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The 2012 Great Ideas Meetings

Presented by CEA’s Retailer Council

Mid-America 

Tuesday, June 26 and Wednesday, June 27
Nebraska Furniture Mart Kansas City Store
1601 Village West Parkway
Kansas City, Kansas

This is an opportunity to experience a 1.3 million square foot Nebraska Furniture Mart store, which features an Apple Store, Bose Store, Sony Store and HP Store within the store.

What are the “Great Ideas Meetings?”

These small-group gatherings are an excellent opportunity to interact with experts and industry colleagues to exchange ideas and discuss solutions that work. It’s like having a day of free access to business consultants. Each one-day “Great Ideas Meeting” will focus on five of today’s business issues identified by members. In this highly-interactive setting, you can ask questions and get answers that help you and your business.

Here are the 5 thoughtful and timely questions raised by members that we’ll address during the “Great Ideas Meetings”:

1.When is the best time and way to hire?

2.Negotiating with my vendors is #@*%!

3.How best do I present my company to investors?

4.Succession: Is there a right way?

5.What if I’m thinking about selling my business?

Many of you have first-hand experience in answering these questions. I’m asking you to share those experiences. Because each of these questions must fit in a financial context, I’ve asked Pat Johnson and Dick Outcalt of Outcalt & Johnson: Retail Strategists, LLC to moderate. Both are Certified Management Consultant (CMC) and co-founders of The Retail Owners Institute®.

Who should attend?

If you sell products and carry inventory, you should attend. We’ll be tackling “Owners’ Issues.” Owners, presidents and CEOs should attend. COOs, GMs, any senior management with fiscal and inventory responsibility are invited.

How much does it cost?

Register FREE and you can bring others from your company. Your cost is limited to travel expenses and, to hold down costs, we’ve secured special pricing of $97/night plus taxes at the Holiday Inn Express Village West (hotel reservation information is included in the confirming email you will receive after registering for the “Great Ideas Meeting”).

Fly into Kansas City International Airport. Plan to arrive on Tuesday, June 26, to attend the evening “Mixer” with complimentary light food and beverages. Get to meet the other attendees before we kick-off at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. Lunch will be served on Wednesday and we’ll end our day by 3:30 p.m.