RETAIL MARKETING SOCIETY

Attention: FIT Business Certificates Students
Luncheon Meeting
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
RETAIL INDUSTRY REVIEW & OUTLOOK
A Panel Discussion with Experts from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services

12:00 noon – 2:00 pm
Arno Ristorante141 West 38th St., NYC (between Broadway & Seventh Ave.)

Our panelists will consider the following questions facing the retailing and supermarkets industries in 2015:

* Sears & J.C. Penney: Headed in Different Directions?
* Myths and Realities: The Long-term View of Online Retail vs. Bricks and Mortar
* Mergers, Acquisitions and Leveraged Buy-Outs: What’s Hot? What’s Not?

Panelists from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services:
Bob Schulz, CFA, Managing Director, Analytical Manager, Retail & Restaurants
Ana Lai, CFA, Senior Director, Analytical Manager, REITs and Homebuilders
Toby Crabtree, Director (department stores, apparel, online  retailers)
Chuck Pinson-Rose, CFA, Director (supermarkets and specialty hard goods)

Moderator:
Margaret Cannella, Adjunct Professor, Columbia Business School, former retailing analyst  Scroll down for bios of our panelists.

For more info: http://www.retailmarketingsociety.org/223/index.html