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IQ/QUICK RESPONSE SHOW CHANGES NAME TO VICS 98

NEW YORK -- Retailers and manufacturers who have attended the Quick Response conferences on supply chain strategy and technologies in years past will take notice of a new name for the event, VICS 98 Conference.s '98, June 15 to 18 in New Orleans.The name change to VICS 98 resulted in part because the Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards Association is the sole sponsor of the event.The show will

NEW YORK -- Retailers and manufacturers who have attended the Quick Response conferences on supply chain strategy and technologies in years past will take notice of a new name for the event, VICS 98 Conference.

s '98, June 15 to 18 in New Orleans.

The name change to VICS 98 resulted in part because the Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards Association is the sole sponsor of the event.

The show will continue to focus on Quick Response practices and a strong emphasis on EDI and other technologies that facilitate data sharing among supply chain business partners.

Organizers of the Retail Systems show, Retail Systems Alert Group, Newton, Mass., are putting together the conference program and noted that the Quick Response show floor will be incorporated into the Retail Systems exhibition.

"Attendees will also have access to [Retail Systems'] retail supply chain exposition, the retail Internet exposition and the systems expo," said Karen Eaton, a spokeswoman for Retail Systems Alert.