Diamond Comic Distributors and Alliance Game Distributors have announced two Retailer Summits to be held this fall.  They will be two-day events, held in Fort Wayne, Indiana on September 6-7 and Las Vegas, Nevada on October 27-28.  Each will include exhibit hall space, plus programming.  In addition, the Fort Wayne event, which began as a Chessex and then an Alliance Open House, will include an Open House Shopping Day at the Alliance warehouse.  The companies held two Retailer Events in 2001  (including one in Las Vegas, which we attended, see 'Retailers Assemble'), although three were scheduled (the Baltimore event was canceled due to 9-11).  Alliance held its Fort Wayne Open House in 2002.