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U.S. Newswire

To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS

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

Electronic Retailing Associations Exclusive eRetailer Summit to Reveal Latest Trends in E-Commerce, Video Advertising, Blogs, Social Networking

MIAMI, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Electronic Retailing Association (ERA) will hold their premier eRetailer SummitMarch 2-4, 2008 at the InterContinental Hotel in Miami, Florida. ERAs 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 e-commerce, video advertising, blogs, social networking, customer loyalty, and profiling.

ERAs 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.

ERAs eRetailer Summit will celebrate the direct response industrys ability to engage the consumer with tools and solutions that increase sales. Keynote speakers Brian Cusak from YouTubeandJacob Hawkins from Overstock.comwill reveal upcoming trends in video advertising and online shopping. With over 1,000 attendees, ERAs eRetailer Summit will feature exciting meetings, content-rich education, and ample networking opportunities.

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

-- Networking with 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

-- Strategies to be successful in the ever-changing climate of multi-channel marketing

-- Sessions that include hands-on aspects, from creating a video to creating a successful blog

-- Cutting-edge educational seminars hosted by direct-to- consumer industry leaders

-- 25 e-retailing industry exhibitors offering tools and solutions to engage the consumer

-- Retail-specific research and data

WHAT:

Electronic Retailing Associations eRetailer Summit

WHEN:

March 2-4, 2008

WHERE:

The InterContinental Miami Hotel

100 Chopin Plaza, Miami FL 33131

REGISTER:

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.orgor 703.908.1026.

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

SOURCE Electronic Retailing Association

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