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Quote: Internet Retailer announced today that its fourth annual conference—Internet Retailer 2008 Conference & Exhibition—will be held June 9-12, 2008, in Chicago, where IRCE started in 2005. The conference, which is the world’s largest e-retailing trade show, will take place at the new McCormick Place West, which opened in August. More than 4,500 e-retailers from around the world are expected to attend the event.

full article: http://www.internetretailer.com/dailyNews.asp?id=24549

Quote:Internet Retailer today announced that Mike Boylson, executive vice president and chief marketing officer of J.C. Penney Co. Inc., and Neel Grover, president of Buy.com Inc., will deliver the Keynote Addresses at the Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition June 9-12 in Chicago...

full article: http://www.internetretailer.com/dailyNews.asp?id=24550

Quote:Authorize.Net is pleased to offer our merchants a $100 discount on the registration fee for the 2008 Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition (IRCE), June 9-12 at McCormick Place West in Chicago, IL.

A preview of IRCE 2008

Quote:Where does e-commerce go from here?
With the web firmly established as part of the retailing mainstream, the Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition will take up the next steps for e-retailers. Here’s a sneak peak at what speakers have to say...

Though Forrester Research predicts online retail sales will grow by another 17% this year to $204 billion, despite a weakening economy, none of the speakers is likely to propose simply riding the wave. Instead, they will address such pressing issues as how to take advantage of the many new technologies that can make web sites more appealing and profitable; how to manage customer-created content, from ratings and reviews to video and blogs; the ever-changing world of search engine optimization and marketing; mobile commerce and other emerging trends; and such nuts and bolts issues as fulfilling orders efficiently and choosing among e-commerce platforms...

full article: http://www.internetretailer.com/article.asp?id=26246

5,000+ Registrations for IRCE this year - up 25% from last year.

Pre-conference registration rates are in effect until Midnight tonight. After that it will cost you $100 more.

registration: https://www.internetretailer.com/IRCE200.../index.asp
agenda: http://www.internetretailer.com/IRCE2008/agenda.asp
workshops: http://www.internetretailer.com/IRCE2008/workshops.asp
speakers: http://www.internetretailer.com/IRCE2008/speakers.asp

I'm going to the M-commerce and marketing your website workshops

I'll be submitting blow by blow reports from the field as usual.

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I'll be submitting blow by blow reports from the field as usual.
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Oh goodie, I've learned so much from your previous years' reports.  I can hardly wait for this year's.  :

Valleygirl reporting from IRCE 2006

[quote author=valleygirl link=topic=1737.msg15742#msg15742 date=1149623804]
Greetings from Chicago.  My brain hurts. Information overload.  Yesterday's website marketing workshop lasted 8 hours. Ugh. Today's presentations and speeches started at 8 am. Ugh.  I'll go into more detail later.  Still to come today are presentations on shopping malls and comparison sites, and using content on your site.  Cocktail party followed by dinner and The Temptations tonight.
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...and who could forget Valleygirl's reports  from last year's IRCE:

[quote author=valleygirl link=topic=6208.msg55497#msg55497 date=1181025138]

Well boink you, for sure, like totally!

San Francisco is like so bitc.hen
Theres like the Mission
And like all these like really great shoe stores
I love going into like clothing stores and stuff
I like buy the neatest mini-skirts and stuff
Its like so bitc.hen cuz like everybodys like
Super-super nice
Its like so bitc.hen

Like San Jose
Its like totally disgusting
Im like so sure
Its like barf me out...
Gag me with a spoon!


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<---my tagline says it all. :blinkie:

Help, they're trying to get me! 

They beat me up, tied me up, and left me in a van down by the river!