The Network of Executive Women presents
The 2009 NEW Leadership Summit
October 12-14, 2009 • Sheraton Dallas Hotel • Dallas
NEW Retail Safari®
presented by WSL Strategic Retail
Take home new ideas from five of the nation’s top retailers when you join NEW’s Retail Safari® in Dallas.
You’ll learn how to explore a store and find smart ideas to translate to your business, including design, merchandising, retail marketing and promotions. The Retail Safari® includes a guided tour of stores to spot innovation, a guidebook with tips on what to look for in each store, and pages to record your ideas.
The Retail Safari® is a smart tool for you to develop new opportunities for your company. Now in its third year, the Retail Safari® is presented by WSL Strategic Retail, experts in How America Shops®. It has garnered rave reviews from attendees, who have given it some of the highest ratings ever scored for a Network event. Space is limited for this optional event, so register today.
Scheduled stops
Retail experts from WSL Strategic Retail will take you on a Retail Safari® to these five unique stores in the Dallas area:
Fiesta Mart
Shopping is designed to be fun at this award-winning Latin-themed supermarket, which features a fiesta atmosphere, Latino and cross-over appeal and eco-friendly lighting.
Newflower Farmers Market
Find out what happens when you cross a healthy, fresh food grocer with a discount supermarket on your trip to the popular and fast-growing Newflower Farmers Market, a natural foods supermarket that lives up to its slogan “Serious Food...Silly Prices.”
Save-A-Lot
Learn the meaning of “extreme value” grocery shopping at this visit to Save-A-Lot.
The 1,200-store chain offers a carefully selected product assortment and savings of up to 40 percent over conventional grocery stores.
Ulta Beauty
A one-stop beauty oasis featuring prestige, mass and salon products and services. Includes a unique combination of more than 21,000 products, and affordable indulgences like a brow and lip bar and full service salon.
Walgreens
Discover “Customer Centric Retailing” that makes shopping easier when you visit a branch of one of the nation’s leading chain drug stores. Perfect preparation for the Summit and our keynote speaker, Kim Feil, chief marketing officer of Walgreens.
Schedule
Monday, October 12
8:30 am Kickoff meeting at hotel
9:30 am Buses depart hotel
10 am – 3:00 pm Guided store tours and debrief
3:00 pm Hotel return
Return time estimated
Registration
$299
Non-members: Join the Network for $200 per year to enjoy this rate and all the benefits and discounts offered by NEW membership.