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Come Visit TPI at SHOP Expo

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

TPI are exhibiting at the upcoming retail trade show, SHOP, in the RDS next week. Our sales team will be there giving advice on POS, launching some new innovative products and showing clients how we can help you increase your sales and product positioning with effective POS.

Drop along to see us for a chat at stand H 19. Opening hours are Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th from 10am – 6pm and on the Wednesday from 10am – 5pm.

There are also some Show Specials for enquiries on the day so worth your while!

It’s free entry and to make it swifter you can register on-line at
http://www.expo-events.com/shopexpo/shop_visitor_registration.htm

SHOP is apparently Ireland’s biggest food and drink event. It plays host to all of the industry’s leading players in the retail and convenience food sectors while also showcasing the latest trends so if you are not exhibiting at it yourself I’m sure there is plenty to see besides ourselves!

There are also some interesting seminars that I am definitely going to take time out to catch.

Retail expert James Burke will be presenting 3 master classes daily at the exhibition:

  • Effective Promotions on How Harness Them To Drive Sales
  • Customer Service in an undifferentiated market
  • Loyalty Schemes and Do They have a Place in Today’s Environment

So something there for everyone I would think!

Hope to meet you there.

Amanda

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Enjoy Dublin Culture Night at the National Print Museum

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Dublin Culture Night takes place on Friday September 25th, a night of entertainment, discovery and adventure in Dublin city as over 120 arts and cultural organisations open their doors until late with hundreds of free events, tours, talks and performances for you, your family and friends to enjoy.Theres never been so much culture to experience for free!

Discover the heritage of print craft in Ireland at the National Print Museum from 6.00p.m. until midnight! Activities for young people such as bookmaking, printing and keyring making using cast metal lines from the ancient typesetting machines with compositor Brian King. The famous man of printing, Johannes Gutenberg, will be on standby to assist any young people in efforts to create interesting pieces of print, books and quirky keyrings.

Frank Kelly (best known as Fr Jack in Father Ted) will talk about his career as an actor, singer and writer, and about The Dublin Opinion, a satirical magazine founded and edited by his father, cartoonist Charles Kelly. Booking advisable due to limited seats.

All these events will take place against the backdrop of retired printers and compositors who will demonstrate the Museums’ collection of ancient printing presses for the visiting public while producing the front page of ‘Culture Night Newspaper’.

Further details can be found www.culturenight.ie and www.nationalprintmuseum.ie.

If you decide to go along, let us know how you get on. Enjoy the Culture!

Garry

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Hold on…is that JFK?

Monday, September 14th, 2009

I wanted our hold music to represent the clever communications company message far better than Green sleeves, Girls Aloud or a series of pre recorded sales patter would. So I spent some time doing something about that. I finally found a CD called Speeches That Changed The World. On listening to it found that it contained some of the greatest communications I had ever heard.

When I heard Churchill or Kennedy or Martin Luther King saying their most famous words with their own unique unforgettable styles, the hairs on the back on neck stood on end. I thought this is communications lifted far above any ordinary level. I thought that our clients and our suppliers might enjoy hearing a snippet from these brilliant communications from the past while waiting to get us on the line.

So for a short period some of the best public speakers of the last 100 years will grace our phone system instead of music. I just hope that people do enjoy this unusual experience as much as I did. I also sincerely hope that you don’t get to hear any of those powerful speeches in full. If you do someone will be in big trouble with me for leaving you on hold for way too long.

If you have any feedback, ideas or stuff you think might suit for the brief periods when you are awaiting attention here at TPI just leave a comment.

Regards,

Colin Culliton

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