Shelton, CT – Thousands of food retailers will gather at the Paris Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas for the 2021 NGA Show from Sunday, September 19 through Tuesday, September 21, 2021, and have access to subject matter experts leading 48 educational institutions’ sessions. The conference program includes eight tracks with a focus on eCommerce, human resource development, fresh food, omnichannel marketing, merchandising, technology, operations and nutritional incentives.
“Grocery retail is constantly changing, and we’re excited to partner with industry thought leaders who will host more than 40 cutting-edge briefings that give grocery retailers and wholesalers insight into everything from technical innovations that make retail the best in its class today make strategies for doing business, ”said Greg Ferrara, president and CEO of event sponsor, the National Grocers Association. “We know that one of the main reasons industry experts attend our event is to have access to our great faculty, and this year they will focus on the most pressing problems and hottest topics affecting supermarket operations and solutions that grocers can implement immediately. ”
2021 NGA Show Education Tracks include the following sessions:
· E-commerce track Meetings on Click and Collect Best Practices, Auto-Replenishment Programs, Last Mile Delivery – Are Drones The Answer? and e-commerce – what do consumers want?
· Personnel development track offers sessions on Creative Recruiting – Lessons Learned from the Pandemie, Diversity + Equity and Inclusion = Profits and Retail on the Front Lines: Management Through Disasters and Civil Unrest.
· Faculty in the Fresh food track Presents Ready Meals – Capitalizing New Demand For Foods To Go, Produce 2022 – Sustaining Sales Growth, Meat Sales – Trends To Be Seen In 2022, Driving Supplier Compliance For Bottom Line Savings.
· Omnichannel Marketing Track Topics such as digital transformation, next generation loyalty programs, using artificial intelligence (AI) for personalized marketing and reaching the value consumer.
· Merchandising track will feature discussions on consumer shopping trends 2021, non-food merchandising strategies, competition with value formats, 15 ideas for increasing sales and safe ways to increase traffic – in-store events.
· Loudspeaker in Technology track will address one-to-one marketing to the next level, robots – the next phase of food automation, and securing an omnichannel presence.
· Nutritional Incentive Track Provides Incentive Landscape Reading Best Practices, Incentive Success Stories – Retailer Benefits Panel, and Incentive Ready – How To Implement Incentives In Store.
During the 2021 NGA Show, attendees will have the opportunity to continue their learning outside of the traditional conference setting. Participants have the opportunity to gain an insight into new products and innovations for Center Store, Corporate Services, Financial Services, Fresh Products, Health and Wellness, Operational Services, Seasonal Merchandise, Store Design and Equipment, Technology Solutions and Technology Mehr at the fair . In addition, the Thought Leadership Theater offers additional educational events, which are also conveniently located in the exhibition area.
The event is sponsored by the National Grocers Association and produced by Clarion Events Inc. Registration is now possible at www.thengashow.com.
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For more than 30 years, the NGA Show has been the place where independent grocers meet, bringing together supermarket retailers and wholesalers, food manufacturers and service providers from around the world to share innovative solutions and best practices that make up the independent supermarket channel support and strengthen. The NGA Show is produced and managed by Clarion Events as part of the Food & Beverage Group in partnership with the National Grocers Association (NGA). Further information and registration at www.theNGAshow.com.
Clarion events (US.ClarionEvents.com) produces 37 events in 13 sectors of commercial and consumer events. Clarion Events, the US division of Clarion Events UK and supported by The Blackstone Group, has grown into one of the fastest growing event companies in the US, with aggressive growth through acquisition and adoption. Clarion acquired PennWell in early 2018, added four Tradeshow 200 events to its US portfolio, and accelerated its already rapid growth. Clarion Events has offices in Shelton, Connecticut; Kennesaw, Ga .; Boca Raton, Florida; Tacoma, Washington; and Fairlawn, New Jersey
The Federal Association of Grocers (NGA) is the national trade association representing the retail and wholesale companies that make up the independent sector of the food distribution industry. An independent retailer is a privately owned or controlled grocery retail company that operates a variety of formats. The independent food sector accounts for nearly one percent of the country’s economy and is responsible for $ 131 billion in sales, 944,000 jobs, $ 30 billion in wages and $ 27 billion in taxes. Members of the NGA include retail and wholesale companies, government food associations, and manufacturers and service providers. More information about NGA can be found at www.nationalgrocers.org.
