Retailing Resources Web Index-Retailing News

• Business Week (www.businessweek.com) Free online edition.



• Business Wire (www.businesswire.com) "The Global Leader in News Distribution"-an easy-to-use, constantly updated business news source.



• Cahners News (www.cahners.com) from Cahners Publishing Company publishes several business-to-business publications. Visit this site for periodically updated industry news.



• The Centre for the Study of Commercial Activity (CSCA) (www.csca.ryerson.ca) CSCA provides a research focus for the members of the retail and development sectors and facilitates the discussion of issues of mutual concern, the exchange of ideas, and the development of a network of professional contacts. It facilitates research, innovation and discussion. The Centre currently has the support of over 50 private-sector members and associations. This site also provides a variety of useful links.



• Company News On Call (www.prnewswire.com) is a complete and timely archived database covering the previous year's stories of appearing participating companies on PR Newswire. Participating companies include: Eckerd's, Genesco, Hallmark, Harley Davidson, Home Depot, J.C. Penney, Lowes, Microsoft, Payless ShoeSource, Pier 1 Imports, Sears, Shopko, and Office Depot.



• DSN Retailing Today (www.dsnretailingtoday.com) DSN Retailing Today is the leading international newspaper serving the ever-growing mass market. Targeted to and read by decision makers at all levels - CEOs to Store Managers - DSN Retailing Today provides timely, accurate news and feature coverage of this constantly changing field.



• Lebhar-Friedman (www.lf.com) This site offers daily updates on late-breaking retailing news. News items are classified into publications, retailing directories, industry events, research, advertising and marketing services, industry employment classified, and special reports.



• National Retail Federation (NRF) (www.nrf.com) is the world's largest retail trade association; a true federation made up of major nationally know retailers and independent stores, 50 state retail associations and more than 30 national retail organizations. This unique structure ensures that NRF is in tune with and speaks for the retail community across the United States. NRF provides retailing news, what's new at NRF, a schedule of important retailing events and conferences, government affairs, and more.



• New York Times (www.nytimes.com/pages/business/index.html) Business section



• PRNEWSwire Daily News (www.prnewswire.com) allows searches of the last 72 hours of news by industry, name, ticker or state.



• STORES (www.stores.org) is the official magazine of the National Retail Federation. Every month, STORES reports on the full spectrum of retail operations with the latest news on: technology, information systems, operations, credit, loss prevention, logistics, energy management, on-line retailing, marketing, shopping center development, store design, and physical supports.



• Supermarket News (www.supermarketnews.com) is a nationally circulated weekly trade publication for the food distribution industry news, trends and product features. The SN Group also publishes Brand Marketing, a monthly magazine, and IS Solutions, a weekly newsletter.



• Yahoo Real-time Retailing News (biz.yahoo.com/news/retail.html) is updated every minute.



• Retail Merchants Association of Greater Richmond (www.retailmerchants.com)



• Virginia Retail Merchants Association (www.virginiaretail.org) was established in 1905. VRMA is a not-for-profit trade association representing retailers to educate, inform, and serve as a resource. VRMA and its retail member associations represents more than 5,400 retailers and other associated businesses throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia.