ETD: 927 Cost of opening a retail store; Best Products Named at New York Shows; Call for sponsors

[E-Tailer's Digest]

  E-Tailer's Digest --- Everything for the  Retailer
  Issue #0927          October 27 2005
  George Matyjewicz, Moderator         mailto:georgem at gapent.com
  Published by:  GAP Enterprises, Ltd.  http://www.etailersdigest.com
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   CONTENTS
  [1]  Greetings
  [2]  Cost of opening a retail store
  [3]  Best Products Named at New York Shows
  [4]  Call for sponsors

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  [1]  Greetings.
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Hi All:

List member Phyllis Lanin is looking for help in 
establishing retail stores.  Her company is a 
clothing manufacturer who wants to enter the 
retail market, and they need help.  Anybody have any thoughts?

List members Quinn Halford and Matthew Kalash 
report of the Best Products of the Year at the 
Home Textiles show.  Are you selling them yet?

Lynn Franco reports on the call for sponsors from 
The Conference Board’s Consumer Research Center 
who is conducting a new survey.  Contact Lynn if you are interested.


Now, let's get to everything for the retailer.

Sincerely


George Matyjewicz, PhD
Chief Global Strategist, GAP Enterprises, Ltd.
mailto:georgem at gapent.com
http://www.etailersdigest.com

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  [2]  Cost of opening a retail store
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We are the US sales division of an European 
manufacturer of ladies and men's sleepwear. Our 
headquarters has asked that we establish retail 
stores in the U.S. We need to know...

1.  Does anyone have any statistics on costs and 
needs to open a retail  store?
2.  What does it take to be profitable?
3.  Is there any service that works to set up and establish a store?

We know our merchandise, and do have displays in 
major, high-end retailers.  We have been 
advertising to bring about brand awareness.

Regards,

Phyllis Lanin
C.F.O.

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  [3]  Best Products Named at New York Shows
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The New York Home Textiles Show and the New York 
Gourmet Housewares Show named Best of Show 
products at events held at the Jacob Javits 
Convention Center, October 16–19. Best of Show in 
textiles went to Prairiedog Co. (Osaka, Japan) 
for “café” and “cake” guest towels. Best of Show 
in gourmet housewares was Soda Club USA Inc. 
(Cherry Hill, NJ) for its Penguin sparkling water maker.

Quinn Halford, Editor In Chief
Matthew Kalash, Managing Editor
Gifts & Dec Online
www.giftanddec.com

Quote of the Week
“You did such a superb job telling your readers 
about our community service effort and resulting 
[REA] award. I hope this will encourage other 
‘young’ businesses to enter future REA contests.” 
— retailer Jane Lemme on the article about her 
store, Gardener’s Folly, in the October issue of 
Gifts & Decorative Accessories.

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  [4]  Call for sponsors
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The Conference Board’s Consumer Research Center, 
which produces the widely-cited Consumer 
Confidence Index™ and Pam Danziger,  President, 
Unity Marketing and author of Let Them Eat 
Cake:  Marketing Luxury to the Masses –  as well 
as the Classes and  Why People Buy Things They 
Don’t Need and a nationally recognized expert on 
the luxury market, are  joining forces to explore the global luxury market:

"The Global Luxury Market: A Study of Affluent 
Consumers in the US, UK, China and Japan, France, Germany and Italy"

The study will explore the attitudes and luxury 
purchasing behavior of affluent consumers.  The 
study will focus on the behaviors of affluent 
consumers in the US, UK, China, Japan, France, Germany and Italy.

The sponsoring company(s), which will help The 
Conference Board offset the survey and research 
costs, will receive valuable benefits, including:
o Acknowledgement as a lead sponsor of the study, 
100 print copies, plus the report in PDF format and
o Input  on survey design and questions and
o Permission for unlimited PDF report 
distribution within their individual company and
o An Invitation to Sponsors-Only Web 
Briefings.  The briefings will focus on initial 
top-line findings and detailed findings in advance of the publication date and
o A database containing the underlying report data

If you would like to sponsor the research or 
learn more about the study, please contact Lynn 
Franco at The Conference Board (212-339-0344) or 
email, lynn.franco at conference-board.org

If you would like to participate, please let Lynn 
Franco know at your earliest convenience. The 
cut-off date for sponsors will be Friday, October 28, 2005.

About The Conference Board
The Conference Board is the world's leading 
business membership organization. Its membership 
includes over 2,500 enterprises worldwide in 60 
countries. The Conference Board creates and 
disseminates knowledge about management and the 
marketplace to help businesses strengthen their 
performance and better serve society. As a 
not-for-profit organization, The Conference Board 
holds 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status in the United States.


Lynn Franco
The Conference Board
(212-339-0344)

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