TORONTO, Feb. 27 /CNW/ - CIBC (CM: TSX; NYSE) - CIBC World Markets will
host its 12th Annual Retail and Consumer Investors Conference on Wednesday,
March 4, 2009 in Toronto. The conference will feature presentations from some
of Canada's leading publicly-traded retailers and provide key industry insight
to our institutional investors.
    This year's conference will focus predominantly on the retail
merchandising sector. More information on the conference including an agenda
and a list of presenting companies can be found at
http://conferences.cibcwm.com/RETAIL2009/ (password = shop2009).
    This event is by invitation only; media and the public are invited to
listen to the corporate presentations via audio cast at the above link on the
day of the conference.

    CIBC World Markets is the wholesale banking arm of CIBC. To deliver on
its mandate as a premier client-focused and Canadian-based investment bank,
World Markets provides a wide range of credit, capital markets, investment
banking, merchant banking and research products and services to government,
institutional, corporate and retail clients in Canada and in key markets
around the world.