Attend the Innovation & Marketing Summit
On July 18-19, 2011, over 240+ industry executives attended the first store brands industry event focused on innovation and marketing best practices. Companies attending the event included: Kroger, CVS, Target, Loblaw, Sam's Club, Delhaize America, Safeway, Family Dollar, Supervalu, Winn Dixie, 7-Eleven, Walgreens, Topco, Ralston Foods, Treehouse Foods, Clement Pappas, John B. Sanfilippo, Daymon, Anthem, Kaleidoscope, GROUP 360 Worldwide, Acosta, and many more. Attendees at the summit were inspired by: Created with input from a Retailer Advisory Board, the inaugural Innovation & Marketing Summit was a unique event featuring thought leadership in content; quality networking; and innovation success stories in the "Innovation Zone" from companies committed to advancing store brands innovation.

The 2012 edition of the Innovation & Marketing Summit will be held on Monday and Tuesday March 12-13, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare Hotel in Chicago. To learn more, CLICK HERE


The Future Consumer Workshop
In a special Pre-Conference workshop at the inaugural Innovation & Marketing Summit, GROUP360 Worldwide, a leading strategic marketing firm with decades of store brands experience, presentedwill present an exclusive workshop “The Future Consumer” with futurist John Mahaffie.

This unique and interactive workshop/presentation explored:
  • Images of the future consumer 2025
  • The ever more discerning, aspiring new consumer
  • How we’ll learn to look inside the consumer brain
  • How post-materialist and green values will impact purchase behavior
  • How commerce will be transformed by all things digital
  • Ways technology like the in-home replicator could transform retailing