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Sell Smarter at the ICBA Retail Conference
Experience uniqueness that takes your business to a superior level
A wave of development and expansion has redefined the vendor meeting experience with college store retailers. It’s ICBA PRIMEtime, PowerHall and Business Encounter -- where vendors and buyers truly connect. At the ICBA Conference we schedules private, category-specific meetings with the retailers who buy and sell your products and services.
- Prescheduled meetings with every buyer in your category
- Private, one-to-one meetings
- Includes meals and receptions for networking with store directors and key leaders
- Most cost-effective, unique event in collegiate retail
- We bring your buyers to you
ICBA Features Face-to-Face Meetings
ICBA schedules 10-, 20-, 30- or 40-minute private meetings with retailers who buy and sell your products and services. Behind closed doors, buyers and vendors have uninterrupted time to discuss marketing and merchandise strategies, new products, promotional initiatives and purchasing decisions. When your company participates in Business Encounter, PowerHall or PRIMEtime, you establish relationships that guide business and buying actions for years ahead. ICBA features extraordinary opportunities for you to form substantial, long-term relationships with active leaders in the college bookstore industry.
Sell Smarter
Make your most cost-effective decision -- participate in the ICBA Retail Conference
- Gain access to key college bookstore professionals
- Introduce and advance new products and services
- Deliver your corporate message and strengths
- Connect with new college industry partners
- Build relationships and strengthen your brand
- Grow your market
ICBA Brings Customers to You
Store and vendor commitment to ICBA makes Face-to-Face meetings possible. ICBA assists buyers with free airfare and free registration. (data below updated July 2010)
- ICBA Apparel, Backpacks & Imprinted Gifts represent more than $225 million in retail business.
- ICBA School & Office Supplies exceed $70 million in total retail business.
- ICBA Technology products exceed $225 million in retail sales in consumer electronics and computer hardware, software, and accessories.
- ICBA Academic Resources, Textbooks & Course Materials represent more than $700 million in total retail sales.
ICBA is PRIMEtime, PowerHall and Business Encounter
In 2005, after recognizing individually focused meetings as productive, profitable, and cost effective for buyers and vendors, Independent College Bookstore Association introduced private one-to-one meetings to the college bookstore industry.
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