ALEXANDRIA, Va. – This year, the NACS Show will welcome visitors from foreign lands with the new International Hub at the NACS Show in Chicago, October 17 to 20. The hub will provide internationals with “a place to meet, learn, network, negotiate and relax,” Global Convenience Store Focus reports.
The NACS Show follows the association’s annual convenience summits in Asia and Europe, and this year, the association will offer a “mini c-summit U.S.” at the hub exclusively for international attendees. Speakers at the mini summit include Joseph Bona and Dan Munford on successful convenience store deigns and formats, NACS Vice President of Research Dae Kim on industry trends, Connexxus Executive Director Gray Taylor on industry technology, and Director of NACS Europe Mark Wohltmann on what was seen and learned at the Show.
NACS regional representatives will be hosting the International Hub so international visitors get the most out of their Show experience:
- Christian Warning, managing director of the Retail Marketeers, NACS regional representative DE/AT/CH
- Craig Panter, chief business development director at Invenco, NACS regional representative Asia/Pacific
- Dan Munford, managing director of Insight Research, NACS regional representative Europe
- Jeff Murphy, managing director of TMG Consultancy LLC, NACS regional representative Latin America
- Magnar Moekkelgard, NACS regional representative Scandinavia
Registration for this year’s NACS Show is open at www.nacsshow.com.