Sunday, October 18, 2009

Announcement

RILA and LQ Initiate a New Partnership
LQ is pleased to announce it has formed new partnership with RILA, The Retail Industry Leaders Association.
RILA’s membership can look forward to receiving LQ at its conferences and enjoying a new column to be inaugurated in 2009. RILA’s column will be prepared by senior members of RILA’s executive team who will be sharing their insights on best practices and trends in supply chain management in the retail industry.

RILA:
The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) is best defined by the companies it represents: America’s leading retailers.
RILA proudly counts eight of the top 10 U.S. retailers as members. RILA members also hold the top spot among key retail segments including: apparel, consumer electronics, department stores, home improvement, large format and small format, demonstrating that RILA is truly the association for ‘retail leaders.’ In fact, no trade association represents more top retailers than RILA.

As the retail’s industry’s advocate in Washington, RILA is a trusted source dedicated to telling the retail industry’s story and informing lawmakers of the impact and consequences of the decisions they make. On the retail operations side, RILA provides a forum where members can conduct discussions aimed at understanding common operational practices, areas of concern, and pragmatic solutions to problems. And its educational events are second to none.

LQ:
LQ Magazine provides ideas for leadership in logistics and transportation for logisticians, supply chain management practitioners, transportation management and other senior-level executives in the United States and Canada who are engaged in leading and transforming their businesses. Since its founding in 1995, LQ has upheld a tradition to be logistics and transportation publication written by professionals for professionals in the field - affording authoritative thinking on the complex and fast-changing work of the logistics and transportation business. LQ holds two annual conferences featuring leading academics and practitioners from the U.S. and Canada.