2008 Retail Conference - Presentations & Podcasts

March 30, 2008

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Conference Presentations and Podcasts

Monday, March 31, 2008

Welcome Remarks
John Griffin, President Magazine Group, National Geographic

What Consumers Are Thinking About Today
J. Walker Smith, President, Yankelovich Partners, Inc.



Enhancing the Shopping Experience Award
Stephen Leach, Vice President, Retail Marketing Comag Marketing Group

Consumers, Retail and the Environment
Michela O'Connor Abrams, President and Publisher of Dwell
Steve French, Managing Partner, The Natural Marketing Institute
David Refkin, Director of Sustainable Development, Time Inc.
Dave Sherman, Partner, Blu Skye Sustainability Consulting

Path to the Presidency
Matt Cooper, Washington Editor of Cond Nast Portfolio Magazine

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

How America Shops
Wendy Liebmann, Founder/CEO and Chief Shopper WSL Strategic Retail



Connecting with Your Consumer
Cindi Leive, Editor-in-Chief, Glamour

Unleashing the Power of Print: A Book Case Study
John Santanella, VP Consumer Product Marketing,  Nickelodeon

Grocery Super Study: The Impact of Magazines on Store Profitability
Tom Griffith, Willard Bishop Consulting Group

A Case for Magazines at Retail
Jay Felts, Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing, Comag Marketing Group;
Drew Wintemberg, Executive Vice President of Sales Time/Warner Retail Sales and Marketing
Jay Wysong, Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer/Operations Distribution Services, Inc.
Presentation

Enhancing the Shopping Experience Award
Stephen Leach, Vice President, Retail Marketing Comag Marketing Group



Future of Magazines at Retail
Moderated by Peter Kreisky, President, The Kreisky Media Consultancy, LLC.

Jaime Carey, Vice President, Newsstand Division, Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Glen Clark, President, The News Group for North America and Executive Vice President, The Jim Pattison Group
Rich Jacobsen, President & CEO Time Warner Retail Sales and Marketing
John Loughlin, Executive VP and General Manager, Hearst Magazines.



Morning Close
Nina Link, President and CEO, Magazine Publishers of America