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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see below for information about a Retail Summit being offered in Columbus, OH on August 23.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"">Lisa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Lisa Williams<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Associate Lecturer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Program Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Human and Consumer Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Retail Merchandising and Fashion Product Development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Ohio University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">121B McCracken Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Athens, OH 45701 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Phone: (740) 597-3122<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Fax: (740) 593-0155<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">williaL6@ohio.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">I wanted to share some information for <a href="https://retailsummit.org/" target="_blank">Retail Summit 2018</a>, an annual conference based in Columbus that focuses on topics like eCommerce,
design, fashion, logistics and more. I thought this event may be of interest to <span style="background:white">students in the Retail Merchandising and Fashion Product Development Major at Ohio University.</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Retail Summit 2018 will feature retail industry leaders like design:retail magazine, Express, DSW Inc. and Thirty-One Gifts. We are currently selling student
tickets<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>at a<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span><b>discounted price</b> – more than 40 percent off our regular ticket pricing. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">If you or any of your associates are interested in attending<span class="xapple-converted-space"> </span>Retail Summit<span class="xapple-converted-space"> on </span>Aug.
23, please apply the promo code <b>PROMO18</b> at checkout. This discount is limited to the first 50 students who sign up. If you have any questions or trouble with the promo code, please feel free to contact me at your convenience. <a href="https://retailsummit.org/" target="_blank">https://retailsummit.org/</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:15.0pt;background:white"><a href="https://retailsummit.org/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="250" height="131" style="width:2.6in;height:1.3666in" id="LPThumbnailImageID_15318405443660.8391721309300542" src="https://retailsummit.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Interim_Social-logo-2-1200x629.png"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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| Insights, trends and networking | Columbus OH</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:15.0pt;line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#666666">Join leading minds in retail at Columbus Retail Summit 2018, presented by the Columbus Chamber of Commerce and Franklin
County Aug. 23.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Thank you for your time, and please let me know if you have any questions at all. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="xmsonormal" style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33)"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">All my best,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="color:red">Lindsey Beauch</span><span style="color:#212121"><br>
</span></b><span style="color:#212121">Marketing Intern<br>
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<b>COLUMBUS CHAMBER</b><br>
150 South Front St. | Suite 200 | Columbus, OH | 43215<br>
columbus.org</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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