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Show The Park Record A-11 dl things mniMsft jeijid ( r : SatSunMonTues, November 1-4, 2003 Ml g The Park City l, s Farmers Market made its last 2003 appearance on Wednesday at The Canyons Reisort parking lot. The mar-kef mar-kef had grown smaller in the Ia4t few weeks as farmers' harvests changed from corn and tomatoes to apples. In miny cases, market enthusiasms enthusi-asms will have to wait until nekt spring to purchase locally grown produce, and locally made products, again. Board members plan meet this fall to begin dis cussions on next year's mar- ke to Retail execs mote optimistic GAYSON WESTPARK RECORD in Oct. The latest NRF-BTM Executive Opinion Survey, a monthly index by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd. (BTM). shows the retail industry continued to gain momentum in October. The Retail Sector Performance Index (RSPI) for October 2003 was 57.9 percent compared to a revised 54.6 percent per-cent in the previous month and , 20.3 percentage points above the same period a year ago. The October reading was the highest since the survey began in September 2002. (The RSPI measures mea-sures retail executives' evaluations evalua-tions of monthly sales, customer traffic, the average transaction per customer, employment, inventories inven-tories and a six-month-ahead sales outlook expectation. The RSPI is based on a scale of 0 percent -100 percent with 50 percent equaling normal.) "With each passing month, this survey shows that the health of the industry is becoming more of a certainty as retail executives continue to express more confidence confi-dence in the state of their busi ness," said Michael Niemira, Senior Retail Analyst. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. "We are now starting to see growth in retail employment as retailers begin to hire for the holiday season." sea-son." The Operations Index (average of employment and inventories) stood at 52.3 percent in October from a revised 46.4 percent in the previous month. The index stood 11.7 percentage points above the same period in 2002. For October, the Current Demand Index (average of sales and traffic) rose at a faster pace (5713 percent) compared to September (56.5 percent-revised) ant was 24.0 percentage points hig ler ycar-over-year. n a special question, retail executives were asked to assess the, state of advertising budgets for the industry this year relative to tlhe same time last year. While 44.() percent saw little change fro n the prior year, another 44.0 percent felt ad budgets were pla ined higher or much higher. A mit ority (13.0 percent) felt ad but gets were lower. UTIC's conference to be held in The Utah Tourism Industry Coalition (IJTIC), trade association for the tourism industry in the state, will sponsor the Utah Tourism Conference, May 6-7. 2004 at the Homestead Resort in Midway. " lliis conference is in response to our industry's desire to network and develop partnerships, to learn more about what tourism marketing and promotion efforts are being conduct ed throughout the state." said Kip Pitou. president of UTIC. "The Homestead is a great location, and we hope to see all of our tourism partners represented." Dean Reeder, director of the Utah Travel Council said, "We are pleased that UTIC will convene this gathering; we look forward to partnering part-nering and participating." 'Hie one-and-a-half day confer ence will feature marketing and promotion pro-motion updates, a general session with a "state of the tourism industry" update: workshops covering domestic domes-tic and international markets arid other topics of interest to owners arid managers in the accommodation, restaurant, convention and visitor bureauchamber of commercecouh-ty commercecouh-ty travel council, tour guidesoutfitters, guidesoutfit-ters, attraction sector and any busi ness Dei www eii Midway involved in the tourism industry. Registration will be available in ember on the UIIC website: ,'. utahtourism.org Fees have i set at $125 per person to allow much industry participation as iible. Postcards announcing the lerence will be sent in ember. Contact Nan Anderson TIC at (435) 425-3997 with any be as conH Nov at ur questions 2 FOR 1 1ST LOCAL HESTAIJHANTS 1JLJX DISCOUNTS TIIL LN'TII.'L" orr si:ason'...Wi; don't! Don't miss this oiwhtijnity! Bistro Ail America!! Bistro LUNCH DINNER BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER Offer Expires Tuesday November 4, 2003. ' Please present this coupon to your server. This coupon is not valid with any other promotions. (mid msw : o 45 3 s sun da nee 1 CATALOG OUTLET STORE emi-Annu4l Sale starts Saturday, November ist V . W - , ft . ... m w" j, " ! A. - "' Ait -a-.ATt 'ewelry Sale V ' '-tr . t j ,'. . ' ' I V- . xi , TAKE AN ADDITIONAL 30 off 4 1 t it V ,fi: 13 J s Jt w - THE LOWEST MARKED PRICE ON ALL JEWELRY Choose from over 106 new jewelry selections SALE VALID NOV. 1ST-31ST, 2003. SELECTION ARIES AND IS LIMITED TO QUANTITIES ON HAND. c - |
