Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Upcoming
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
You heard about the importance of Branding at First Friday Forum . . . now, learn how to protect your Brand
Brand Liability & Protections
Your Reputation is at Stake
A logo or trademark is the foundation of a brand. Unfortunately, a lot of small and medium-sized business owners do not know that a trademark can become their greatest asset or their greatest liability. Christopher Benjamin, Brandwise Law Firm, P.C, will share some strategies for avoiding legal liabilities and other pitfalls while protecting your investment in your brand.
Topics include:
- Trademark ownership rights and how to protect them
- Selecting a trademark that is entitled to protection
- Avoiding law suits
- Potential losses from trademark related issues
Meeting Sponsor
The Document
Termination Company
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Christopher Benjamin is an attorney with the Brandwise Law Firm, P.C. which focuses its practice on creating, leveraging and protecting brands through trademark clearance, intellectual property registrations, licensing, franchising, and commercial litigation. Christopher is a 2002 graduate of the University of Richmond School of Law. After years of working for other law firms, Christopher formed the Brandwise Law Firm, P.C. upon deciding there were better ways to serve the needs of his trademark clients while combining his own talents in law, business, graphic design and public relations.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
8:15–9:30 a.m.
Location: Retail Merchants Association
5101 Monument Avenue
Richmond, VA 23230
(804) 662-5500
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Cost: RMA Members $5; non-members $7; SLPA members, no cost.
Contact: For more information contact Len East at 804-662-5500 or len@retailmerchants.com.
Upcoming
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
On Point Freebie
Session A: 5 Quick & Easy Ways to Cut Inventory Costs
Nicole Thompson, Purchasing Agent/Owner, Ripe, LLC
The ultimate goal = zero owned inventory. Getting creative with your suppliers could mean greatly reduced inventory costs for you. Hear about how to negotiate terms, slotting fees, and how to concentrate on the commodities. Find out how the economy has turned some things in your favor for lowering your costs. See how ‘shopping local’ can make you more special and more fluid
Session B: Why You Should Consider Business Continuation Planning
Rudy Garcia, Rivanna Woods Financial Services
Without advance planning, your business may be forced to liquidate or sell at a reduced value. In planning to preserve the value of your business at your death or disability, learn about three options to evaluate:
- Should the business be retained for the family?
- Should the business be sold to a co-owner, an employee or an outsider?
- Should the business be liquidated?
Designing a business continuation plan is a crucial step to help ensure your business remains intact at your retirement, death or other triggering event. Create a business continuation plan that suits all of your business planning needs.
No cost for members to attend—Registration is required.
Come to one or both!
7:30–7:45 a.m.: Coffee and Danish
7:45–8:45 a.m.: Both seminars simultaneously
8:45–9:00 a.m.: Break
9:00–10:00 a.m.: Both seminars simultaneously
Location: Retail Merchants Association
5101 Monument Avenue
Richmond, VA 23230
(804) 662-5500
Directions >>
Cost: Members, free (registration required); Non-members, $20
Contact: If you have questions, please contact Len East at (804) 662-5500 or len@retailmerchants.com.
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Member News & Events
In the 2000 Census, Several Thousand Elementary School Children Were NOT Counted
Being counted (correctly) directly impacts the amount of funding that gets earmarked for our region, as well as how businesses ultimately look at census information numbers to determine if a region has the necessary assets in terms of size and funding to be a good place to grow a business. The Mayor is heavily involved in the initiative and explained to our team that in the 2000 census, several thousand elementary school children were unaccounted for, which ultimately impacted our funding to the degree of funding several new schools. Please consider printing out the flyer (download here) and posting it in your window or in your business for your staff and customers.
Runner Bill’s 15th Anniversary
March 25, 7:00 pm
13569 Midlothian Tnpk
“Celebrating the (S)miles”—a 4-5 mile group ‘social’ run (not a race) followed by free refreshments & an optional yoga clinic. New Balance reps will be on-site with ‘test-run’ shoes available to try on the run. Random prizes will be awarded! RSVP to runnerbill@verizon.net or 804-378-8080 www.runnerbill.com.
Drug Free Alliance Membership Meeting
Friday, March 26, 7:45–9:00am
Chippenham Medical Center
Kraus Auditorium
Continental Breakfast / Courtesy of HCA—Open Forum Friday!
Members and guests bring their issues, concerns and opportunities related to prevention and share with their colleagues from the area. This is a great opportunity to promote upcoming events, foster support for initiatives and discuss common issues of concern. Please plan to attend and bring a guest. If you’re planning to attend your first RDFA meeting, please email rick.mckeel@drugfreealliance.org so we can welcome you!
Ukrop’s Monument Ave 10K
Saturday, March 27
Be prepared! For a listing of all road closures for the morning/early afternoon of the event, visit www.sportsbackers.org.
Midas of Richmond’s Next Blood Drive is Here!
Saturday, March 27, 8:00 am–4:00 pm
Come to the Midas Auto Service Centers in Short Pump, on Hull Street or in Colonial Heights to give VBS a pint of your blood and Midas will give you a free oil change, or a certificate for a free oil change the next time you need one. One pint of your blood saves three lives—you can give blood 5 times a year—the more you give, the more you get!
If you give at a second Midas drive this calendar year, you will get your free oil change AND your choice of a free state inspection, or a free air filter (better gas mileage!), or a free tire rotation (get the longest life you can from your tires!), or a free set of wipers (see and be seen!). You get these same choices the third time you give in a calendar year at another Midas drive! Those people that give at all four of the remaining Midas drives this calendar year are in for a real opportunity—FIFTEEN will be chosen, at random, to receive two free Bridgestone/Firestone tires, mounting and balancing included! So come on out—take care of your community & let Midas take care of your car! www.midasrichmond.com
UVA’s Tayloe Murphy Center at Darden School Announces Tayloe Murphy Resilience Awards Competition
Opens April 1—application deadline June 30
Call for Entries! Successful entrepreneurs in:
- manufacturing
- retail
- service
- wholesale
Qualifying applicants must demonstrate
- 5 years of sustained growth across a number of metrics;
- Evidence of economic uplift in their local community;
- That they are operating in the most economically challenged communities within the Commonwealth of Virginia (go to: www.resilienceawards.info to see if your community is eligible).
Winning firms will receive scholarship funding to a select Darden Executive Education Program along with networking opportunities and recognition. Go to: www.resilienceawards.info to see if your community is eligible. Questions? Contact Tayloe Murphy Center’s Associate Director, Marc Johnson: 434.982.4527, or send an email to tayloemurphyawards@darden.virginia.edu. Tayloe Murphy Center for more information go to: www.resilienceawards.info.
River District Canal Cruises
Fridays–Sundays, April 2–May 2 (early spring hours)
Canal Turning Basin - Dock and 14th Streets, $5 adults, $4 seniors & children 5-12, age 4 and under free with adult, Friday & Saturday Noon-7pm, Sunday Noon-5pm
Enjoy 40-minute historically narrated tours of the James River & Kanawha Canal along the historic Canal Walk in one of our covered boats, which accommodates up to 35 passengers and departs on the hour from the Turning Basin, between 14th and Dock Streets in downtown Richmond’s River District. Richmond’s canals were first begun in 1789 after George Washington lobbied the General Assembly to proceed with his vision of a canal and turnpike system that would connect the harbors of the east to the trade and market opportunities in the west. For more information call 804-788-6466 or 804-649-2800 or visit www.venturerichmond.com.
April is National Donate Life Month!
 The Retail Merchants Association has partnered with the Donate Life Partnership—which comprises United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS based in Richmond, VA), Donate Life America, LifeNet Health, Old Dominion Eye Foundation, and Minority Organ Tissue Transplantation Education Program (MOTTEP) to increase awareness and encourage Organ Donation.
RMA member businesses can offer information to your employees, customers and families. You’ll find more information including downloadable collateral at http://www.retailmerchants.com/retailers-4life.asp. You may also contact Preston Perrin, pperrin@retailmerchants.com, 804-662-5504, and he’ll be happy to answer questions or suggest ways you can get involved. Printed sign-up donor forms are available at the Retail Merchants Association’s offices for your pick up. There is no cost for your business to participate in this worthwhile campaign and you may offer this information in your business all year long.
Organ donation and transplantation saves lives. One organ donor can save 7 lives, restore sight to two people and help many others. Four Virginians die each week waiting for a life-saving organ transplant that doesn’t come in time.
Advertise in E-blasts and/or Retail Partners Newsletters
Retail Partners newsletters have ads starting at $65…or starting at just $45, select the weeks or months you want to appear in these weekly e-mail blasts! For more information, contact Pat Vitsky, patricia@retailmerchants.com or 804-837-5221. Discounts & preference to RMA members. |
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