Economic News/Trends and Analysis — February 8, 2010

Media Advisory - Press Conference - Consumer spending and retail sales: Retail Trade: 2009 Results and 2010 Outlook

MONTREAL, Feb. 8 /CNW Telbec/ - The Conseil québécois du commerce de détail (CQCD)/Retail Council of Quebec invites you to a press conference during which Me Gaston Lafleur, president of the CQCD, in collaboration with Mr. Jean-François Grenier, Senior Director from Altus Géocom Recherche Marketing, will reveal the results of its annual study on the state of the retail sector and consumers spending in Quebec and Canada for 2009.

A review of the financial health of Quebec and Canada households consumption will also be presented as well as CQCD's estimates for retail sales in Quebec for 2010.

This press conference will be held as follows: 

                         Wednesday, February 10, 2010
                                   10 a.m.
                               Delta Montréal
                         475, Président-Kennedy St.
                                Salle Vivaldi
                                   Montréal

Please confirm your attendance. Thank you.

For further information: Céline Ducharme, Conseillère aux communications, (514) 842-6681, extension 200, 1-800-364-6766, cducharme@cqcd.org; Source: Conseil québécois du commerce de détail/Retail Council of Quebec, Head Office, http://www.cqcd.org

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