Buyer registration for OutDoor Demo East is now open! Visit our registration page here.
Roger Williams Park > Providence, Rhode Island
Tuesday, October 21 - Wednesday, October 22, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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RETAILERS: Click here to visit our registration page to sign up for the show.
Interbike Outdoor Demo East is based on the very popular Outdoor Demo held in conjunction with the Interbike International Bicycle Expo in Las Vegas and will include product testing, National Bicycle Dealers Association (NBDA) seminars and networking events. The new event is aimed at serving retailers who do not attend and/or additional staff members who are not able to participate in the Interbike International Expo and Outdoor Demo.
About Roger Williams Park: Known as "The Jewel of Providence", the award winning Roger Williams Park attracts more than 2 million visitors a year. Cited by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as one of America's premier parks, Roger Williams Park was designed by Horace Cleveland. The park encompasses 435 acres in Providence and offers a number of wonderful family facilities, including a Zoo, Botanical Center, Victorian Carousel, Museum of Natural History and Cormack Planetarium. In addition to having a great cycling culture, Providence is a central location for Northeast and Mid Atlantic retailers and is easily accessible by most forms of transportation.
> OutDoor Demo East launch press release
> OutDoor Demo East Exhibitor Information brochure
> OutDoor Demo East booth space contract
Contact your Interbike account executive here.
"Interbike always produces a great trade event. We're confident OutDoor Demo East will be a great event as well and we are looking forward to giving our East Coast retailers another opportunity to learn about and test ride our products."
-Pat Cunnane, President, Advanced Sports
EVENTS
NBDA SuperSeminars
located on the Upper Level of the Roger Williams Park Casino
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
The Retail Store Manager as Leader
Dan Mann, The Mann Group
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
As retailers look for improvement in efficiencies, implementation and profitability, one staff position becomes increasingly important: Store Manager. In most retail companies, few roles have more impact on revenue growth, company culture, store environment and customer satisfaction. But how can a store manager be MOST EFFECTIVE? Great retail organizations recognize the store manager’s role as leader. The store manager influences, teaches, solves problems, coaches, builds a team and represents the brand to the public. The store manager is responsible for meeting revenue goals.
This seminar addresses these topics:
- Defining the ideal role for a store manager
- Characteristics of this manager/leader
- Leadership strategies for the sales floor
- Maximizing your influence for the company’s benefit (and yours!)
- Developing leadership skills for this role
How to Make '09 Turn Out Fine
Tom Shay, Profits Plus Seminars
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Sure the media is telling us to be concerned about the economy for 2009. You can do more to make 2009 be a great year as compared to just riding it out. Come hear Tom Shay explain what to do, what not to do, and what to stop doing so that you can weather tough economic times and make '09 turn out fine. Some proven strategies include taking control of the business, focusing on repeat customers, changing things that aren’t working, revising pricing strategies, and expense control strategies.
On the web: www.profitsplus.org
Wednesday, October 22
Practical Methods and Systems to Increase Profits in Your Service Department
Brett Flemming - The Bike Gallery and Efficient Velo Tools
9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Brett Flemming’s inspiring presentations have been rated as exceptional by dealers in numerous venues. This new and updated session will focus on practical and proven ideas for helping bicycle stores improve service department profitability, as well as service customer experience and mechanic retention. Brett will share the practices and concepts that have been implemented at The Bike Gallery, a multi-store cycling retailer in Portland, Oregon. Labor revenues have grown by over 50% in recent years at The Bike Gallery as a result of implementing these creative strategies.
On the web: www.efficientvelo.com
Power Merchandising for Bicycle Retailers
Chris Miller, Pacific Store Designs
10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Merchandising is always a "hot" button for retailers, manufacturers, and distributor attendees. This is a great topic that focuses on things that can be implemented immediately.
Chris Miller has developed his "Ten Commandments of Merchandising" that cover merchandising techniques, end cap promotions, tonnage statements, "WOW" factor, and window displays. Best of all, he uncovers secrets on how to maximize and maintain your stores optimum selling image.
What you will learn:
- Ways to merchandise your store.
- 10 bolt on, do-it yourself techniques.
- Secrets of how to keep your store looking good 24/7.
- Innovative display ideas.
- How to make the shoppers eyes see more merchandise.
On the web: www.pacificstoredesigns.com
TECH CLINICS
Mavic
Technical Instruction on How to Service Mavic Wheels
Tuesday, October 21st 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Upper Level
SRAM
Learn about the latest gear from SRAM, RockShox, Avid, and Truvativ
Tuesday, October 21st, 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2:30 p.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Lower Level
INDUSTRY NETWORKING PARTY - Sponsored by PEDRO'S
Tuesday, October 21st, 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Come and join us for free authentic New England grub and beer at a fun get together for the bike industry. Located at the Casino
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