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Smyth publishes thought-leadership magazines, newsletters, critical business alerts, and blogs to keep our subscribers and customers up to date on the latest issues and trends in their industries. We also conduct over 500 meetings, webinars and seminars each year for the members of our affiliated associations, along with major event management, on-site training programs and customized workshops upon request. In addition, we provide branded, Online Peer Networks for Credit, Supply Chain and Trade Promotion management, as well as private label online peer networks for any industry.

Online Peer Networks

RationalScore™ - The Virtual Credit Network
The Credit Industry's revolutionary, free, online trade data exchange platform with industry sector networking capabilities for completely secure, trusted and monitored credit information interchange.

TPNexus™, the Online Peer Network for the Retail Industry
The retail industry's first, dedicated online peer network. This private, secure, online community fosters communication, trust and collaboration for trading partners, and has applications in every virtually industry.

Industry Buying Guide

Trading Partners Buyers Guide
An industry leading online guide for Trading Partners to all supporting services and products from logistics, marketing, sales, ecommerce, finance, credit, to enabling technology. This is the one place to visit when looking for supply chain and professional services, and advanced products and technology.

Digital News

Journal of Trading Partner Practices
The Journal For Retail Marketing and Supply Chain Leadership
An industry thought leadership publication, JTPP is a comprehensive electronic magazine serving retail and supplier professionals involved with the retail supply chain: order-to-cash, logistics, operations, marketing / trade promotion, vendor compliance, and finance. Its emphasis is on driving greater operational efficiencies and optimum supplier-retailer synchronization.

RationalScore™ Coming July 2009!
Taking a fresh look at credit leadership today and tomorrow, RationalScore Magazine focuses on the careers, training, and knowledge it takes to excel in the area of corporate credit, accounts receivable, collection, deduction management, including industry best practices, advances in technology, how-to action plans, and who's doing it right.

Retail Performance Monitor™
General Merchandise Comp Store Sales Analysis
12 issues of RPM plus 12 General Mechandise Comp Store Sales Analysis combined are $1179.00 per year. RPM is a premium monthly electronic publication that is a must read for institutions, investors, finance, credit, sales, supplier and retail executives. RPM includes financial performance, an overview of the comp store sales, bankruptcies, mergers and acquisitions, industry change agents, trends, economic indicators and executive updates. Features include department, discount, specialty, and apparel retailer stores data. It also includes ShopperTrak™ in store traffic information, BIGresearch™ consumer shopping trends, multi-year historical sales comps, plus monthly and quarterly results. Find out more.

Industry Newsletters and Alerts

Smyth/Bernard Sands - Weekly Ratings Alert
A must read for 60,000 industry subscribers, WRA tracks topical retail industry trends, company credit, sales and financial issues, mergers and acquisitions; sales and earnings figures; store expansion or closing plans and more. Includes columns such as Credit, Company and Economy News, Comp Store Sales, and Bankruptcy Watch. Free subscription.

The VCF Report
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. Subscribers - 50,000. Free subscription.

TPMA Outlook News and Commentary for Trade Promotion Marketers
A weekly newsletter from Trade Promotion Management Associates dedicated to supporting manufacturer-retailer channel marketing activities.. Stay current by linking to relevant news and recent articles. Review opportunities for new positions within the trade promotions industry. Subscribers - 3,000

The VCF Compliance Clearinghouse Alert and Blog
Developed by the Vendor Compliance Federation, the ComplianceClearinghouse.com custom Compliance Monitoring Service automates the thousands retail compliance guide changes that impact the business process, penalties, deductions and business profits. This is a custom outsource and SaaS service for suppliers to the retail channel. The Compliance Clearinghouse tracks tens of thousands of compliance records daily. Find out more.

Blogs

TP Nexus Blog
VCF Blog
Perfect Order Index Blog
Compliance Clearinghouse Blog
TPMA Blog

Educational Programs (more than 500 per year)

Workshops, Meetings, Webinars, White Papers and Research
Retail Supply Chain
Enabling technology
Vendor Compliance
Order-to-Cash
Credit Management
(NACM Certification and CEUs)

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