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Sunday, September 19, 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM

The Path to Retail 4.0: Get Ready or Get Left Behind

  • Room: Ballys Platinum
Retail 4.0 is the Age of Metamorphosis. A fundamental restructuring as the industry sees change and disruption unlike any time before, in how retailers operate, go to market, and create value. Like the simple caterpillar giving way to the complex butterfly, retail is undergoing a metamorphosis, the DNA of traditional retail... Read More
Speaker(s)
Panelist
Elise Wood
Managing Partner
Refinition
Moderator
Gary Hawkins
CEO
Center for Advanced Retail & Technology
Panelist
John Thompson
President and Chief Executive Officer
ShoptoCook, LLC
Moderator
Kevin Coupe
Content Guy
MorningNewsBeat.com
Panelist
Kristin Popp
Executive Vice President
Woodman's Markets
Panelist
Laura Zappi
Director of Marketing
HAC, Inc.
Panelist
Mike Hornigold
Executive Vice President of Digital
Accelerate360
Panelist
Orlee Tal
CEO
Stor.ai
Panelist
Roger Heaston
co-founder and CTO
Refinition
Panelist
Ron Bonacci
VP, Marketing & Advertising
Weis Markets
Panelist
Shawn Tuckett
Vice President of Sales and Client Services
WEBSTOP
Panelist
Shekar Raman
Founder and CEO
Birdzi, Inc.
Moderator
Sterling Hawkins
Co-Founder, Operations & Development
Center for Advanced Retail & Technology
Panelist
Yair Holtzer
Vice President, Business Developmen
Trigo
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Monday, September 20, 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM

The Independent's Guide To Navigating Growth During Complex and Volatile Times -- Wargaming 2022

  • Room: Ballys Event Center
The challenges facing independent retailers in 2022 are expected to significantly intensify as both traditional and digital major market players converge on competing in the evolving retail landscape.  Our discussion focuses on the forces and factors of change destined to reshape the retail environment going forward.  The changing consumer dynamics of... Read More
Speaker(s)
Panelist
Barry Queen
Owner
Queen's Price Chopper
Panelist
Bob Richardson
Director of Sales, Customer Industry Development
The Clorox Company
Panelist
David Smith
Chief Executive Officer
Associated Wholesale Grocers
Speaker
Denny Belcastro
Vice President, Industry & Customer Collaboration
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Panelist
James Neumann
President
Valu Market
Moderator
Thom Blischok
Chairman and CEO
The Dialogic Group
Track(s)
Handout(s)
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Monday, September 20, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

2022 Outlook: Galvanizing the Growth Consumer

  • Room: Ballys Event Center
At a time when shoppers continue to shift their post-COVID CPG dollars against a backdrop of omnichannel retailing, inflation and income polarization, maintaining growth will be a challenge. For this session, NielsenIQ will leverage its latest Omnishopper data to identify high growth shoppers across both online and offline channels, along with... Read More
Speaker(s)
Panelist
Darlene Murphy
Marketing Director
Metcalfe's Market
Panelist
Dennis Host
VP of Marketing
Coborns, Inc.
Moderator
Harvey Ma
SVP, Omni, Consumer and Retail Performance
NielsenIQ
Panelist
Jamie Collins
Vice President, Marketing and Advertising
Dierberg's Markets, Inc.
Track(s)

Tuesday, September 21, 7:00 AM - 8:45 AM

Creative Choice Awards Presentation

  • Room: Paris Versailles
The National Grocers Association (NGA) is pleased to host the annual Creative Choice Awards Contest, presented by Kellogg's and Unilever, to honor and recognize the best marketing and merchandising programs in the grocery industry. Winners of the Creative Choice Awards Contest gain respect throughout the industry and receive national recognition... Read More
Speaker(s)
Moderator
Michael Sansolo
PRESIDENT
Sansolo Solutions
Track(s)
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