News conference - Invitation to the media - The spending habits of Quebecers, 2010

MONTREAL, March 11 /CNW Telbec/ - The media are invited to a news conference at which Me Gaston Lafleur, President of the Conseil québécois du commerce de détail/Retail Council of Quebec (CQCD) will reveal the results of a survey on consumer spending trends in Quebec.

Date:        Monday, March 15, 2010
              Time:        10:00 a.m.
              Place:       Hotel Fairmont Reine Elizabeth
                           900 René-Lévesque West Blv.
                           Salon Saint-Maurice
                           Montréal

    This survey of the Quebec population, conducted by Groupe Altus on behalf
    of the CQCD, focuses in particular on:

                       - Quebec households' perception of their financial
                         situation and to the Province Financial;
                       - Quebecers' spending intentions for the year.

               BE PART OF OUR 17th ANNUAL OF RETAIL CONVENTION!
                       Detailed program on www.cqcd.org

    Please confirm your attendance by contacting:
    Ms. Céline Ducharme at [phone], extension 200.

Thank you.

For further information: Céline Ducharme, Conseil québécois du commerce de détail, [phone] extension 200, 1-800-364-6766, [e-mail]; www.cqcd.org