AMERICAN HARDWARE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
Terry Gallagher
Manager of Communications
801 North Plaza Drive
Schaumburg, Illinois 60173
847-592-3504
tgallagher@ahma.org

P.R. # AHMA09-16

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AHMA Announces Money-Back Satisfaction Guarantee to All Attendees for the 2010 Hardlines Technology Forum®

The Industry’s Premier Annual Event will be Held April 18-21, 2010 at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel, Schaumburg, Illinois

Schaumburg, Illinois, October 23, 2009 — The American Hardware Manufacturers Association (AHMA) today announced that registration for the 2010 Hardlines Technology Forum comes with a money-back satisfaction guarantee for all attendees. If an attendee decides after attending the conference that the event was not worth the cost, a full refund of the registration fee will be provided. AHMA members can attend for less than $1500 including registration fee and hotel if they register before the end of 2009. The non-member registration fees have also been kept very low at $1,145. And, very affordable group room rates have been arranged at just $149 per night at the first-class Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel.

The 2010 Hardlines Technology Forum has “kept the best” and “replaced the rest.” The always popular “Buyer Panel” and exclusive “How-to-Do-Business” sessions remain for 2010, along with the Buyer and Seller Solutions in Action sessions, but all of the other sessions are fresh and new with a sharp focus on the very latest solutions and best practices for today’s hardware / home improvement industry marketplace.

“In the 20 years that AHMA has been presenting the Hardlines Technology Forum, the industry’s premier annual event, we have observed a steadily increasing importance placed upon the technology issues surrounding supply chain management within our industry,” said Timothy S. Farrell, President and Chief Executive Officer of AHMA. “This year we feel so confident that we are providing a forum wherein hardware / home improvement industry IT and business professionals can gain valuable knowledge and insights to help them achieve their goals in these challenging economic times that we are offering a money-back satisfaction guarantee to all attendees,” Farrell added.

About the AHMA Hardlines Technology Forum

The AHMA Hardlines Technology Forum annually brings together information technology, logistics, merchandising, sales and finance professionals from the hardware / home improvement industry to discuss leading technology issues affecting the industry, including Supply Chain Management, Data Sync, Bar Coding, Compliance Issues, EDI and many other topics influencing improved solutions to the industry’s business processes.

For more information on the 2010 Hardlines Technology Forum, visit www.ahma.org/HTF.

About the American Hardware Manufacturers Association (AHMA)

AHMA is a globally focused trade association of manufacturers, or providers, of hardware, home improvement, lawn and garden, paint and decorating, building and construction and related products, as well as manufacturers’ representative’s agencies and trade publications.

AHMA offers many valuable member and industry programs, services and activities including the AHMA Hardlines Technology Forum, AHMA / USA International Pavilions, AHMA Advantage GPO, The Hard Fax: Home Improvement Industry News, The Hard Fax International: Home Improvement Industry News from Around the World, the AHMA Home Improvement Industry Confidence Index, Government Relations Programs, Member Benefit Vendor Programs, the AHMA Hardware Industry Relief Effort (HIRE) and the AHMA / Habitat for Humanity Partnership.

For more information about AHMA, please visit www.ahma.org.

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