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The Retail Design Institute promotes the advancement and collaborative practice of creating selling environments. We are the retail industry’s creative professionals and we were founded to be a collaborative community where ideas, knowledge and passion would be shared at a local level and enable its members to fulfill the fast-paced planning and design needs of retail. Today, our membership includes graphic designers, lighting designers, interior designs, store planners, visual merchandisers, resource designers, brand strategists, educators, trade partners, editors and publishers, and students. We have active Chapters in Atlanta, New England Charlotte, Southern California, New York, Ohio, Pacific Northwest, St. Louis, Sao Paulo, Spain, Minneapolis, Northern California and Toronto. Institute meetings are attended by more than 4,000 members and non-members a year. We are in the process of reactivating and launching new chapters in Dallas and Florida.

Since 1897, VMSD has provided retail professionals with the most up-to-date, innovative retail design ideas, visual presentations, new products, merchandising strategies, and industry news and events. Founded by the American author L. Frank Baum, VMSD celebrates the art and science of retail design, and draws on more than 120-plus years of history to serve the market, delivering information and inspiration straight from high-level executives who drive this industry. VMSD also hosts the annual International Retail Design Conference (IRDC), a premier educational and networking event for the store design and visual merchandising community, drawing hundreds of attendees from the U.S. and abroad. For more information on IRDC, please visit irdconline.com.

Monkey Media is a unique hybrid, combining the best aspects of a trade publisher and content marketing agency. More than just a publisher, Monkey Media combines our highly-regarded magazines and websites with a range of custom digital and agency services, to get real and measurable marketing results. More than just an agency, Monkey Media has extensive access to industry leaders and decision makers through our print, digital and event channels. We reach the right people, and through our suite of high quality information products, we have their attention and permission to market to them. We specialise in B2B publishing and marketing and focus on the utility, water, energy, government, infrastructure and mining sectors. Our focus on these niche industries has allowed us to build a deep understanding of the issues and strong relationships in these sectors. We bring this understanding to life through our magazines, digital channels, live and virtual events – creating the most trusted information in these sectors. At its core, trade media is about two things: quality content and an engaged audience. The magic lies in bringing the two together in a way that benefits readers and advertisers equally. And that’s where we come in – we help companies that have quality products and services deliver their message to our audience, through a range of traditional and custom marketing solutions. Because we are an agency and publisher, we can take care of both content creation and guaranteed distribution. And most importantly, we offer marketing fit for purpose: we are not attached to one particular channel or method, our focus is on establishing the marketing approach that will be most effective for our clients.