NEW YORK, NY -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 06/27/07 -- STORES Magazine, the official publication of the National Retail Federation, and TalkPoint, leading provider of Web-based audio and video webcasting solutions, today announced that TalkPoint will provide the Webinar services for the STORES Knowledge Series.

The National Retail Federation is the world's largest retail trade association, with membership that comprises all retail formats and channels of distribution including department, specialty, discount, catalog, Internet, independent stores, chain restaurants, drug stores and grocery stores as well as the industry's key trading partners of retail goods and services.

STORES is the monthly magazine of the National Retail Federation, covering issues of importance to today's senior retail professional. STORES Knowledge Series offers free, interactive web seminars on a variety of retail-related topics.

TalkPoint will provide STORES with access to a suite of interactive solutions that include audio with synchronized slides, customized registration and interactive elements such as real-time polling and live Q&A. Following a live event, recordings are archived for continued access by STORES' audience base.

"The STORES Knowledge Series is an important element of the services we provide to our readers," said Susan Patterson, Assistant Publisher. "We chose TalkPoint because its technology and staff give us great flexibility. We like to be involved in the process and create our events ourselves; TalkPoint is able to help us do that."

"STORES Magazine is a great client for us," said Nick Balletta, CEO of TalkPoint. "TalkPoint has experience in the association marketplace, and we are excited to be affiliated with a respected organization like the NRF, and TalkPoint is happy to be the technology behind it."

The STORES Knowledge Series can be found at: http://www.stores.org/Webinars_new/Webinars.asp

About National Retail Federation

The National Retail Federation is the world's largest retail trade association, with membership that comprises all retail formats and channels of distribution including department, specialty, discount, catalog, Internet, independent stores, chain restaurants, drug stores and grocery stores as well as the industry's key trading partners of retail goods and services. STORES Magazine is the monthly magazine of the National Retail Federation, covering issues of importance to today's senior retail professional.

For more information on the National Retail Federation or STORES, please visit www.nrf.com or www.stores.org.

About TalkPoint

TalkPoint delivers the Tools, Technology, and Services for Interactive Internet Broadcasting. TalkPoint specializes in Web-based audio and video Webcasting solutions. TalkPoint's technology is built on our reliable internally built system which provides you with the most robust and versatile Webcasting solution on the market. The resulting product is both industrial strength and user friendly.

For more information please visit www.talkpoint.com.

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