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NACDS Recap
The hosts recap the NACDS Annual meeting, including retailer calls for innovation, focused assortments and useful business data. They also discuss consumer-healthcare deal activity, the association’s leadership transition and observations from the meeting’s speakers and broader industry conversations.
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The NACDS Annual meeting took place April 18–21 at The Breakers in Palm Beach. The hosts recap presentations from retailers and distributors, including discussion of innovation, too many SKUs, serving the end consumer and using quality data to manage the business with retail partners.
The conversation also reviews consumer-healthcare acquisitions and the possibility of further business development activity raised around the meeting. The hosts reflect on Steve Anderson’s tenure at NACDS and the association’s leadership transition. Alongside those industry topics, the recap includes appearances by Doris Kearns Goodwin and Salim Ismail and observations from the wider event.
Topics covered
Data for retail partnerships
The hosts discuss retailer expectations for useful data to support business decisions.
Consumer-healthcare deal activity
The conversation covers acquisitions and possible further business development discussed around the meeting.
NACDS leadership and event observations
The episode reflects on Steve Anderson’s tenure and the association’s leadership transition.
Episode sponsors
The Emerson Group
A CPG partner with expertise across retail channels.
Eagle Labs
A manufacturer of consumer healthcare products.
Presentation Review
Sharpen retailer sell-in presentations and annual line-review decks.