Bentley University Offers Experts on Holiday Shopping & Holiday Scams

Online, December 8, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Mike Tesler - adjunct lecturer at Bentley and president, Retail Concepts, can discuss all aspects of the holiday retail shopping season including:

• Why Black Friday offers no real preview for the holiday shopping season
• The original reason Black Friday was created - it has nothing to do with deals
• Which retailers will flourish and which will struggle this holiday season
• Holiday sales forecast

To speak with Mike Tesler: 781-254-2286 (cell)

How to avoid holiday scams

Steve Weisman - senior lecturer at Bentley and author of the book The Truth about Avoiding Scams can discuss all types and aspects of holiday scams including:

• How to avoid scams on Black Friday & Cyber Monday
• How to protect your privacy when shopping on-line
• The single letter that can make the difference between a website that puts you at risk of identity theft and a safe website
• The simple trick to preserve your credit card information wherever you go
• How to avoid the dangers of gift card scams
• The safest way to pay for holiday purchases
• How to avoid charity scams and where to go to find out if a charity is legitimate

To speak with Steve Weisman: 413-478-8970 (cell)

BENTLEY UNIVERSITY is one of the nation's leading business schools, dedicated to preparing a new kind of business leader - one with the deep technical skills, broad global perspective, and high ethical standards required to make a difference in an ever-changing world. Our rich, diverse arts and sciences program, combined with an advanced business curriculum, prepares informed professionals who make an impact in their chosen fields. Located on a classic New England campus minutes from Boston, Bentley is a dynamic community of leaders, scholars and creative thinkers. The McCallum Graduate School emphasizes the impact of technology on business practice, in offerings that include MBA and Master of Science programs, PhD programs in accountancy and in business, and customized executive education programs. The university enrolls approximately 4,100 full-time undergraduate, 140 adult part-time undergraduate, 1,430 graduate, and 34 doctoral students. Bentley is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges; AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business; and the European Quality Improvement System, which benchmarks quality in management and business education.