NACS Global Forum Brings Together Global C-Store Leaders

Local store tours and retailing insights from industry experts will highlight this year’s program in Madrid, Spain.

May 24, 2013

ALEXANDRIA, VA – Coming off a successful 2012 visit to Sao Paulo, Brazil, the NACS Global Forum is now making its way to Europe next month in the dynamic marketplace of Madrid, Spain. 

The upcoming program is taking place June 25 to 28, and features expert-led presentations, panel discussions and local store tours designed to give retailer attendees a global perspective on the industry. Speakers this year include: José Manuel Campa, the former secretary of state for the economy in the Ministry of Economy and Finances of Spain; Angel Villasante Gonzalez, director of marketing, advertising and branding at Repsol; and Travis Sheetz, executive vice president operations at Sheetz Inc., among many others.

Local store tours, a signature feature of the NACS Global Forum, will again be a memorable highlight for attendees. The tours will give retailers a look at innovative retail formats across Madrid, including visits to a multi-level Repsol store featuring solar power and electric car charging points, a visit to the world’s second largest supermarket retail convenience format, Carrefour Express, and a tour of VIPS, a unique store concept combining restaurant and retail convenience. Store tours will also include visits to Supercor Express, CEPSA, Repsol OpenCor, GALP and El Cortes Ingles/HiperCor.

In line with the distinctiveness of the NACS Global Forum, attendees will be treated to an exclusive closing reception at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, home of the Real Madrid Football Club. 

The NACS Global Forum offers insights and connections with global leaders that can change the way retailers do business in their local markets. Frank Gleeson, Retail Director at Topaz Energy Group in Ireland, puts it this way: “I attend a lot of international conferences each year, but I would rate NACS Global Forum as the most informative, worthwhile and enjoyable by far, it has just the right mix of content, networking and social activities and I feel it really benefits me and my company; it's the only one I never miss.”

For more information on this year’s program go to nacsonline.com/globalforum or contact Meredith Thomas.

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