INDUSTRY INSIGHT

Secrets of the Consumer Retail/E-tail Best Sellers
Moderated by: Robert DeMarzo , Editorial Director, Senior Vice President, Everything Channel

What separates a best seller from the rest of the pack in today’s intensely competitive retail and e-tail markets? Join Everything Channel Senior Vice President Robert DeMarzo and a panel of executives from vendor companies that are taking home the top honors in this year’s Best Selling Consumer Products for 2008 Awards, hosted by RetailVision and The NPD Group. The panel will focus on what retail and e-tail buyers need to do to partner with the best sellers with a focus on incremental sales opportunities for both vendor and retailer/e-tailer.

BIOGRAPHIES

Robert C. DeMarzo Editorial Director, Senior Vice President, Everything Channel

Robert C. Demarzo has spent most of his career helping Solution Providers and IT professionals sort through the most complex issues facing their businesses. His dedication to the indirect sales channel has been his hallmark, his passion. DeMarzo built his career at Everything Channel, which began when he joined the team of CRN and continued as he became Editor-in-Chief of VARBusiness, transforming it into a leading-edge magazine covering service-oriented companies. Under his leadership,VARBusiness did something unexpected and unthinkable: It became the fifth-largest computer industry publication in the marketplace, competing against eWeek,Computerworld, InfoWorld and other leading magazines. He has written a column for the past 11 years on industry trends affecting his readers and the opportunities that await them.