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Insight NACS Future of International Convenience & Petroleum Retailing 2010

Insight Research will be hosting its annual international convenience store and petroleum retail industry event in association with NACS, the international association for convenience and petroleum retail, in London from September 20th to 24th this autumn.

This event is in its 12th year and was attended by retailers and supplier delegates from 20 countries in 2009. "Future of Convenience" brings the European industry together and offers convenience retailers and suppliers from around the world a unique look into best practices in the advanced European market.

This exclusive, highly interactive program combines presentations, exhibitions, case studies and hosted best practice visits to the most innovative retail and petroleum formats in London, Dublin and Paris, as well as numerous networking opportunities which include our International Convenience Retailer of the Year award dinner and a drinks reception on the London Eye.

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Dates at a glance

• Monday 20th September: study tours in either the UK or Ireland begin. UK group visit new energy efficient James Graven Budgen’s forecourt, SPAR BP forecourts and Tesco’s new "Zero Carbon" superstore. Dublin group visit new Topaz, Applegreen, Mace and SPAR forecourt formats.
• Tuesday 21st September: UK group visit latest Waitrose C-store, Tesco Express, Budgen’s, Union Market and Co-operative Group sites. Dublin visits include Musgrave Centra and Applegreen’s first motorway service station/truck stop. International Convenience Retailer of the Year Award dinner at the Grand Connaught Rooms, 61-65 Great Queen Street, London, WC2B 5DA that evening.
• Wednesday 22nd September: Convenience conference/exhibition at British Library in London sponsored by Torex, chaired by Deborah Robinson. Includes: SPAR, Waitrose, Kantar, Applegreen, Mills Group. London Eye drinks reception that evening.
• Thursday 23rd September: Forecourt petroleum, equipment, technology conference/exhibition sponsored by Epta, chaired by Jon Arnold. Sheetz, Topaz, KSS, Woolworth’s SA, Rutter’s, CBX, Epta, Petrobras, him! Eurostar to Paris that evening.
• Friday 24th September: Study tours to latest French c-stores including Total’s new Bonjour "Boutique" format, Carrefour, Hubiz, Chez Jean, Daily Monop and many other innovative Parisian stores.

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