There are a few things we’d like to tell you about before we return to your weekly news posts:

Our 2010 Marketing Directory is now available. This resource guide will help you find reputable marketing suppliers in dozens of categories. From holiday displays to special events, it is an invaluable tool for all shopping center marketing directors.

Also, if you haven’t been to TacticsMagazine.com or MarketingTrendz.net, you should stop by. We’ve recently launched a new design for both that should help you find the content you’re looking for. We’re constantly working on adding new content and new features, so check back often. If you’re looking for more info on our print magazines, you can see samples of our digital editions and content on the sites.

And finally, we’ve mentioned it before, but if you’re going to be at Fusion, make sure to stop by booth 337. Our Tactics Magazine team will be there, and they’ll be offering a show special on Tactics and Trendz, so don’t miss out.

Have a product or service that you’d like to promote to our readers? Our 2010 Shopping Center Resource Directory will be out soon, and you haven’t missed your chance at being listed in this great annual publication. The directory is delivered to over 2000 shopping center Marketing Directors, and it’s also available on our websites and in our weekly newsletter all year.

If you’d like your company to be listed in the directory, which is read by a global audience, please print and fax the appropriate order form for your region before January 20, 2010:

US | AU | UK

The cost for the listing is $100, or $125 with your logo. If you’d like to include your logo, please send it in Illustrator format.

If you have any questions, or to forward your logo, please email Marianne.

Want your mall’s event or promotion featured in Tactics Magazine next year? If so, you’d best familiarize yourself with next year’s Editorial Calendar, available online here.

It’s got important information about topics, features and editorial and advertising deadlines, so make sure to check it out if you’ll be submitting to the magazine. The editorial and advertising deadline for the first issue of the year is January 29, 2010, so get your submissions in order soon.

With the holiday season upon us, your weekly dose of marketing ideas and events has a few small scheduling changes coming up.

There will be a newsletter in your inbox next Thursday, the 17th. But with most of you, our lovely readers, off for the holidays on Thursday the 24th, we’ll be releasing the following week’s newsletter a bit early – on Wednesday the 23rd.

Finally, we’ll be taking a short break too. There won’t be a newsletter for the week of the 31st. But never fear! Shopping Center Weekly will return on January 7th – refreshed from the holidays and ready to bring you all the news of the new year (and a brand new decade).

So if you’d like us to cover any of your great ideas or events before the end of the year, get in touch with the editor, Nissa Campbell, soon.

Want to read the newest issue of Tactics Magazine from the comfort of your computer? Now you can!

You’ll need your subscriber number (found on the mailing label of any recent copy of Tactics Magazine) and a Flash-capable browser. If you’ve got those two things available, head on over to tacticsmagazine.com

Under “Current Issue” on the right sidebar, log in with your subscriber number as your username and the temporary password 6458tactics

Now you’ll see the brand-new Holiday edition of Tactics Magazine as the top post. Before clicking on it to take a closer look at the great stories waiting for you this month, though, click “Membership Details” in the side bar to change your password and make sure we have an up-to-date email address for you.

And just a note: please keep your login information secure. There’s a limit to the number of locations you can log into the new members’ area from, and if you exceed that limit you’ll be temporarily locked out of the system.

Not a subscriber yet? Visit our subscription page or email Marianne for more information!