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The SEMA Store of the Future and Retail Resource Center at the 2007 SEMA Show is where you will discover the latest and best in display practices and retailing ideas designed to optimize your company's sales. You'll learn about lighting, fixtures and props, signage, packaging and POS/POP displays...

Dick Berggren, seen here with SEMA Chairman-Elect Rick Rollins (left) and SEMA Hall of Fame inductee Ron Funfar (right), will host the New Product Awards Breakfast held at the 2007 SEMA Show.

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Dates and locations for several upcoming SEMA-sponsored shows and activities have been announced. Details are:

SEMA-member companies have posted several new listings for job opportunities at www.sema.org/classifieds. Working for a SEMA-member company has many advantages. In addition to working for a company that supports and contributes to the success of the overall industry, being employed by a SEMA-member...

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The so-called "Web 2.0" evolution of the Internet now affects the research and purchase decisions of those in the market for a new car, says a recent J.D. Power and Associates report. Nearly 69% of new-vehicle buyers who use the Internet to research their options will end up reading one or more...

The majority of light-truck enthusiasts tend to modify their vehicles within two months of ownership, according to SEMA research. While just 5% add specialty-equipment parts at the time of purchase, 57% do so within the first two months of ownership. And those first days are ripe with opportunity...

Market insiders will share the latest trends in top specialty-equipment markets and provide key information for doing business in Australia, Europe and Brazil. Information includes the vehicles most often accessorized, the most popular accessories and what’s legal and what’s not in the three...