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Yes
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No
|
Time Conflict
|
Budget Constraints
|
Not Interested
|
| Spring Conference & AGM |
46
|
10
|
6
|
3
|
1
|
| Home Hardware Breakfast |
28
|
27
|
12
|
1
|
5
|
| Maple Leaf Night - Las Vegas |
19
|
36
|
4
|
13
|
7
|
| Quebec Golf |
3
|
47
|
5
|
12
|
16
|
| Ontario Golf |
28
|
27
|
3
|
6
|
11
|
| Western Golf |
4
|
49
|
6
|
13
|
18
|
| Night at the Races |
9
|
44
|
7
|
5
|
21
|
| Memorial Golf |
15
|
39
|
4
|
16
|
9
|
| Industry Cocktail |
4
|
46
|
4
|
9
|
17
|
(b) Do you have any other suggestions for social (networking) or business (education) events which the CHHMA could conduct for members?
- Seminar exchange between partners
- Town hall meetings on industry
- HST
- Transfer pricing
- Stewardship
- Golf not east of the 404
- Snowmobiling
- Professional networking website (facebook style) in which we could have break out forums
- Interaction of retailers & business - how rules are created and responded to
- Tie into a charity event
- Curling
- Dinner cruise
- Have a member bring a potential member meeting where the member can win a prize
- Poker tournament, fundraisers for charity, webinar roundtable discussions, capitalize on social network media - facebook, twitter, CHHMA blog site
- Games night
- Business after hours events similar to Chamber of Commerce - companies host event to show off product & facilities to better inform membership
- More client seminars
- HST integration
- Leadership
- Market share data
- Dinner dance, entertainment event, some fun
2. Retail Breakfast Events
What retail speaker(s) (companies, individuals) would you be interested in seeing present at an upcoming CHHMA breakfast meeting?
BMR (1), Bonnie Brooks/The Bay (8), Consumer Data/Demographics (1), Costco (3), CTC (11), Don Drummond (1), Economics (1), Futura (1), Home Depot (9), Home Hardware (2), Interbased Based Companies (1), Joe Allen (1), Joseph Mimran (1), Kents (1), Loblaw (5), London Drugs (1), Lowe's (11), Marketing in Housewares (1), Motivational Speakers (2), OCTO (1), On-line retailers (1), Robert Dutton (2), RONA (5), Sears (2), Selling Skills (1), Spancan (2), Specialty Market Retailers (1), Target (1), TSC Stores (4), Walmart (3), Zellers/Mark Foote (8).
- Not just CEOs but Marketing or Merchandising Exec's
- Business management speakers
- Presentations from another industry's vendor base to analyze different strategies that might be helpful
- CPG companies such as P&G, Coke, RIM
- Retail analysts
- Buyers and decision makers
- Home Depot regarding MET program - Gino
- Any speaker from the major department stores
3. Educational Seminars
(a) Please indicate which of the following topics for an educational seminar you would be interested in, and to what degree:
|
Not Really
|
Somewhat
|
Significantly
|
Definitely
|
| Sales Training (Negotiation, Presentations, Closing the Deal etc.) |
7
|
17
|
19
|
15
|
| Understanding Technology (Twitter, Facebook, PowerPoint/Excel/Outlook, Webinars etc.) |
8
|
22
|
16
|
10
|
| Green Marketing/Sustainability |
10
|
17
|
26
|
5
|
| Stewardship Information |
20
|
19
|
13
|
6
|
| General Management Skills (Leadership, Motivating Staff, Keeping Talent etc.) |
4
|
20
|
22
|
12
|
| Financial Planning/Exchange Rate Hedging/Reading Financial Reports |
11
|
19
|
18
|
8
|
| Government Legislation |
9
|
21
|
16
|
5
|
| Effective Brand Management/Advertising |
5
|
22
|
21
|
8
|
| Consumer/Retail Demographics & Trends |
2
|
19
|
24
|
13
|
| Economy Analysis/Updates |
3
|
19
|
27
|
10
|
| Maximizing Merchandising/In-Store Service/Vendor-Sales Agency Relationship |
6
|
21
|
25
|
5
|
| Time Management/Improving Productivity |
4
|
29
|
18
|
7
|
| Improving Customer Service |
3
|
21
|
22
|
9
|
(b) What other type of seminars or topics do you feel would be of benefit to you and/or other members of your company?
- Technology/Innovation
- How to build a sound business plan
- Team building
- Negotiating
- Dealing with consultant buyers
- CORE & HR Network groups should be promoted more
- Multi-media strategies
- Advertising & Communication
- Would reporting on members public info along with stoke broker reports be beneficial to our publicly traded members?
- Word or Outlook instruction
- Technology updates and their use by society today
- Relationship management - distribution/logistics trends
4. Event Registration
(a) How do you typically register for a CHHMA event?
|
Website
|
Fax
|
Email
|
|
29
|
9
|
26
|
(b) If not typically online (website), please indicate any reasons for not registering for events on the CHHMA website?
- Faxing is easier for payment
- Old fashioned, force of habit
- Office Admin's discretion
- Email is convenient
- Forms are PDF therefore cannot fill them out online
- Registration is sent to our head office for processing
5. CHHMA Newsletter
(a) How often do you read the CHHMA's "Eye On Our Industry" Newsletter?
|
Every Week
|
Most Weeks
|
Occasionally
|
Never
|
|
21
|
25
|
11
|
1
|
(b) If never or occasionally, please indicate why?
- Inside sales and sales manager read it mostly
- Format not very well laid out; would encourage using a web format - drive members to website in which newsletter is posted
- Does not focus primarily on our industry
- Not always content that I am interested in
- Time constraints
- Too muc text, too much blah blah ... be more effective, direct to the point
- I read when I find topics relevant to customers, competition or our business - events are not relevant, updates are not meaningful to our business
(c) Please rate the types of articles and information contained in the CHHMA newsletter?
|
Not Important
|
Somewhat Important
|
Important
|
Very Important
|
No Opinion
|
| Reports on CHHMA Events/Actions |
3
|
11
|
30
|
8
|
3
|
| Upcoming CHHMA Events |
|
5
|
33
|
15
|
2
|
| Industry News |
|
2
|
20
|
31
|
3
|
| CHHMA Member News/Announcements |
|
13
|
32
|
9
|
2
|
| CHHMA Money Saving Member Programs |
3
|
22
|
23
|
6
|
2
|
| Stewardship News |
5
|
12
|
24
|
12
|
2
|
| Government Legislation |
2
|
8
|
26
|
18
|
2
|
| Economic News & Stats |
|
7
|
25
|
21
|
2
|
| Marketplace/Consumer Trends |
|
4
|
19
|
30
|
2
|
| General Business Best Practices |
|
9
|
30
|
10
|
2
|
(d) What other types of information would you like to see included in future newsletters?
- Feature a member in each issue; short synopsis of their business & picture
- Exchange rates - how to handle
- Key raw material index: steeel, chemicals etc.
- Member profile so you get to know people
- I enjoy reading Hardlines, look at their content. the format of the newsletter is not great but I do enjoy reading many of the articles
- Retail industry sustainability initiatives