Mission Statement and Organizational Goals

The purpose of the American Collegiate Retailing Association  (ACRA)  is to foster quality retail education at four-year college and graduate schools. It has important commitments to teaching of retailing, retail research, and administration of academic retail programs.

Events and Announcements

2010 ACRA Spring Conference Call For Papers

You are invited to submit completed papers to the 2010 ACRA Spring conference in Orland, FL. All papers will be double blind reviewed.

  • Deadline: March 15, 2010

2010 ACRA Doctoral Award Competition

ACRA will sponsor two awards for Outstanding Doctoral Research in Retailing, in 2010. One award of $1,000 (First Prize) and a second award of $500 (Second Prize) will be granted at the 2010 ACRA Spring Conference (Orlando, FL).

  • Deadline: March 25, 2010

4th ACRA Charrette - March 8-13, 2010

The 4th Annual ACRA Charrette will be hosted by the Center for Retailing Excellence at the University of Arkansas Sam M. Walton College of Business,
Monday March 8 through Saturday March 13, 2010.

University of Arkansas Sam M. Walton College of Business

IMPORTANT DATES:

January 25, 2010: Last Day for Application Submission
February 1, 2010: Notification of Final Selects
February 15, 2010: Last day for Fee Payment

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