Last Chance!

Gourmet Retailer Magazine, the leading voice for specialty food and kitchenware retailers, educational conference Retail 2020:  Surging Ahead in Challenging Times opens tomorrow with a welcome reception sponsored by Fortessa/Schott Zwiesel.

 

This intensive 3-day conference, which is designed to help retailers thrive in difficult times, will be held at the Bently Reserve in San Francisco from August 4 – 6, just prior to the Gourmet Housewares Show. Specialty independent retailers and industry experts will meet in a retreat environment to discuss the nuts-and-bolts strategies for maintaining growth and profitability and a culture of fun and customer service.

Featured speakers, including consumer guru Phil Lempert, and Joe Wheeler, co-author of The Ownership Quotient, will provide the vision and tools as independent retailers listen and share business successes.  Panel discussions include The Perfect Storm:  Solutions for Today’s Challenges, featuring industry experts from Bill Snyder, President of William Glen inSacramento, Calif.and Larry Uhl, President of West Point Market, Akron, Ohio. Registration is still open at www.Retail2020.net.  You can also come to the Bently Reserve at 3301 Battery Street in San Francisco and register on-site. Registration opens at 2 p.m.