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25 Mays students attended the two-day Summit in Dallas.High-ranking executives, academics, and top students, all from the retailing industry converged in Dallas for the annual Retailing Summit, hosted by the Center for Retailing Studies at Mays Business School.
“We were thrilled with the response,” said Cheryl Holland Bridges, director of the center. The event was completely [...]

The Real Estate Center sponsored the 2007 Commercial Real Estate Summit September 26-27 at the Greater Fort Worth Association of Realtors®. Over 100 commercial real estate practitioners attended the biannual event. Center researchers Mark Dotzour, James Gaines, and Judon Fambrough participated along with speakers from the real estate industry. This year’s [...]

For decades, the border between Canada and the United States has held the distinction of being the world’s longest undefended border. Because of this the Canadian and U.S. economies have been closely linked, with a steadily growing flow of goods and services going in both directions. However, the “hardening of the border” since September [...]

Former President Bush will present the 2007 McLane Leadership in Business Award to businessman-philanthropist Lowry Mays on Oct. 30 during a special dinner.

Lorraine Eden, professor of management and research fellow at Mays Business School at Texas A&M University is appearing nationwide on the program Business in the Eye of the Storm, airing on the Discovery Channel Friday mornings at 5:30 a.m. (CST) through October.

The INFORMS Society for Marketing Science has named a paper by Sanjay Jain, professor of marketing and research fellow at Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School, the winner of the 2007 ISMS Practice Prize. This award is given out each year to research that demonstrates outstanding implementation of marketing science concepts and has had a significant impact on the performance of a client organization.

Receiving awards and accolades is nothing new for Venkatesh Shankar, Coleman Chair Professor of Marketing at Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. A quick scan of his vita reveals more than 30 honors in addition to his long list of career achievements. Recently he has been distinguished in a new way: the Direct Marketing Educational Foundation (DMEF) has named an award in his honor.

Two students at Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School have been named the 2008 Center for the Management of Information Systems Scholars.

The Texas A&M Chapter of Hispanic Business Student Association (HBSA) was originally created to serve as a liaison between Mays Business School and its students to help them develop academically and professionally. But after 15 years, it’s become more than just an academic organization—it’s a family.

Things have changed since Texas A&M Distinguished Professor of Marketing Leonard Berry was in school studying for his doctorate. For one, professors seemed more inclined to write scholarly marketing books – and graduate students more inclined to read them – than they do now. This shift seemed wrong to Berry, so he and his wife Nancy teamed up with the American Marketing Association (AMA) to create the Berry-AMA Book Prize.