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A.R.E. News:

•	PAVE Announces PAVE the Way 3D Design Challenge Finalists
•	PAVE Gala Celebrates the Best in Retail Design
•	PAVE Announces 2009 Rising Star Award Winner
•	Call for Entries: 2010 A.R.E. Design Awards and Sustainability Awards
•	A.R.E. Members Win Portfolio Awards
•	A.R.E. Announces Projects Winning its Inaugural Sustainability Awards
•	A.R.E. Members Commit to 2030 Challenge
•	Store of the Year, Fixture of the Year and Visual Presentation of the Year Announced at A.R.E. Design Awards
•	A.R.E. Above & Beyond Award Presented to Impressions Marketing Group
•	A.R.E. Publishes Green Resource Guide
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Industry News:

•	Retailers and Designers Innovating to Prepare for Future
•	Retailers reap slightly better season than '08
•	Kohl's moves, expands NYC design office
•	2009 Year of 'No Activity'
•	Three hot countries retailers need to watch
•	More Shoppers Hit Stores, but Spend Less
•	Post recession, researchers see shoppers' "pent-up demand" ready to explode
•	Wal-Mart Plans To Grow By Shrinking Store Size
•	Manufacture for Green and Sustainable Design
•	Retail Construction Spending to Rise 10% in 2010
•	Retailers May Have a Cheerier Holiday Season to Look Forward To
•	10 Retailers Gaining Strength From the Recession
•	Online shopping may help holiday retailers
•	Retailers seize recession-made chances
•	Retailing’s Next Test: Halloween
•	Journal of Retail Analytics
•	Kohls deemed greenest retailer in the U.S.
•	Holiday 2009—Second-Worst in 42 Years, Retail Forward Forecasts
•	Retail sales jump 2.7% in August on widespread gains
•	Survey: Retailers Optimistic for 2010
•	Adaptive Retail Design: A Faster, Cheaper, Greener Alternative
•	Finding the Retail Stars of Tomorrow
•	2009 Chain Store Age 100 – Top U.S. Retailers
•	Retail Hiring Shift May Show Growing Confidence in Recovery
•	2010 Store Openings: Complete List of U.S. Retail Industry Future Expansion
•	More Questions Than Answers: The New Chinese Consumers
•	Better News, but Retail Prospects Are Still Dim
•	J.C. Penney Opens First LEED Store
•	Green Denny's: New Joliet restaurant gets national recognition for saving energy
•	Landlords find creative ways to fill retail spaces
•	Luxottica returns to growth
•	Wal-Mart to Launch LED Pilot Program
•	Study Finds Successful Retailers Are Embracing Green Practices
•	Retailers see glimmer of hope in consumers' back-to-school plans
•	Financial Crisis Shapes Global Retail Outlook Retail Forward Reports
•	Top 100 Retailers for 2008
•	U.S. June retail sales stronger than expected
•	Chipotle unit earns highest LEED certification
•	Stores Take Christmas In July More Seriously
•	Giorgio Borruso Design Wins IIDA Interior Design Award
•	Bergmeyer Receives John M. Clancy Award
•	CORE architecture + design receives AIA Small Project Award
•	RYA Design Consultancy acquired by Callison
•	LEO A DALY Acquires Schwab, Twitty & Hanser Architectural Group
•	Seven at Palladeo become LEED APs
•	Upping the "WOW-factor" Builds Brand Loyalty New Retail Study Reveals
•	Recession to Push Outsourcing Among Retailers
•	America's Best Independent Retailers
•	Shoppers Respond Differently to Store Media
•	The Retail awards no one wants to win
•	Bix Box Recycling
•	Retail sales rise 0.5 %, but it's mostly higher prices
•	Home Depot says worst of housing crisis over
•	Navigating the Aisles in a Tough Market
•	Mini Versions of Big-Box Stores
•	Worst is Over, says Nielsen Economic Expert
•	Retailers report smaller sales decline in April
•	Why Retailing Will Never Be The Same Again
•	A Bumpy Bottom for Retail?
•	Retailers' Recession Tactics
•	Some big Retailers to Expand
•	Stylmark's SW Products Division Acquires Environments, Inc.
•	Retail and Consumer Trends

Upcoming A.R.E. Events

•	Altuglas Lunch ’N Learn — Thursday, July 23, 2009 Noon EDT
•	A.R.E. ShopTalk 2009
•	54th Annual A.R.E. Convention — Nov. 11-14, 2009, The Breakers, Palm Beach, Fla.
•	Retail Design Collective Collective, Dec. 9-11, 2009, New York

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