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Weekly Ratings Alert - Free!
This weekly alert features articles tracking retailer bankruptcies and liquidations; mergers and acquisitions; sales and earnings figures; store expansion or closing plans and more. This publication will help you keep on top of economic indicators that impact retail performance, including consumer confidence indices, employment data, housing data, consumer prices, and manufacturing activity.

The VCF Report - Free! The single monthly source for trends, initiatives, updates, and measures for perfecting retailer-supplier execution
Take part in the sales-to-cash dialogue, from planning and forecasting to performance management. Obtain the practical tools and knowledge to resolve supply chain challenges in today's ever-changing retail landscape. The monthly e-newsletter contains case studies, articles of note, and original content with interactive functions for readership to provide feedback in the form of short surveys.

Trade Promotion Management Associates (TPMA) Outlook - Free!
Receive the weekly e-newsletter dedicated to supporting manufacturer-retailer marketing personnel involved in channel marketing activities. Explore commentary on current issues in trade promotion marketing and related areas. Stay current by linking to relevant news and recent articles. Review opportunities for new positions within the trade promotions industry.

The VCF Compliance Clearinghouse Alert - for VENDORS/MANUFACTURERS ONLY - Pricing and subscription information will be e-mailed to you with your indication of interest
The VCF Compliance Clearinghouse Alert notifies subscribers daily on the many retail compliance guide changes that impact their business process and profitability. Based on customized portfolios, manufacturers receive summarized compliance updates from the over 140 monitored retailer guides, saving suppliers countless hours in vendor guide reviews and costly dollars lost to deductions.

Retail Performance Monitor (RPM) - 26 issues for $707 (subscription information will be emailed to you with your indication of interest)
An essential tool for retail analysts, business, financial and marketing executives - every Retail Performance Monitor includes financial performance, an overview of the comp store sales, bankruptcies, mergers and acquisitions, industry change agents, trends, economic indicators and executive updates.

General Merchandise Comp Store Sales Analysis and Retail Performance Monitor - 12 issues of Comp Store Sales plus 26 issues of RPM for $1,179 (subscription information will be emailed to you with your indication of interest)

This publication indicates comparable store sales figures generally measuring sales changes at stores open for at least 13 months prior to the closing date of the month. Features include department, discount specialty retailers', and apparel retailers' stores sales data, ShopperTrak data on store traffic, BIGresearch consumer shopping trends, 8-year historical comparable sales data, plus summarized monthly and quarterly results.