ALEXANDRIA, Va. – NACS Insight this week opened registration and announced key speakers and topics for its 2016 Convenience Summit – Europe event, June 5-11. The event will feature many of the industry's most influential names and global brands, as well as the highly coveted International Retailer of the Year Award.
A keynote by Jacob Schram, group president at Couche-Tard Europe, will take place during the London conference segment. Mike Greene, CEO at My Local, will join the in-depth discussions on industry developments as part of the popular Retailer Roundtable session, moderated by NACS President and CEO Henry Armour.
Themes for the event include:
- Current economic and political trends in Scandinavia
- Insights into the Swedish consumer
- The future of tobacco
- Sweden: The world's first cashless society
- Why are the big foodservice QSR brands stumbling?
- Positioning toward a healthier, fresher, better-for-you foodservice offer
- Millennials: Changing meal occasions and the ubiquity of snacking
- The retail revolution: How will bricks and mortar survive?
- The last mile of retailing
- Time of day merchandising
- Labor saving technologies in a high labor cost market
The 2016 event will launch in the Swedish capital of Stockholm June 5–7 before transferring to London June 8–9. Dublin store tours will take place June 10–11.
Event partners so far include Coca Cola, Verifone, PepsiCo, Kalibrate and Mondelez. For registration options, including early bird pricing and full event details, go to www.conveniencesummit.com.