Exhibitor registration begins in June. Retailer registration and housing opens on Monday, April 4, for the NACS Show, a comprehensive event for convenience and fuels retailing professionals. This year’s NACS Show takes place Oct. 1-4 in Chicago at McCormick Place. NACS Show retailer attendees, as well as wholesalers and distributors, can register for the event…
SymphonyIRI Group Announces Summit 2011
The ―new normal is an intensely competitive world where every single leg up matters for CPG retailers and manufacturers, who are doing everything they can to compete and win with shoppers. Because shoppers will separate the winners from the losers in 2011, the SymphonyIRI Group Summit 2011 will focus on ―Gaining the Competitive Edge. The…
Love’s Ranks No. 18 On 2010 Forbes List
Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores (Love’s) is celebrating its 10th consecutive year on Forbes magazine’s annual list of the nation’s largest privately held companies. The Oklahoma City, Okla.-based operator of convenience stores and travel centers, which debuted in the 2000 Forbes list at No. 446, now ranks as No. 18 among private U.S. companies…
Executive VP of Smithfield Foods Retires
Smithfield Foods Inc.’s executive vice president Richard Poulson is retiring from Smithfield effective Sept. 1, 2010. “Dick has been an extremely valuable member of the senior management team and has been helpful in our growth from a domestic provider of excellent pork products into one of the world’s most respected and recognized meat protein suppliers.…