ADVISORY/Latest Developments in Retail Advertising & Marketing Showcased at RAC 2001: The Challenge of Being Chosen.

Business Editors & News/Assignment Desks

ADVISORY...for Feb. 14 (Wednesday)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHAT:       Retail Advertising & Marketing Association's (RAMA) 49th
            Annual Retail Advertising Conference (RAC 2001)

WHEN:       February 14 - 16, 2001

WHERE:      Hyatt Regency Chicago

WHO:        Confirmed speakers include: Paul Corvino, AOL; Denise
            Rosenblum, Arnold Worldwide; Julie Engel & Bill Nordin,
            Best Buy; Maxine Clark, Build A Bear; James Vogtle, Boston
            Consulting Group; Kathleen Jacobson, Carson Pirie Scott;
            Carol Cone, Cone, Inc.; David Roth, Davidroth Dot Com;
            William Ford, Dayton Hudson's Marshal Field's; Bill
            Nordin, eBags; Karl Ravech, ESPN; Mark Nassutti,
            Eddiebauer.com; Di-Ann Eisnor, Eisnor Interactive; Roy
            Spence, GSDM; Paul Strohn, Galyans; Peter Glen, Peter
            Glen, Inc.; Jeff Palmer, Home Depot; Ira Matathia & Marian
            Salzman, The Intelligence Factory; Rudy Milian,
            International Council of Shopping Centers; Mary Lou
            Quinlan, Just Ask A Woman, Inc.; Ken Banks & Terri
            Kabachnick, KAB Marketing; Kathleen Holiday, LucasFilm
            Ltd; George Zimmer, Mens Wearhouse; Mort Goldstrom,
            Newspaper Assoc. of America; Brian Collins, Ogilvy &
            Mather; Gilbert Davila, Sears; Leo Rabinovich, STS
            Systems; Dan Hill, Sensory Logic; Fred Newell,
            Seklemian/Newell; Elaine Rubin, Shop.org; Neil Kennedy,
            Stokes Hall; Mike Nemetz, Talbot's; Tom Conway,
            Univision; Therese Mulvey, Vertis; Rob Gruen, Warner
            Bros.; Deanna Oppenheimer, Washington Mutual Bank; Craig
            Sinclair, Walgreen Co.; Gregg Renfrew, The Wedding List;
            Pam Swedlow, Wendy's International; William Whiteside,
            Westcor Partners; Barbara Wold, World Productions Intl

SPONSOR:    The Retail Advertising & Marketing Association, Intl.
            (RAMA), a division of National Retail Federation, is an
            international trade association of over 2,000 retail
            marketing and advertising executives. RAMA sponsors the
            annual Retail Advertising Conference (RAC), which is
            widely regarded as the most prestigious conference in
            retail marketing and advertising today, attracting over
            1,500 professionals to Chicago each February. RAMA's
            2,000+ members are comprised primarily of executives from
            the retail industry with additional representation of
            various agency, media, shopping centers and service
            providers.

CONTACT:    Complimentary RAC 2001 press credentials available. To get
            yours, call Jill McBride at 513-231-5115 or register
            online at http://www.rama-nrf.org/rac/pressform.asp