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Please find below the CFP for the 2017 American Collegiate Retail Association

The American Collegiate Retail Association (ACRA) will be holding their 2017 Conference in Minneapolis, MN, March 29-April 1, 2017. Please review the Call For Papers, deadline for submission is October 31, 2016. Notifications will be sent out regarding acceptance by January 3, 2017. You can also find all of the information available at:

 

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Conference Announcement and Call for Papers
2017 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGIATE RETAILING ASSOCIATION
March 29-April 1, 2017

Conference Co-Chairs

• Hye-Young Kim, hykim@umn.edu, University of Minnesota
• Kim K. P. Johnson, kjohnson@umn.edu, University of Minnesota

Conference Venue

The conference will be held at the: Hilton Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport, Bloomington, MN

This venue features:

• Easy access to Mall of the America – located 2 minutes from the hotel
• Easy access to Minneapolis/ St. Paul International Airport – 10 minutes from the hotel
• A location that is next to the Minnesota Valley Wildlife Refuge (free visitor’s center and 8 miles of nature trails)
• Complimentary Internet in all guestrooms
• Easy access to the light rail for downtown Minneapolis venues
• HOTEL RATE: $135.00 rate (single – double occupancy) (Hotel room rates are subject to applicable state and local taxes (14.28%) in effect at time of check in.)

Call for Papers

This call includes guidelines for submissions of research and workshops/special sessions. The deadline for all submissions is October 31, 2016 and decisions will be provided by January 3, 2017.

Submission Guidelines

Authors/Members have three options to submit to the Conference: Full papers, Extended Abstracts, and Workshops/Special Sessions.

1. Submit full papers (up to 25 double-spaced pages) to the appropriate Track Chair. These will be double-blind reviewed. Only full papers can be considered for best paper awards, and submission to the special issue.
2. Submit extended abstracts (up to 5 double-spaced pages) to the Conference Co-Chairs. These will be reviewed for acceptance by Co-Chairs only.
3. Submit proposals for workshops/special sessions to the Conference Co-Chairs.
4. All submissions should be formatted according to APA 6th Edition.

Rules for Submissions – Full Papers

1. One author for each paper should fill out the Submission Form () BEFORE submitting the paper to the appropriate track chair.
2. Full Papers should not exceed 25 double-spaced typed pages. Included in the 25 pages are all figures, tables, references, and appendices.
3. For each paper submission, please submit the title page file and the manuscript file to the appropriate track chair. The manuscript file should contain your manuscript and there should be no identifying information concerning authorship. The second file contains contact information concerning all authors and designates a corresponding author. The second file also contains the title page for your manuscript and any acknowledgements. Both files should be sent as WORD attachments on or before October 31, 2016.
4. Submissions will be double-blind reviewed. Authors will not know who the reviewers are and reviewers will not know who the authors are.
5. For each paper, center the title of the paper at the top of the first page followed by a single-spaced abstract not exceeding 100 words. The body of the paper should be double-spaced. (Remember no author information should be included in this file).
6. Authors uncertain regarding the track to which their paper should be sent may submit their two files directly to Hye-Young Kim (hykim@umn.edu) and she will forward the paper to an appropriate track.

Rules for Submissions –Extended Abstracts

• One author for each abstract should fill out the Submission Form () BEFORE submitting the abstract to the conference co-chairs.
• Extended abstracts should be sent directly to the conference co-chairs. They should not exceed 5 pages in length including tables, figures, and references.
• For each abstract, center the title of the presentation followed by author names and institutional affiliation. The body of the abstract should be double-spaced.
• Extended abstract submissions will be reviewed by the co-chairs only. Send extended abstracts to Hye-Young Kim (hykim@umn.edu).

Rules for Both Full Papers/Extended Abstracts

1. To be considered for acceptance, at the time of submission the paper/extended abstract MUST NOT: (a) have been previously published, (b) have been accepted for publication, (c) be under consideration for publication elsewhere, or d) be submitted for presentation elsewhere during the conference review process.
2. At least one author of an accepted full paper/extended abstract MUST agree to: a) register for the conference prior to the early-bird deadline; b) appear at the conference to present the paper.

Call for Workshop Proposals/Focused Sessions

Proposals for workshops and focused sessions of interest to ACRA members are welcome. Sessions addressing methods to improve teaching, research, writing, or presentation skills are welcome along with sessions addressing emerging industry topics. Proposals should be submitted to Hye-Young Kim (hykim@umn.edu) by October 31, 2016. Proposals should include the following: (1) Name, address, email address, affiliation, and daytime phone number of workshop/session coordinator (2) Workshop/Session title; (3) Type of session (e.g., industry panel, research panel, teaching panel, workshop, etc.) (4) General content of session and names of presenters (5) Statement of benefit of session to ACRA members. All workshops/focused sessions should be designed for delivery within a 60 minute period. Participants leading workshops/focused sessions are expected to register for the conference.

Graduate Student Conference Fee Scholarship

Graduate students with accepted papers/abstracts/workshops, are eligible to apply for a scholarship which will cover up to the full amount of the conference fee. Students with accepted works must provide the name of an ACRA faculty member who is registered to attend the conference as a sponsor. (If more than one student identifies the same faculty member sponsor, scholarship funds will be dispersed at the faculty member’s discretion.)

Call for Papers-Undergraduate Student Papers

Undergraduate students are invited to submit papers based on original research for presentation and to receive the Undergraduate Student Best Paper Award. The paper may be written and submitted by any undergraduate student or student team under the sponsorship of an ACRA faculty member. Students must be currently enrolled in retailing, merchandising, or related programs or have graduated from such a program within the last academic year (2016). The faculty member supervising the research is to be noted as faculty advisor rather than coauthor.

Accepted undergraduate papers can be presented at the annual conference, provided the faculty advisor has a paid registration to the conference. The winning paper will receive a scholarship award in the amount of one conference registration (In the event of multiple authors in attendance, funds will be dispersed at the discretion of the faculty advisor). Deadline for submission is October 31, 2016. Submit to the track chairs of the undergraduate papers. The submission should follow the full paper guidelines.

Best Papers and Journal Special Issues

• One best paper will be selected from accepted full papers and the author(s) will be recognized at the conference.
• Five papers will be invited to be submitted for publication in a special issue of the International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management (IJRDM).
• Five papers will be invited to be submitted for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services (JRCS).

Tracks and Chairpersons Information (Submit full papers only to track chairs)

Track 1: Atmospherics, Merchandising, Pricing, and Promotion
Sejin Ha, University of Tennessee
sha5@utk.edu Sang-Eun Byun, Auburn University
seb0002@auburn.edu

Track 2: Consumer and Shopper; Satisfaction, Loyalty, and Patronage Behavior
Min-Young Lee, University of Kentucky
minyoung.lee@uky.edu Archana Kumar, Montclair State University
kumara@mail.montclair.edu

Track 3: Brands, Branding, and Services Retailing
Jennifer Yurchisin, University of Minnesota
yurc0003@umn.edu HaeJung Maria Kim, University of North Texas
Haejung.Kim@unt.edu

Track 4: International, and Global Retailing
Gopal Iyer, Florida Atlantic University
giyer@FAU.edu Leigh Sparks, University of Stirling
leigh.sparks@stir.ac.uk

Track 5: CSR, Sustainability, Local Sourcing, and Rural Marketing
Leslie Stoel, Miami University
stoelld@miamioh.edu Barbara Frazier, Western Michigan University
barbara.frazier@wmich.edu

Track 6: Networking, Word of Mouth, and Social Media
Hyunjoo Im, University of Minnesota
hjim@umn.edu Wi-Suk (Wis) Kwon, Auburn University
kwonwis@auburn.edu

Track 7: Omni-Channel, Mobile Retailing, and E-Retailing
Anita Radon, University of Boras
Anita.Radon@hb.se James Richard, Victoria University of Wellington
James.Richard@vuw.ac.nz

Track 8: Retail Operations, Supply Chain, HR, Selling, and B2B
Ying Huang, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Ying_Huang1@uml.edu Barry Berman, Hofstra University
Barry.Berman@Hofstra.edu

Track 9: Tourism, Food Retailing, and Sports Marketing
Tammy Kinley, University of North Texas
Tammy.Kinley@unt.edu Pauline Sullivan, Tennessee State University
psulliva@tnstate.edu

Track 10: Retail Strategy, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation
Carol Finnegan, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
cfinnega@uccs.edu Susan Fiorito, Florida State University
sfiorito@business.fsu.edu

Track 11: Retail Pedagogy
Erin Cho, Parsons School of Design
choje@newschool.edu Youn-Kyung Kim, University of Tennessee
ykim13@utk.edu

Track 12: Undergraduate Research
Jongeun Rhee, University of Wisconsin- Stout
rheej@uwstout.edu Angella Kim, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
akim@cpp.edu

Potpourri (uncertain what track)
Hye-Young Kim, University of Minnesota
hykim@umn.edu

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