Cushcity.com Teams With Verizon to Host E-Commerce Conference in New York City.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers E-Commerce At A Profit HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 12, 2002 Cushcity.com, the most highly trafficked African-American e-commerce site in cyberspace, has joined with Verizon to host a two-day conference called "E-Commerce At A Profit," Thursday and Friday, Aug. 22-23, 2002, at the Verizon Tech Center in Harlem. The event will focus on the nuts and bolts nuts and bolts pl.n. Slang The basic working components or practical aspects: "[proposing] of building and running a successful e-commerce enterprise. A Houston-based firm, Cushcity.com touts the world's largest selection of African-American products on the Internet and receives more than 1.2 million monthly page views. The conference opens with a reception Thursday evening at 6:00 p.m. and continues all day on Friday. The local co-host for the event will be the New York City Economic Development Corporation Overview New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) is a non-profit local development corporation that promotes economic growth across New York City's five boroughs. on behalf of its pre-wired office space initiative, Digital NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City : Wired to the World(SM). The keynote speaker will be Gwen Richardson, co-founder of Cushcity.com. Sonya Donaldson, former technology editor for Black Enterprise magazine, will also speak at the event. Other conference participants include: Nicole Williams, president of Angelsbookstore.com; Keenan Davis of Unorthodoks Marketing; and Dina Tate, Web Site supervisor for Essencebymail.com. "Until now, selling online has been somewhat of a mystery for many entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners," said Willie A. Richardson, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Cushcity.com. "This conference will provide the necessary information for e-tailers to be successful." Other corporate sponsors for the New York event include Microsoft, AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Time Warner, The Black World Today (TBWT TBWT The Black World Today .com) and the U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs. . This is the second of two e-commerce conferences hosted by Cushcity.com. The first was held in Houston in September of last year. The conference targets African-American professionals, but anyone interested in learning about the intricacies of e-commerce can attend. The conference is open to the public and pre-registration is required. The registration fee is $179.00 and includes meals, panels/workshops and an 80-page handbook for Internet retailers. The Verizon Tech Center is located at 148 W. 125th St., 3rd Floor, New York, N.Y. For more information, call Cushcity.com at 281/444-4265. Media inquiries should be directed to Gwen Richardson. Attendees may register online for the conference at the following URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.cushcity.com/displaypages/ecommerce.htm |
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