LOCAL EVENTS
Retail Merchants Association First Friday Forum, 7:45 to 9:15 a.m., Westin Richmond Hotel, 6631 W. Broad St. Speaker: Rich Lundvall with Landfall LLC. Topic: "Turning Shoppers Into Buyers and Improving Shoppers' Lives." Cost: $30 for members; $35 for nonmembers. Registration: (804) 662-5500.
Direct Connections Chapter, Business Networking International meets at 8 a.m. every Friday at Brio Tuscan Grille at Stony Point Fashion Park. Details/RSVP: Mike Shore, (804) 928-8776.
Virginia Society of Association Executives seminar, 8:30 to 11 a.m.; reception, 11 to 11:45 a.m.; and luncheon, 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, 501 E. Broad St. Seminar speaker: Patty Briguglio, president of MMI Public Relations. Seminar topic: "Goodwill and Crisis PR: Getting Your Name Into and Out of the News." Luncheon speaker: Dr. Bill Hazel, secretary of health and human resources. Luncheon topic: "What's the Status of Health Care in the Commonwealth?" Registration fees: $90 for the seminar and $55 for lunch for nonmembers. Registrations onsite are slightly higher. Details/registration: (804) 747-4971 or www.vsae.org.
MAJOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC EVENTS
- Labor Department releases employment data for January, 8:30 a.m.
- Institute for Supply Management releases its service sector index for January, 10 a.m.
- Commerce Department releases factory orders for December, 10 a.m.
- The 17-nation eurozone releases retail sales data.
From staff and wire reports
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