Retail Industry Leaders Association Inc.

11/14/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/14/2024 09:29

Retailers Using LINK to Prepare For Supply Chain Turbulence

Retailers Using LINK to Prepare For Supply Chain Turbulence

New program to empower supply chain pros through disruption

Today the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) announced a new approach to its legacy supply chain conference, LINK: The Retail Supply Chain Conference, set for February 16-19th in Orlando, Florida. The conference is designed to foster stronger, more valuable connections for retailers, grocers, leading brands and solution providers as they prepare for a turbulent landscape in 2025.

"In an incredibly challenging environment for global supply chains, retailers rely on relationships with peers throughout the ecosystem to help them meet the moment and keep delivering for consumers," said RILA Vice President of Supply Chain Jess Dankert. "Those relationships will be tested like never before as supply chain and logistics pros address tariffs, trade disputes, labor unrest, consumer impacts, ethical sourcing challenges, changes to sustainability objectives, supply chain trends, and much more in 2025."

To empower attendees with meaningful relationship building, problem solving, and future proofing, LINK2025 is pleased to announce its new Hosted Retailers and CPMs (consumer product manufacturers) Program. The Hosted Program layers strategic meeting opportunities with traditional conference networking to ensure supply chain professionals can efficiently source new potential partners, quickly discover new supply chain technologies and solutions, and better understand the latest trends and business models to prepare for changes in the economy and global geopolitics.

Retailers and Consumer Product Manufacturers participating in the Hosted Retailers & CPMs Program will receive:

  • Complimentary LINK tickets (up to a $1,995 value)
  • Up to $750 in hotel/travel reimbursement
  • Up to eight (8) pre-scheduled on-site meetings with solution providers that meet company business objectives


"We're confident the new Hosted Retailers & CPMs Program will empower retailers and consumer brands to meet an extraordinary set of challenges on the horizon," said Dankert. "And on top of the new meetings program, we have a robust conference agenda featuring top retail executives, that is designed to educate, inspire and prepare the industry's supply chain and logistics leaders for success."

Click here to apply now for a free LINK ticket and up to $750 in hotel/travel reimbursement. Space is limited and approvals are made on a rolling basis.

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All hosted meetings are double opt-in (both parties want to meet each other)--meaning you'll only meet with companies you're interested in meeting. All of your decisions about who to meet will be informed with unprecedented pre-event access to detailed profiles of a broad range of participating solution providers. And, you won't miss any LINK agenda sessions to attend these meetings.

To qualify for the Hosted Retailers & CPMs Program, you must be responsible for buying or evaluating supply chain technology, solutions or services, and complete up to eight (8) 15-minute onsite meetings with participating sponsors (that's up to 2 hours of meetings). The travel/hotel reimbursement is based on receipts submitted following the event.

To bring you our Hosted Retailers & CPMs Program, we've partnered with Personatech-the event tech company created by the founders of Shoptalk and Groceryshop, which also utilize the same technology and programs. Personatech has powered hundreds of thousands of meetings for tens of thousands of retailers and CPMs for over seven years and is the gold standard for the retail industry with meetings satisfaction rates exceeding 90%.

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  • Supply Chain
  • International Trade
  • Public Policy