The Future of International Convenience Retailing

Hosted store and DC visits, briefings and presentations with some of the most innovative C-store retailers in the World.

Monday 15th September
International Golf Competition at the Grove, London sponsored by Torex
International Golf Competition at the Grove, London - more information.

Tuesday 16th September - Study Tour & Briefings sponsored by Camelot
Our forecourt focus day includes two of the newest, most advanced neighbourhood sites in the World this year: the new Tesco Esso Alliance Express and Somerfield Texaco formats. We'll also experience a larger, more "food for later" focused BP/M&S site. Finally, we'll view the very latest small Budgens format at Chorleywood. In between tours, to understand unique forecourt shopper behaviour, Peter Segal from him! and Siemon Scammell Katz, Founder of TNS Magasin will use the very latest research technology, to explain "Why shoppers must drive your strategy". Visits feature senior retailer hosts and a debrief/Q&A session.

Wednesday 17th September - Study Tour & Briefings sponsored by Camelot
Study Tour & Briefings sponsored by Camelot C-stores in London achieve some of the highest sales densities in the World. We see how they do it. Morning visits include: Musgrave, SPAR, Somerfield and Subway. Plus M&S, WH Smith, Camden Food Co and salad chain Chop'd in the spectacular new London St. Pancras station retail development. We will break the day for a debrief with Steve McDavid, Retail Marketing Director at SSP, Matthew Knowles from M&S, Jasper Wight, MD at Chop'd, Jerry Marwood, MD at SPAR UK and Hamed Al-Naqeeb at Subway. Then finish with a visit to the unique M&S "TO GO" store, a shopping experience to Wholefoods and our convenience industry dinner at top London restaurant, Babylon, sponsored by RedPrairie.
Dinner at top London restaurant, Babylon - more information.

Thursday 18th September - Sponsored by Imperial Tobacco
Our main conference day will be chaired by Scott Hartman, President at Rutter's Farm Stores USA. Confirmed presentations include the following:

• Dr. Gordon Campbell, Managing Director at SPAR International.
• Willie Hamilton, Commercial Director at Tesco Express.
• Ed Burcher, Senior Director for Foodservice with Petro-Canada.
• Karen Hubbard, UK Convenience Retail Director for BP.
• Neill Sherrell, Managing Director at srcg.
• Cathrine Stange, Marketing Director at Reitan (7-Eleven/Narvesen) Norway.
• Richard Bennett, Retail Director, SPAR UK.
• Ian Callaghan, Director of Construction and Renewal and Alan Ritchie, Retail Managing Director, Somerfield.
• John Franey, Strategy Director, Food Retail, DHL.
• Imperial Tobacco will inform us on international trends in tobacco and marketing/selling tobacco products in the "darkening" market places, covering details and impacts of regulation and legislation.
• Jasper Wight, MD at Chop'd will explain how to make a success of salads to go.

Main conference - more information.

Friday 19th September - Insight/NACS Midlands C-Store "Green" Collaboration Day and Site Visits sponsored by IGuzzini.   Insight/NACS look at green innovation for the convenience sector in supply chain and within the store. State of the art forecourt distribution, cost and carbon saving through truck sharing and the best carbon and energy saving technical and operational solutions in store design; lighting, air conditioning and refrigeration will be explored in presentations, site visits and a round table discussion.

* Green Retail Round table discussion with: Bob Simpson Head of Sustainable Store Development Asda, Darren Hicks Property Services Manager at WH Smith and Jonathan James at James Graven. Presentation by David Grant Professor in Logistics University of Hull.
* Green Logistics Round table discussion with: Stephen Hunter Managing Director of Logistics Nisa Today's, Dean Wyatt Business Director, DHL.
* Visit to Tesco's first new standard "Environmental" Express.
* Visit to DHL's dedicated BP multi-temperature Distribution Centre at Lutterworth.
* Visit to BP forecourt store.

Insight/NACS Midlands C-Store "Green" Collaboration Day and Site Visits - more information

Accommodation and Venue Location

We have negotiated special conference rates at The Ambassadors and Novotel Euston
Hotel and Accommodation

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Prices

Price: £2,080 / euro 2625 / US $4105 per delegate for 4 days

Option to attend each day separately:
16th September: £495 / euro 625 / $975
17th September: £595 / euro 750 / $1,180
18th September: £495 / euro 625 / $975
19th September: £495 / euro 625 / $975

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