Delegate Feedback to Insight/NACS events
Retailers from the following 32 countries have benefited from our recent conferences/study tours: Ireland, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Norway, Iceland, Luxembourg, Belgium, Spain, Austria, Romania, Russia, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Canada, USA, Hong Kong, Israel, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, USA and Argentina.
Almost 50% of delegates are retailers and at Director or CEO level. Our mix of pre-briefed, focused and planned C-store study tours, social event networking, sporting competition, presentations and workshops makes for a very valuable delegate experience. We've had some very encouraging feedback from our customers which we're very proud of:
"Good store selection, excellent foodservice offer, innovative merchandising solutions and good tour rhythm. I will recommend it!"
(Valerie Emorine, European Category Manager, Total)
"I attended the 2007 NACS Study Tour and found the event inspirational - great networking opportunities, great stores and inspirational speakers. It was time well spent and I got a great feel for the US retail environment in a very short time. The whole event was well organized and enabled me to relax and focus on increasing my knowledge and bringing learnings back to the UK."
(Paul Whittaker, Trade Marketing Manager, The Wrigley Company Limited)
"The four day programme provided brilliant opportunities for both focussed learning and meaningful networking. The insight team ensured that the intense activity was always smooth and seamless and they played an important but unobtrusive role in delivering a very successful event"
(Paul Heyes, Subway Ireland)
"We've come away with 2 really good ideas and the trip has energised us to go back, trial them and implement them with a view to a larger scale roll out"
(John Murray, Store Proposition Controller, SPAR UK)
"Well done to Insight and thanks for a very interesting and inspirational day!"
(Mark McCammond, Retail Operations Director, Henderson Retail)
"An exceptionally good conference. I want to thank the organisers for the time and effort spent on creating this fascinating two day event. The chance to visit so many diverse outlets, chat to staff and take photographs is very rare. I would definitely recommend the same or similar to colleagues. The booklet is especially good - giving the chance to prepare for what we're going to see... I've learned a lot in a short space of time."
(Head of Market Research, Dairy Crest)
"Thank you for a terrific job of organising these visits. All of the managers/owners were most helpful, cordial and interesting. These two days were a great collection of Ireland's best food retailers."
(Executive Vice President, Sheetz, Inc)
"Well Organised Visits. Hosts very welcoming and very informative to have store manager presentations."
(Finance Director, Tesco Express)
"Thank you for the invitation to attend your conference in Dublin this past week and for all of the hospitality afforded me by you and your colleagues. In addition to learning a good deal about the Irish marketplace during the two days, I also found the time spent with other delegates to be most beneficial. Thank you for that opportunity"
(Global Account Director, International Soft Drinks Supplier)
"A tremendous conference...you have done wonders again. You received compliments all along the way from the US delegates and participants"
(Vice President, Industry Relations, NACS, United States)
"Overall logistics and venue were excellent. The store tour and conference were great and comprehensive. It was a very fruitful experience. Look forward to hearing more information on the coming programs"
(Vice President, Merchandising, Major Retailer, Hong Kong)
"Excellent conference - many ideas which we will take back and develop to the Thailand market. Very impressed with the store tour. Well done"
(CEO, Major Retailer, Thailand)
"The conference last week was very good and I must thank all the organisers for making it thoroughly enjoyable for me. Presentations were excellent and gave a better understanding of firstly the local convenience sector as well as in the global context. Once again, thank you"
(Fuels Marketing Manager, Retail, Oil Company, South Africa)
"Congratulations on your excellent conference. GCB has also been a great opportunity to network with existing clients and possible prospects. Keep up the good work, thanks. The highlight was the store visits. These were well planned and provided a lot of good learnings. Overall the conference was very good with a focus on what is real and live in convenience retailing today. International speakers added great value"
(Sales Director, Major International Supplier, UK)
"Insightful and informative. Very good speakers which were more than useful to retailers in general. Some good innovations which could be explored by ourselves and developed locally. Excellent delivery and execution. Excellent conference"
(Independent Retailer, Ireland)
"We have really enjoyed the last two days - great to update market developments and network with customers. Today's conference has been great, with many things discussed to stimulate our business"
(Sales & Marketing Director, Major Supplier, UK & Ireland)
