Insight Conferences

Future of Convenience is a favourite strategic industry event for senior convenience and petroleum retailers and suppliers. Insight's 2011 event broke all records in terms of positive feedback, scope and attendance. Delegates from 20 countries attended.

This year’s international store tours take place in Scandinavia, the UK and Ireland. Exclusive highlights already confirmed include hosted visits to Statoil’s brand new highway format in Norway, two of the UK’s newest and most innovative convenience store designs; Morrison’s M-Local and the new “mini” Marks and Spencer “Food on the Move” standalone foodservice store, as well as Applegreen and Topaz in Ireland.

Conference and Exhibition days are at the British Library, London on 26th and 27th September. Presentations include;

• Jacob Schram, CEO, Statoil Fuel & Retail ASA.
• Tim Chalk, CEO, 7 Eleven Hong Kong.
• Keith Wright, Head of Convenience and Petrol Forecourt Stores at Morrison’s
• Joe Barrett, Director, Applegreen
• Deborah Robinson, Managing Director, SPAR UK
• Mark Wohltmann, Senior Manager, Nielsen Convenience Competence Center
• A Director from Tesco’s Supply Chain Team will provide a case study on improving product availability in Express.
• Pre-recorded interview from Dublin with QuikTrip CEO Chet Cadieux about the relevance of innovations in the UK/Irish markets for the US convenience industry.
• Review of entries for the Insight NACS International Retailer of the Year 2012 Award.
• Presentation from Insight NACS International Convenience Retailer of 2012.

This event brings the international industry together and offers convenience retailers and suppliers from around the world a unique look into best practice in the advanced European market, as well as providing a glimpse of the future with international best practice. Our programme combines presentations, exhibitions, Retail Vision TV videos/interviews and hosted store visits to the most innovative retail and petroleum formats. It also includes the Insight NACS International Convenience Retailer of the Year Award as well and the new Insight NACS Global Product Availability Initiative award, both sponsored by Imperial Tobacco.