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IHA - International Housewares Association: The Home Authority
Web: www.housewares.org | Ph: 847-292-4200 | Fax: 847-292-4211
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Deborah A.Teschke
Manager, Media Relations & Communications
847-692-0110
SEARS/KMART FEATURED SPEAKER AT HOUSEWARES VENDOR COMPLIANCE EVENT
IHA & VCF Join to Bring "All About Retail Compliance" to the Housewares Industry
ROSEMONT, ILL. (Sept. 4, 2008) - Are you prepared to proactively manage your compliance challenges in this tough economic environment? A one-day seminar co-sponsored by the International Housewares Association (IHA) and VCF, an IHA business solutions partner, will show housewares suppliers how to build better tools and processes that will allow them to manage purchase orders to cash, error-free.
"All About Retail Compliance™: Housewares" will be held Wednesday, Oct. 22 in Rosemont, Ill., and focuses on how suppliers can eliminate process errors, chargebacks and unnecessary costs by sealing the gaps in their compliance knowledge. The program is open to all housewares suppliers. IHA and VCF member companies receive a discounted registration fee of $395. The non-member registration fee is $595. To register, go to www.housewares.org and click on the link under Events & Upcoming Deadlines.
The agenda includes a panel discussion by merchandise/vendor relations managers from Sears Holding Corporation who will discuss how to work with the retailer on their compliance standards for housewares suppliers. Other session topics include:
- The Challenges of Being a Retailer
- The Order Flow Process and the Cost of Not Getting it Right
- eCommerce 101—how to read EDI language and understand transaction sets, VANs, catalogue partners and data pools
- Floor Ready, Packing and Marking
- Shipping and Transportation
- Navigating Compliance Manuals and Managing Change
For more information or to register, go to www.housewares.org or contact Ginny Costello at IHA at gcostello@housewares.org or 847.692.0114.
About IHA
The International Housewares Association is the 70-year-old voice of the housewares industry, which accounted for (US)$306 billion at retail worldwide in 2007. The not-for-profit, full-service association sponsors the world's premier exposition of products for the home, the International Home + Housewares Show, and offers its 1,700 member companies a wide range of services, including industry and government advocacy, export assistance, State-of-the-Industry reports, point-of-sale and consumer panel data through Housewares MarketWatch, executive management peer groups, a unique Web-based community at www.housewares.org and group buying discounts on business solutions services.
About VCF
VCF is the leading collaborative retail organization facilitating profitable relationships between retailers and suppliers. In association with Trade Promotion Management Associates (TPMA), VCF is an advocate for retail-supplier trading synchronization and champions initiatives to increase strategic industry-wide productivity, profitability and growth. We are unique in that we assist retailers in their efforts to make their supplier base more effective, while simultaneously working with suppliers to better execute their customers requirements. Our organization serves a multitude of touch points in perfecting retailer-supplier execution to shorten cycle times and drive overall velocity in the supply chain.
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