ALEXANDRIA, VA – Registration continues for the upcoming NACS Insight Convenience Summit – Europe (formerly the Future of Convenience conference), offering enhanced thought leadership, international best practice sharing and opportunities.

Taking place from June 1 -6, 2014, in Paris and London, the Summit features retail study tours, general sessions and the International Convenience Retail Awards. The NACS Insight Convenience Summit – Europe also provides extensive opportunities for networking and establishing commercial connections among international convenience retailers and suppliers.

Here is just some of the exciting content we’re bringing to the NACS Insight Convenience Summit – Europe:

Fifty Ways to Grow in European Retail by the Coca-Cola Retailing Research Council Europe
This presentation offers retailers and suppliers recommendations based on research for adjusting to new realities and changing business models in the European convenience market. The Coca-Cola study reveals that many well-known shopper needs, such as smart convenience or green responsibility, are still poorly met. And as new shopper needs continue to emerge, European retailers and manufacturers are sporadically addressing these needs. The study advises retailers and manufacturers to move away from lengthy market research projects and increasingly learn from actual testing by adhering to three fundamental principles: think big, test small and learn fast.

Delivering What Customers Want by? dunnhumby
Julian Highley, global director of customer knowledge at dunnhumby, will talk about how one of the key areas of growth opportunity in retail over the next 5 years is the convenience format — driven not by retail footprint, but by a customer’s desire for easy, quick and simple.

Keynote by Alain Bouchard of Couche-Tard
Bouchard, president and founder of Couche-Tard, one of the largest convenience store operator in North America with more than 4,500 retail locations, will undoubtedly be a highlight for Summit attendees.

The Convenience Summit – Europe continues to attract sponsor support from a strong portfolio of international supplier partners including Coca-Cola, Mondelez, BAT, Kalibrate, Imperial Tobacco and TCC. For sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities, visit: www.conveniencesummit.com/exhibitors/sponsor/ and www.conveniencesummit.com/exhibitors/exhibition-options/

Complete information and registration for the NACS Insight Convenience Summit – Europe are available at www.conveniencesummit.com.