About the Event

ABOUT THE EVENT

Past Attendee Testimonials

speech bubbles“This is the ONLY conference fully dedicated to Category Management.  Speakers are industry leaders – best-in-class – and by attending, you will walk away with at least ONE BIG IDEA!

Susan Stege
Director, Category Management, Dean Foods Co.

 
speech bubbles“I am very impressed.  You’ve assembled the “Best of the Best” in category management and were able to communicate the gold nuggets that will separate us from our competition.”

Michael Ruyffelaert Senior Manager, Customer Marketing, Lego Systems, Inc.
 
speech bubbles“A well-run conference covering a broad range of topics”

Steve Kieke Director, Grocery Category Management, The Fred W. Albracht Grocery Company
Attendee Profile
Our attendees are among the highest caliber in the industry. You will meet intermediate and senior level executives from both manufacturing and retail companies with function areas in category management, development, marketing, trade promotions, shopper marketing sales, store planning, shopper insights and more.  Our premium event attracts an audience looking for high-level conversations and relationship building opportunities. You’ll meet more decisions makers that are looking for new ideas, partnerships and technologies.
 

Map of the Event
Monday, September 27, we present the Shopper Marketing Fusion Summit, an annual summit to explore emerging opportunities to bridge the gap between your marketing and sales team in order to make a greater brand impact.  Speaking companies include The Hershey Company, Target, Sara Lee and Diageo North America. 

Tuesday & Wednesday, September 28 & & 29 features the main conference focused on what’s now, what’s next in category leadership. 

Past Attending Companies
  • 20th Century Fox
  • 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • Abbott Laboratories
  • Acme Fresh Markets
  • Acosta Sales & Marketing
  • Anheuser Busch Inc
  • Bacardi USA
  • Barilla America Inc
  • Barilla American Pasta Company
  • Bentonville Software Associates
  • Blue Bunny
  • Bluedog Design Inc
  • Burdette Beckmann Inc
  • Bush Brothers & Company
  • BuzzBack Market Research
  • Cadbury Adams
  • Cafe Soluble S A
  • Carlsberg Breweries AS
  • Catalina Marketing
  • Category Ideas
  • CCF Brands
  • Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc Sa de Cv Moctezuma
  • Chiquita Brands
  • CIBA Vision
  • Coca Cola Enterprises Inc
  • Colgate Palmolive Company
  • Continental Mills
  • Coors Brewing Company
  • Coty
  • Cox Target Media/Valpak
  • DCI Marketing
  • Dean Foods Dairy Group
  • Del Monte
  • Del Monte Fresh Produce Company
  • DL Ryan Companies Inc
  • Driscolls
  • DunnhumbyUSA
  • Edelman Public Relations
  • Elmers Products Inc
  • Energizer
  • eRewards Market Research
  • Fair Isaacs
  • Fleet Laboratories
  • Flowers Foods
  • Food Services of America
  • Future Brands
  • General Growth Properties Inc
  • Georgia Pacific
  • Gerber P R
  • Gerber Products Company
  • Gladson Interactive
  • H E B Mexico
  • Hallmark Cards Inc
  • Hanes
  • Heineken USA
  • Henkel
  • Hershey Company
  • Hewlett-Packard
  • Hormel Foods Corporation
  • Hot Stuff Foods
  • IGD
  • Interbrand
  • Interbrand Design Forum
  • Jack Links
  • JDA Software
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Johnsonville Sausage LLC
  • Kelloggs
  • Kimberly-Clark Corporation
  • Kraft Canada
  • Kraft Foods
  • LEGO Systems Inc
  • Lindt & Sprungli USA Inc
  • Logitech Europe SA
  • Malt O Meal
  • MarketTools Inc
  • MARS
  • Mars Snackfood
  • McCormick & Company Inc
  • Meadow Gold Dairies Inc
  • MeadWestvaco
  • Meyers Research Center
  • Michelin North America Inc
  • Miller Brewing Co
  • Miller Zell Inc
  • Moen Inc
  • National Distributing Company
  • National Research Network
  • Nestle Purina PetCare
  • Nimbus Online
  • Nouveau Eyewear
  • OfficeMax
  • OUT! International
  • Pactiv Corporation
  • PBI Gordon Corporation
  • Pepperidge Farm Inc
  • Pepperidge Farm-Campbell Soup
  • Pharmsource
  • Phoneix Beverages
  • Polaris
  • Procter & Gamble 
  • Proline Corporation
  • Quaker Oats
  • Relevation Research
  • Remy International
  • Research International
  • Retail Optimization
  • Rich Products Corporation
  • Rics Food Center
  • RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company
  • Robert Bosch LLC
  • RTC Industries
  • Sanitarium Health Food Company
  • Sara Lee
  • SC Johnson
  • Schering Plough Corporation
  • Schreiber Foods
  • Schwans Consumer Brands North America
  • Shell
  • Smart Revenue
  • Sony Pictures Entertainment
  • Sorrento Lactalis Inc
  • Source Interlink Companies
  • Supervalu
  • Swedish Match North America, Inc.
  • TABS Group
  • Target
  • Tender Corp
  • The Bramton Company
  • The Clorox Company
  • The Coca Cola Company
  • The NPD Group
  • TNS Global
  • TNS Retail Forward Inc
  • TracyLocke
  • Trade Dimensions International
  • Tree of Life Inc
  • True Value Company
  • Tyson Foods Inc
  • Unilever HPC USA
  • Unilever Inc
  • Valvoline
  • VideoMining Corporation
  • Vi-Jon Labortories
  • Wegmans Food Markets Inc
  • Welch's
  • Welchs Foods Inc
  • Wells Dairy
  • Whitewave Foods
  • William Wrigley Junior Company
  • Wyeth Consumer Healthcare
  • YCI
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