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Design • Forum.

Ranked as one of the nation’s top retail design firms, Design Forum is headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, with offices in London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris and San Francisco. Design Forum offers a comprehensive range of integrated services including strategy, research, design, branding, architecture, procurement and implementation. Design Forum has produced award-winning designs for an international client list that includes Walgreens, Applebee’s, Toys “R” Us, Smart Car, AT&T, Washington Mutual, Yankee Candle, John Deere and P&G.

Design Forum is a part of Interbrand, which is an Omnicom company [NYSE: OMC] [www.omnicomgroup.com]. Omnicom is a leading global advertising, marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicom’s branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, interactive, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries.

For more information about Design Forum, visit www.designforum.com or contact Lynn Gonsior, Executive Vice President, 7575 Paragon Road, Dayton, OH 45459, 937-439-4400 or [email protected]

CHAIN STORE AGE THE NEWSMAGAZINE FOR RETAIL EXECUTIVES

Chain Store Age is the leading publication serving retail headquarters management. A monthly newsmagazine, Chain Store Age reports and analyzes trends and strategies in the following areas:

Corporate strategies

Technology

Supply Chain

Networking

Electronic Retailing

Payment Systems

Finance

Security

Marketing

Operations

Store Design/Visual Merchandising

Store Construction

Physical Supports

Facilities Maintenance

Human Resources

Leasing

Real Estate Development

Chain Store Age has been published since 1925. Its readers include chain headquarters decision makers from department stores, discount stores, specialty stores, supermarkets, convenience stores, variety stores, general merchandise stores, drug stores, home centers and hardware chains, and nonstore retailers as well as shopping center owners and developers.

Chain Store Age also publishes Retail Technology Quarterly.

The Chain Store Age Web site, www.chainstoreage.com, provides daily news updates and related retail information plus a weekly e-newsletter and a twice-a-month technology newsletter [TechTalk Tuesday].

Chain Store Age produces the SPECS conference, Executive SPECS, the Technology & Operations Store Summit (TOPSS), and the Supply Chain Summit, as well as the Employment Law for Retailers Forum.

For more information on Chain Store Age, contact Murray Forseter, Publisher/Editor, 425 Park Avenue, N.Y., N.Y. 10022, 212-756-5257 or [email protected].