Chain Store Age has been published since 1925. Its readers include chain headquarters decision makers from department stores, discount stores, specialty stores, supermarkets, convenience stores, variety stores, general merchandise stores, drug stores, home centers and hardware chains, and non-store retailers as well as shopping center owners and developers.

Chain Store Age readers set corporate strategies and are involved in capital goods and equipment purchases necessary to implement them. Readers make purchasing decisions in excess of $200 billion a year.

Chain Store Age also publishes Retail Technology Quarterly, in association with Retail Systems Alert Group. RTQ is published in January, May, July and October and is distributed with Chain Store Age.

The Chain Store Age Web site, www.chainstoreage.com, provides daily news updates and related retail information plus a weekly e-newsletter on general retail news. It also transmits a bi-monthly e-newsletter on technology, TechTalk Tuesday, on the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month, as well as a Real Estate e-newsletter, SiteTalk, on the second and fourth Thursday of the month. Chain Store Age's Human Resources e-newsletter, PeopleTalk, is sent on the first and third Thursday of every month. Sponsorship opportunities are available for all e-newsletters.

Chain Store Age produces SPECS (Store Planning, Equipment and Construction Service Seminar), Executive SPECS, the Technology & Operations Store Summit (TOPSS), Green4Retail, and the Main & Wall financial, real estate and human resources conference. Chain Store Age also produces the annual Retail Store of the Year design awards competition.

If you would like to contact us, email or call the various departments directly:

Art Dept.:      212-756-5095; kyoopur@chainstoreage.com
Editorial:       212-756-5261; mwilson@chainstoreage.com
Circulation:   800-766-6999; krobinso@lf.com
Web site:      800-274-6951 
Advertising:   212-756-5118; gesposito@chainstoreage.com

Chain Store Age Headquarters:
425 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022

Editorial Staff:

Murray Forseter
Publisher & Group Editorial Director
212-756-5257
Fax: 212-756-5270
mforseter@chainstoreage.com

Marianne Wilson
Editor
212-756-5261
Fax: 212-756-5270
mwilson@chainstoreage.com
Covers: Operations, Store Planning, Design, Construction, Maintenance

Connie Gentry
Senior Editor
919-569-0080
Fax: 212-756-5270
cgentry@chainstoreage.com
Covers: Logistics/Distribution, Finance, Payment Systems

Katherine Field
Senior Editor
402-484-8099
Fax: 402-484-8541
kfield@chainstoreage.com
Covers: Human Resources, Real Estate

Deena Amato-McCoy
Senior Editor
212-756-5040
Fax: 212-756-5270
damato@chainstoreage.com
Covers: Retail Technology (RT New Products), Networking

Samantha Murphy
Associate Editor, Web Editor
212-756-5094
Fax: 212-756-5270
smurphy@chainstoreage.com
Covers: E-Commerce, Chainstoreage.com

Mary Beth McMahon
Managing Editor
212-756-5258
Fax: 212-756-5270

Barbara Hagan
Senior Desk Editor
212-756-5032
Fax: 212-756-5270
Covers: New Products, People

Jennifer Mosscrop
Assistant Desk Editor
212-756-5264
Fax: 212-756-5270

For more information on Chain Store Age, contact Murray Forseter at (212) 756-5257 or mforseter@chainstoreage.com.