Rate each topic to help BPSA and Interbike create the 2018 Supplier Seminar Series in Reno.

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* 1. Product Distribution Strategies: Dealer direct, consumer direct, through distributors, some combination. Many potential panelists for this.

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* 2. Online Training: Suppliers teaching retailers, strategies and opportunities. Panelists would be the Big Three of online training: Sparc, Experticity, Myagi.

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* 3. Legal and Legislative: Keeping our business environment safe, sane and secure. Matt Moore and Alex Logemann as panelists for starters.

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* 4. New, Small Companies: Getting your wheels under you. Many potential panelists, Michael Fishman from Pure Cycles moderator?

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* 5. Statistics: What you can measure is what you can accomplish, new rest of market tools from BPSA. Jennifer Boldry, Bernie Doering, Dirk Sorenson from NPD.

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* 6. What’s Going On? Why are industry sales slumping and what can we do about it? Start by inviting John Burke to the panel and go from there.

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* 7. Training Your Sales Reps: Getting the most inside and outside. Pat Hus and Dan Mann for starters, Mann Group has a rep training program.

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* 8. Concept Stores: How’s it Going? Don DiCostanzo from Pedego, someone from Rapha, someone from Trek, Specialized or Giant.

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* 9. Educating our Future Workforce:  Utah State has an Outdoor Product Design degree, Chase Anderson who leads the USU program would anchor this.

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* 10. E-Bikes, Present and Future: An industry bright spot, how bright is it really? What’s the future look like? Larry Pizzi, Claudia or Jonathan from Bosch, many other options.

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* 11. Getting More Kids Riding: Our industry’s future depends on it, who’s making it happen? NICA, Trips For Kids, Strider, a great example from outside our industry.

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* 12. Other Ideas? We're open to suggestion, let's hear your idea for a Supplier Seminar!

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* 13. My bike industry supply role is:

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* 14. I have attended a Supplier Seminar at Interbike in 2016 or 2017:

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* 15. I plan to attend Interbike MarketWeek in Reno-Tahoe in 2018:

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