All Access Pass, which includes the jam-packed Opening and Closing Receptions, access to the Meet & Greet Lounge on Monday, access to the exhibitors and sponsors in the Expo Zone and Business Club, free networking breakfasts and lunches on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Wednesday evening Premier General Session with Happy Hour and all eight education sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday. To find out more about The Great Ideas Summit, visit www.eragreatideas. org, www.facebook.com/ERAGreatIdeas or www.twitter.com/eraevents. packaging solutions including GuthyRenker, Beachbody, and Your Baby Can Read LLC in addition to brands such as Fisher-Price, Lego, and Mattel.

This year’s show will take place at the historic Fontainebleau, one of the most historically and architecturally significant hotels on Miami Beach. Early-bird registration is now open! Register before January 27 to receive $100 the past 20 years. That network encompasses four continents and has deep roots in China as well as other Asian countries in addition to Israel, Poland, Mexico, and the United States. The company, which is headquartered in San Francisco’s Historic Northeast Waterfront District, provides many of the direct marketing industry’s leading companies with sourcing and

SF Video Is Now Officially SF Global Sourcing
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – SF Video has off icially changed its name to o SF Global Sourcing. The company is Th i the leader in media replication for direct response marketers and has made the change as a result of expanded services that include unique, value-added packaging and the sourcing of all products that comprise an offer. “Since announcing the formation of SF Global Sourcing in May, marketplace acceptance has been so strong that it simply made sense for us to fold all of our brands under the SF Global Sourcing umbrella,” commented CEO Steven Feinberg. “We will continue to provide media replication services as we have for over two decades, but they are now part of a much broader portfolio that is a direct result of customer demand.” Those services include designing and creating custom packaging in addition to sourcing all of the ancillary products that make up an offer. “If it fits in a box, we can source it,” continued Feinberg, who has led the development of a complex and trusted network of global partners built over

Ciao! ERA Europe Announces Location for 2013 Electronic HomeShopping Conference
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The Board of Directors of ERA Europe has overwhelmingly agreed that the location for the 2013 Electronic HomeShopping Conference will be Rome! “The conference will take place in the magnificent city of Rome in Italy. This is a magic name for many people, and we will be announcing the venue – the hotel selection before the end of the year,” Marcel Avargues, executive director of ERA Europe, said in a twominute video taped during the 2011 ERA D2C Convention. The 2012 Conference will take place June 24-26 in Berlin, Germany, at the Berlin Marriott Hotel. Registration will open in December. Avargues promised it to be wonderful location and – after the success of this summer’s show in Stockholm – a wonderful show.
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Join ERA today and receive a FREE registration to any of our domestic conferences, including The Great Ideas Summit 2012, February 27-29 in Miami. Visit retailing.org/ jointoday for more information or contact Robin Greenspan at rgreenspan@retailing.org.

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