Thank you for making the 2016 ACRA Conference at Secaucus NJ a success! We are grateful for your contributions and support as volunteers, research authors, presenters, session presiders, panelists, research area chairs, workshop organizers, and ACRA Board members.

Thanks for sharing your photographs on our Twitter account @acraconf.

The winners of the 2016 ACRA Conference Digital awards are:

Bethan Alexander, University of the Arts, London

Michelle Childs, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Debra Zahay-Blatz, St. Edwards University

We would also like to remind you that you can still submit your full unpublished research papers to two special issues by May 31, 2016:

●      Special issue of Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing*

http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/call_for_papers.htm?id=6104

●      Special issue of Journal of Advancement in Marketing Education*

http://www.mmaglobal.org/publications/JAME/Call-For-Papers/JAME-Special-Issue-Teaching-Innovations-Retail-Education-Due-May-31-2016.pdf

http://www.mmaglobal.org/publications/jame/jame-submission-guidelines/

Please note that submitted papers will follow the journal's standard review process to be accepted for publication.

We are looking forward to meeting you at the 2017 ACRA Conference at Twin Cities, Minnesota!

Connect with other attendees and a chance to win a prize !

Kicking off the ACRA 2016 Conference

Welcome to the ACRA 2016 Conference ! It’s going to be sunny starting tomorrow and we are looking forward to the balmy 60 degree weather !

To help conference attendees interact and connect with each other, we have opened the ACRA 2016 blog http://acraconference2016.blogspot.com/ so all  ACRA members and conference attendees can share* your thoughts, comments, and reflections while the conference is underway.

This is an optional activity! We have sent you an invitation - if you want to contribute please accept the invite.

Please feel free to take pictures taken during the conference and upload. If you have a question for a particular presenter, but didn’t get a chance to ask, or suggest an extension of the research  this is a good platform to connect. If you want to volunteer to lead a group of attendees into exploring NYC or go to dinner - you can start here!

We will give three prizes in the following categories:

1)      Picture or a blog post that best captures the spirit of ACRA

2)      Picture or a blog post that best captures the Past Presidents’ Panel

3)      Picture or a blog post that best captures the Fashion Entrepreneurship panel

Winners will be announced on Saturday before the end of the conference. Looking forward to meeting everyone !

* Please keep the conversations pertinent to topics that would be of interest to ACRA members

Bio of Fashion Entrepreneurship Panelists

FASHION ENTREPRENEURSHIP PANEL 

We are excited about the Fashion Entrepreneurship Panel to be held on April 14 2016 5:00pm – 6:30pm at the Glasgow Caledonian University. Please see the conference program on the details about the bus that will take you to there. 

Please click here to find more information about the panelists. We hope to see you there and looking forward to a stimulating discussion about fashion, digital marketing, and entrepreneurship. 

4 days to ACRA 2016!

Final Conference Program  is here!

The weather isn't our friend this weekend but weather.com predicts it will warm up next week here.
We recommend you get a light waterproof jacket and be prepared to go from sunny to rainy.

We will provide further updates as we get closer.

See you next week!