Date:

Thursday,  December 1, 2005

Topic:

Retailing Outlook:
2005 Holiday Season and Beyond

Speakers:

Bill Baxter
President and Chief Executive Officer
Retail Merchants Association

Ken Gassman
Retailing and Jewelry Industry Analyst

Greg Gilligan
Editor
Sunday Business and Real Estate sections Richmond Times-Dispatch

Si Lee
President
Korean-American Grocers Assoc. (KAGRO)
   of Greater Richmond
and Owner of Meadow Square Shopping Center
 

Richmond Association for Business Economics (RABE)

Cost:
(Includes heavy hors d’ouvres.  Cash bar available.)

RABE Members:  $15.00
Non-Members:  $25.00
Full Time Students:  $15.00

Reservations:

Reservations are required and should be made by 11:00 am on Tuesday, November 29.  Please pay in advance for this event.  Payment can be made by check or credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, or Discover).

TO PAY BY CHECK:   Simply follow the two steps, below:

Step # 1:  Register online at
   www.RABEva.org/register
or by calling Jackie at (804) 371-2915.  If you receive a voice mail message, please leave your reservation with your name and phone number.

Step # 2:  Mail your check to RABE so that it arrives by Tuesday, November 29.  Send payment to:  RABE; PO Box 2382; Richmond, VA 23218.


TO PAY BY CREDIT CARD:   RABE uses the online payment system "PayPal" to process credit cards. All of your information remains secure and confidential through PayPal. RABE will not have access to your credit card number.

Register and pay online by going to
   www.RABEva.org/register

If you have difficulties, please contact Jackie at (804) 371-2915.  Online registrations and payment should be made by 11:00 am on Tuesday, November 29.

Location
and Parking:

Location:  Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond,
701 East Byrd Street in downtown Richmond

(Directions to Bank building.)

Parking:   For this event only, FREE parking is available in the EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT at the Federal Reserve Building.  The Employee Lot is a large, fenced-in area that’s immediately to the WEST of the Bank building.

   Please enter the employee lot from Byrd Street, which runs in front of the Bank building.  From Byrd Street, please turn RIGHT just before you reach the building and proceed a short distance to the entrance of the Employee Lot.  Then, make another RIGHT turn into the Employee Lot.  Tell the guard that you are attending the “RABE retailing presentation.”

   Please proceed to the guard house at the FRONT of the building.  There is a side entrance to the building for employees, but that will NOT be open for our use.  Enter the building through the guard house and security bunker to the EAST of the Bank building (this is to the LEFT of the building, when you are facing the front of the building).

Other parking options include the RMA Expressway Deck at 9th and Canal Streets, diagonally across from the bank.  Cost is $2 per hour.  Limited on-street parking may also be available in the vicinity of the Bank building.

Even more parking options can be found at www.RideFinders.com  Simply go to "Commuter Guide" at the top of the screen, followed by "Downtown Commuter Guide."