ACS is challenging retailers to take part in an exciting new section of their Summit 15 conference on 21st April 2015. The annual event, to be held at the NEC in Birmingham, will showcase hundreds of innovative convenience ideas from all over the world, and ACS is asking its members to send in their own photos to be part of it.
The ‘Ideas Wall’ will be unveiled as part of the Ideas Studio section of the unmissable conference, featuring a wealth of inspiring retail images sent in by retailers. ACS is calling on its members to send in their pictures of anything they discover that is a little out of the ordinary or provides a new solution to an everyday issue in c-stores both from the UK and abroad. The pictures will exhibit new approaches to interact with customers, ground breaking technologies and much, much more. Everyone attending is guaranteed to take something away with them to help improve and drive footfall into their store.
Also part of the Ideas Studio will be a reinvention of the popular ‘Road Trip’ video section. The new and improved feature, the ‘Battle of the Best’, will following two of the finest c-store retailers as they scour the country in search of the most cutting-edge innovations that convenience stores in Britain have to offer.
Summit 15 will additionally feature some of the most knowledgable, exciting and motivating speakers within the retail industry. President of Starbucks in Europe, Middle East and Africa, Kris Engskov; BP’s UK Retail Director, Catherine Nunn; and Executive Director of him! Research and Consulting, Jill Livesey, will all be revealing their inside knowledge of how to be exceptionally successful in the retail and services industry.
To take part in the Ideas Wall, send ACS your pictures via a Tweet @ACS_LocalShops, tag your photos on Instagram @acs_localshops or e-mail Sarah Johnson at [email protected]
To book your place at Summit 15, visit http://www.acs.org.uk/acs-events/summit-15/, contact Sarah Johnson on 01252 515 001, or e-mail [email protected]. The Summit App is now available to download, just search ACS Summit on the App Store.
