E-Retailers to Take Center Stage at ERA Summit

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Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:43pm EST

Direct Response Experts from YouTube, Overstock.com, Fandango,
eFashionSolutions, QVC, HSN to Attend Electronic Retailing Association's
Exclusive eRetailer Summit 

MIAMI, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Electronic Retailing Association
(ERA), the only trade association that exclusively represents electronic
retailers, will hold their premier eRetailer Summit March 2-4, 2008 at the
InterContinental Hotel in Miami. ERA's eRetailer Summit will shine the
spotlight on electronic retailers and will bring together the most profitable
companies in the industry for three full days to exchange knowledge in
profitability, innovation, and expertise. At this cutting-edge conference,
direct response experts will take center stage to highlight the latest trends
in video advertising, blogs, social networking, customer loyalty, and
profiling.

ERA's eRetailer Summit will feature exciting meetings, content-rich education,
and ample networking opportunities. Keynote speaker Brian Cusak from YouTube
will discuss how video has become the "new" infomercial of advertising, and
keynote speaker Jacob Hawkins from Overstock.com will discuss successful
strategies for making online shopping experiences effortless and trouble-free.
 

ERA's eRetailer Summit will feature speakers from industry leaders such as
YouTube, Overstock.com, QVC, eFashionSolutions, Fandango, HSN, Orek, Cisco,
Hewlett Packard, Footlocker, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, Brightcove,
Avenue A/Razorfish, Resource Interactive, Triangle Direct Media, Frankfurt,
Kurnit, Klein & Seltz, Forrester Research, and the Sloan Center for Internet
Retailing at University of California at Riverside.

The media are encouraged to attend this news-making forum with unlimited
access to: 

-- Fortune 500 CEO's and business leaders
-- Speakers representing the top 50 e-retailer and technology companies
-- Latest trends in video advertising, blogs, social networking, customer
loyalty, and profiling 
-- Cutting-edge educational sessions hosted by direct-to-consumer industry
leaders
-- Peer networking with decision-makers from leading Internet retailing
companies
-- 25 e-retailing industry exhibitors offering tools and solutions to engage
the consumer
-- Retail-specific research and data

WHO: Brian Cusak from YouTube, Jacob Hawkins from Overstock.com, QVC,
eFashionSolutions, Fandango, HSN

WHAT: Electronic Retailing Association's eRetailer Summit

WHEN: March 2-4, 2008

WHERE: The InterContinental Miami Hotel
100 Chopin Plaza, Miami FL 33131

REGISTER: Registration online at: https://www.expotracker.net/era/index.asp


Registration is complimentary for credentialed members of the news media. For
more information contact Karla Kelly at kkelly@retailing.org or at
703.908.1026.

For more information about ERA, visit www.retailing.org.



SOURCE  Electronic Retailing Association

Lauren Meley of Enten & Associates, Inc., +1-301-913-0010 x 127,
lauren@enten.com, for the Electronic Retailing Association
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