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NEWS
OSTA Industry
Breakfast
Industry Breakfast
Meeting And Speaker.
THIS IS A SPEAKER YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS
August 18th • 7:45am Start
Toronto Congress Centre • Courtyard Café
Continental Breakfast
Provided
Retailing on the Edge
Anthony J. Stokan on
THE CHANGING NATURE OF SHOPPING!
A visually dynamic presentation by Anthony J. Stokan that will
clearly define the retail experience of the future, exposing the
dynamics of a new world where consumers call the shots.
As we move into the final years of this first decade of the new
millennium considerable anxiety seems to be the key factor driving
consumer uncertainty. In mature economies in Europe and North
America the watch list includes unemployment, inflation, lending,
housing, the credit crunch and the volatility of the financial
markets.
From the big box to e-commerce to fast fashion to affordable luxury,
it’s time to strip away old ideas about consumer behaviour, shining
a spotlight on the key trends retailers need to grapple with as this
decade transitions into the next. The last five years were some of
the most turbulent in retailing history. Consolidation ruled, mighty
Wal-Mart stumbled yet continued to dominate, the Internet matured,
and new stores proliferated.
Shoppers are learning to deal with the rollercoaster of fuel prices
and changing economic fortunes. Consumers have become prudent,
cautious, choosy, wielding their vast shopping experience. This
breakfast presentation will take you on a journey into the future.
New shoppers, selling less of more, demanding employees, a new media
universe, new competition – a whole new shopping world with
unreasonable expectations. Are you ready to do business in 2010?
Anthony Stokan is committed to excellence in retailing. That’s why
he scours stores and shopping centres the world over to find out
what consumers want and who’s giving it to them. He’s combed the
globe for creativity and innovation in retail for over fifteen years
now, and shares his in-depth knowledge of consumer trends and
attitudes through supercharged keynote addresses and personalized
consulting.
During the past decade Anthony Stokan has developed an enviable
reputation anchoring meetings, think tanks and strategic planning
sessions for the shopping centre and retail industries in Canada,
the US, Europe and South America. His broad-based involvement in
manufacturing, marketing and teaching enhances his uniquely informed
perspective on what consumers want.
Anthony Stokan authored the business best seller Who’s Minding the
Store? In it he pioneered the concept of the polarization of
consumers and retailers that defined shopping in the ‘90s. His new
book, The Naked Consumer is an incisive look at the ten trends
defining the future of retail this decade.
Often funny and never boring, Stokan’s approach is holistic and
humanistic, taking into account the roles of technology, creativity
and the psychology of customer expectation. Both a prophet and a
coach, he inspires, challenges, encourages, amuses and motivates in
energetic sessions that inform as much as they entertain.
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the Full Information Brochure and Registration Form
Other Shoe Show News
The Ottawa Sandal & Shoe Show
Spring / Summer 09 Collections Preview
Best Western Macies Hotel
1274 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario
L1Z 7K8
Sunday, August 10, 2008: 9am – 6pm
Monday, August 11, 2008: 9am – 6pm
Tuesday, August 12, 2008: Appointment Only
For more information please contact:
Dan Morgado
Ph: 905-839-8587 ** Fax: 905-839-9102
London Shoe & Sandal
Show
Spring / Summer 2009 Preview
Sunday, September 7, 2008: 9am – 6pm
Monday, September 8, 2008: 9am – 6pm
Tuesday, September 9, 2008: 9:00am—12:00pm (By appointment only)
At The Four Points Sheraton Hotel
1150 Wellington Red South
London, Ontario
N6E 3M3
For hotel Reservations Call: 519-681-0600
Online Reservations :
www.fourpointslondon.com
Please Fax or Mail Your Requirements to:
The London Show Committee
P.O. Box 2159 Blenheim, ON N0P 1A0
Fax: 519-676-1759
Show Information Contact:
John Brenan: 519-676-4922
Wireless High Speed
Internet Service at the Toronto Shoe Show
The Ontario Show Travellers is pleased to announce that
complimentary high speed wireless internet access will be available
at the Congress Centre to Exhibitors and Retailers for the duration
of the upcoming Toronto Shoe Show on August 17 and 18, 2008.
The user password to access this service is: TOSHOE
Kindly follow these steps to access the service:
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Verify that your
Wireless Network Card is enabled.
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Click on Start,
Connect to Wireless Connections and click on view available
networks.
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Browse the list, and
select AVW-TELAV. If a secrity notice is shown, you may accept.
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Wait approximately
30 seconds.
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Run Internet
Explorer or any other web browser.
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If our AVW-TELAV
sign on page is not shown, please type the following URL:
http:// www.msn.ca in your address bar, press enter or click on
go.
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Once AVW-TELAV’s
sign on page is shown, enter the user Password provided herein
and also included in the confirmation page.
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You must check the
box to accept terms and conditions and click continue. Wait
approximately 10 seconds and your browser will be automatically
forwarded to the Toronto Congress Centre site. At this point you
have successfully registered.
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All Email, VPN or
any other service may now be initiated.
Shoe Show Chairman,
Dan Morgado
Shuttle Bus Service
at The Toronto Shoe Show
The OSTA is pleased to announce Shuttle Bus service during the
Toronto Show
Sunday August, 17 and Monday, August 18, 2008
Location/Pick-Up Time
Quality Inn Suites: 7:30 am
Holiday Inn Airport—East: 7:45 am
Radisson Suite Hotel: 8:00 am
Toronto Congress Centre: 8:15 am
The last pick-up of the day will be at the Toronto Congress Centre.
Sunday, August 17, 2008 : 8:00pm
Monday, August 18, 2008: 6:30pm
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