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New Retail Forward Series Analyzes Breaking News and the Latest Developments in Retailing

COLUMBUS, July 11, 2006 - Retail Forward announces the launch of Retail Perspectives, a series of short, quick-read pieces with our analysis of breaking news and the latest developments in retailing.

Retail Forward will publish two to three issues of Retail Perspectives every week, with the goal of providing members of the Retail Forward Intelligence System™ with the information, analysis and foresights they need to grow their business. Announcements about the topics to be covered in Retail Perspectives can be found in the weekly Member Alert.

Retail Perspectives are exclusively available to members of the Food/Drug/Mass, Homegoods and Softgoods programs of the Retail Forward Intelligence System™ (RFIS). RFIS members will have access to the Retail Perspectives pieces that correspond to your RFIS membership-i.e., members of the Food/Drug/Mass program will have access to all Food/Drug/Mass-related Retail Perspectives pieces, members of the Homegoods program will have access to all Homegoods-related Retail Perspectives pieces and members of the Softgoods program will have access to all Softgoods-related Retail Perspectives pieces. Retail Perspectives pieces will be available online at www.retailforward.com ».

Retail Forward will continue to publish the series of Industry Outlook and Shopper Update reports:

• Industry Outlooks focus on a specific line of trade (e.g., Department Stores, Consumer Electronics Retailers, Food Retailers) and will include updates and analysis of industry structure, financial performance and store productivity; channel sales forecasts and key retailer information.
• Shopper Updates include the latest shopper insights data from the Retail Forward ShopperScape™ database.

Retail Forward also will continue to publish Retail Update monthly. This newsletter includes Retail Forward's short-term economic forecast, analysis of monthly retail and industry sales, and excerpts from recently published Industry Outlook and Shopper Update reports. Additionally, Economic Forecasts of sales in leading retail channels and sales of core retail categories are published annually.

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About Retail Forward
Retail Forward, Inc. (www.retailforward.com ») is a global management consulting and market research firm specializing in retail intelligence and strategies. The company's syndicated research and executive development program known as the Retail Forward Intelligence System™, provides members with an authoritative perspective on the retail and consumer products industries. To learn more about the Retail Forward Intelligence System™, visit the Retail Forward Web site at www.retailforward.com » or contact kclarke@retailforward.com ».