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Industry Retail Group CEO to Discuss Retail Profitability at Tomax Visibility Conference

Posted on: Thursday, 23 April 2009, 13:43 CDT

BETHESDA, Md., April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Industry Retail Group, Inc. (IRG) (www.industryretail.com), a leading provider of retail-centric broadband-based applications and services, announced its gold-level sponsorship of the Tomax Visibility Conference, being held May 13-15, 2009 at The Canyons Resort in Park City, UT.

Mike Luzio, CEO of IRG, will be in attendance, largely focused on discussing retail profitability at the conference and how leveraging your WAN broadband infrastructure can help dramatically reduce costs. Multiple areas will be covered at the forum but will primarily cover best practices in the areas of leveraging broadband to fund PCI compliance, store systems, and POS upgrades.

Drawing from experience in advising Fortune 500 retailers, Luzio and his colleagues will share their specific expertise in how to increase profitability in this challenging economic climate.

Retailers from the nation's top chains are expected to attend the Visibility Conference as with previous conferences. The theme this year is, "Connecting with the Business," and will focus in the following areas of retailing:

• Customer Management, Loyalty
• Loss Prevention
• Pricing, Promotions, Vendor Money Management
• Labor Management and Forecasting
• Inventory Control, Forecasting, Allocation
• Merchandise Planning Techniques

"Without question, Visibility 2009 is the premier conference for the most successful retailers," said Luzio. "The IRG team is honored to work hand in hand with the foremost providers in the retail space to provide comprehensive solutions to these organizations. We look forward to developing new relationships that are sure to strengthen our offering to leading retailers and we are very pleased that we were extended this invite by the Tomax Corporation."

About Tomax

Tomax is the leading provider of real-time merchandising and store execution applications and services. The Tomax Retail.net suite helps retailers connect the dots across the demand-driven retail continuum, integrating people and processes, and providing timely, relevant, actionable information to improve retail results. Tomax has served retailers exclusively for more than 20 years, delivering Merchandise Planning, In-Season Merchandising, Merchandise Management, Workforce Management, Store Operations and Customer Management solutions, and implementation and application hosting services. The Tomax customer base includes over 100 branded retailers including Air Terminal Gifts, The Andersons, ALCO Stores, EZ Lube, Hallmark Canada, Kelly-Moore Paints, Pamida, Party City, Raley's Supermarkets, ShopRite, Snyders Drug Stores, Sportsman's Warehouse, Trader Joe's, Travel Traders, Winn Dixie, and 24 Hour Fitness. For more information, email info@tomax.com.

About Industry Retail Group

IRG is a premier provider of broadband-enabled network services, serving retailers and multi-site companies. IRG partners with its clients to serve as a single, comprehensive source for industry-specific broadband-related services and solutions, offering proactive, dedicated support. IRG has a growing client base including Fortune 1000 retailers with locations worldwide. IRG also provides valuable over-lay applications including Hotspot and Enterprise Wi-Fi, hosted VoIP, and IP-based Video Surveillance. These bottom-line impacting services allow clients to further leverage their WAN investment.

www.industryretail.com

SOURCE Industry Retail Group, Inc.

Source: PR Newswire

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