NACS Show 2025
  • McCormick Place Convention Center
  • Conference: October 14-17, 2025
  • Expo: October 15-17, 2025
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Pack Bev Blueprint: Optimizing Space, Trends, Pricing, and Promotions

Format: Case Study Case Study
General topic presenting lessons learned start to finish.
Format: Expert-Expert Interview Expert-Expert Interview
Replaces fireside chat or single presenter format. Must be known industry expert or presentation of robust data.
Format: Ignite Ignite
Slides run automatically keeping speaker pacing. Keeps session moving.
Format: Kaleidoscope Kaleidoscope
One topic through the eyes of different functional teams (e.g. supply chain, store ops, frontline, finance, etc.)
Format: Lightning Lightning
Moderated Q&A with small panel with efforts to drive diverse perspective; after 3 minutes on question, buzzer sounds and move to next question; forces people to be brief and clear on answers.
Format: Masterclass Masterclass
Single topic session which is a solo presenter and acts more like an university lecture. Must include multiple media, audience interaction, etc.
Format: Great Debate: Point Counterpoint Great Debate: Point Counterpoint
Facilitator stimulates point/counterpoint debate on key industry topic.
Format: Roundtables Roundtables
Facilitated discussion. Limited use of slides or video to set-up topic.
Format: Think You Know Me? Think You Know Me?
One group is polled on a topic, and then the other has to guess the outcomes, as a stimulant for discussion.
Format: Workshop Workshop
Traditional small group classroom style format.
Category Management
Format: Ignite Ignite

This comprehensive deep dive into the packaged beverages category will start with current research and trends, followed by initiatives and tactics from multiple retailers to energize the category and increase sales. Through this quick ignite format, participants will gain actionable ideas to fine-tune their product assortments, capitalize on trends, and implement effective pricing and promotion strategies.  

October 09, 2024

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM PDT

Pavilion 1/2

Spanish



Add to Calendar 10/09/2024 8:00 AM 10/09/2024 9:00 AM America/Los_Angeles NACS Show Education Session - Pack Bev Blueprint: Optimizing Space, Trends, Pricing, and Promotions

This comprehensive deep dive into the packaged beverages category will start with current research and trends, followed by initiatives and tactics from multiple retailers to energize the category and increase sales. Through this quick ignite format, participants will gain actionable ideas to fine-tune their product assortments, capitalize on trends, and implement effective pricing and promotion strategies.  

 Las Vegas Convention Center: Pavilion 1/2

Speakers

Jim Angott

Category Manager
TXB Stores

Jim Angott is the Category Manager at TXB Stores where he oversees all areas of Packaged Beverages, Salty, Sweet and Meat Snacks for the 52 -store chain headquartered in Spicewood, TX.  Some of...

Don Caudill

Category Manager- Cooler
Love's

Don Caudill is the Cooler Category Manager at Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores where he oversees all areas of Packaged Beverages for the 650-store chain headquartered in Oklahoma City.  Some...

Bonnie Herzog

Managing Director
Goldman Sachs

Bonnie Herzog is a managing director and senior consumer analyst at Goldman Sachs covering the HPC, beverage, tobacco and convenience store sectors. During her 20 plus years of experience as a...

Corey Nicely

Category Manager - Cooler
Pilot Travel Centers

Corey Nicely is the Category Manager of Cooler at Pilot Company. In this role, she is responsible for strategy-setting, planning and executing all programs within packagoed beverage (non...

Ken Rash

Senior Category Manager- Beverages
Stinker Stores

Ken Rash is Senior Category Manager and leader of the category team at Stinker Stores in Boise, Idaho.  Before Stinkers, Ken held similar or operational leadership roles at Maverik, CST and...
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