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Era promises this year's conference to be best yet
by Paul Williams
Retail association Era says it is going bigger and better for its second Indie Conference, taking in a larger venue, more presentations and new financial backing from labels.
A year after hosting the first event, offering independent retailers fourth-quarter release presentations from across the industry, Era will be repeating the exercise with a second conference scheduled to take place in Birmingham on Wednesday, September 20.
However, with more time to plan this year and the opportunity to learn lessons from the inaugural event, Era is promising an even stronger conference that will be more specifically tailored to indie stores' needs.
"It's a bigger venue with more presentations from some of what I would say are the more specialist companies," says Era deputy chairman Paul Quirk.
The new venue comes in the shape of the Holiday Inn, while Era has tightened up last year's schedule to allow Proper to join the existing line-up of repertoire presenters comprising EMI, Pinnacle, Sony BMG, Universal, Vital and Warner.