Upcoming Events & Webinars
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March 15 – 17, 2010
CSP Cold Vault Summit
This summit will provide retailers and suppliers with market
intelligence, consumer insights, predictive analytic models and
retailer case studies to challenge and offer a unique perspective in
taking cold vault sales to the next level.
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April 7, 2010
Leveraging Healthcare for Total Store Growth Webinar
Based on the leading-edge Healthcare III study, this webinar will
uncover emerging revenue opportunities that leverage growing consumer
interest in holistic health management. This forward-looking,
actionable analysis will help retailers and manufacturers understand
which ailments are driving pharmacy growth today, which represent the
greatest future “total store” opportunities, and how to design and
implement disease-state management initiatives that will drive shopper
loyalty and total store performance in your markets.
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April 24-27, 2010
NACDS Executive Annual Conference
More than 1,800 of today's most influential retail executives from
drug, food, and mass merchandising and their supplier partners will
return to The Breakers in Palm Beach to share insights, forge
relationships, and explore future opportunities. Long regarded as our
industry's most prestigious meeting, the Annual Meeting will give you
and your company a unique opportunity to gain new insights into today's
changing marketplace and set your course for the future.
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May 10 - 13, 2010
FMI 2010
FMI 2010 is the industry leadership event showcasing emerging
opportunities; delivering consumer insights through thought provoking
research and education; and, fostering industry collaboration and
community. This is your biennial opportunity to see the food industry's
showcase of products and services and to engage with retailers and
wholesalers from around the globe. Be sure to visit IRI in booth #6242!
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June 6 – 8, 2010
NACDS Marketplace Convention
The NACDS Marketplace Conference is not your typical trade show. It is
a venue for retail buyers and sellers to meet one another and work
together to bring new and innovative products to market. Where else
can you have a guaranteed meeting with buyers from top retail
companies? Pair this with the most expansive and timely selection of
education programming in the industry and you have NACDS Marketplace.
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Webinar Archives
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thousands of new items introductions and consumer budgets strained more
than ever, 2008 was a particularly challenging year for new product
launches. Yet, some manufacturers were able to overcome both the poor
odds and the economy to achieve successful year-one sales.
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Sustainability has established a firm and growing presence in the world of consumer packaged goods. The evidence of this abounds. CPG companies are working to construct more energy-efficient and “green” manufacturing and retail facilities, leverage environmentally friendly manufacturing processes, and upgrade transportation fleets using low-emitting and fuel efficient vehicles. From concentrated cleaners, to natural health and beauty products to organic food and beverages, the CPG universe is becoming increasingly green.
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Join Schneider Associates, Mintel, and IRI as we talk about the top 10 product launches of 2008, as determined through the Seventh Annual Most Memorable New Product Launch Survey. We’ll discuss what made these products memorable to consumers as well as the latest consumer purchasing and behavioral trends.
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A Market Re-Defined by Budget-Strapped Consumers
The year 2008 may be gone, but it is definitely not forgotten. It will go down in history as the year the United States entered the most significant economic recession since World War II. This recession will last well into 2009, and possibly beyond. Every American has felt the impact of the country’s economic battle. Across age, income, and ethnicity breaks, consumers have been forced to make substantial changes to their everyday lives and shopping habits to stay afloat in a recessionary economy. Changes have been broad and deep…and rapid.
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For CPG marketers, changes in consumer shopping rituals brought about
by the weak and uncertain economy have made the already difficult task
of staying abreast of consumer attitudes and behaviors even more
difficult - and critical. Financial conditions have driven consumers
to re-evaluate old shopping habits and brand loyalties, resulting in an
escalating evolution of attitudes and behaviors across trip missions.
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