NACS Show 2025
  • Conference: October 14-17, 2025
  • Expo: October 15-17, 2025
  • Chicago | McCormick Place
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Kaleigh Theriault

Director, BevAl Thought Leadership
NielsenIQ

Kaleigh has 10 years of NIQ experience and considerable background working with clients in multiple categories.  She has been involved with the Beverage Alcohol category for the last six years working on Thought Leadership, industry insights, and client specific business questions and projects.  Kaleigh brings a unique skillset of analytic capabilities, as well as commercial selling story creation, and has significant background in bringing consumer insights to the forefront in support of sales trends.  She has been pivotal in the NIQ strategy and tactics for Beverage Alcohol as the industry changes and develops.

Format: Awards Awards
Awards announcements and presentation.
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: Panel Panel
Multiple presenters, experts in a certain field discussing and sharing expertise and experience with one another.
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.

Speaking at:

What’s Really in the Can? – Selling Alcohol-Infused Products

As brand collaborations expand, soda, juice, and alcoholic beverage companies are blurring the lines between traditional non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, creating opportunities for new...

October 15, 2025
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
Category Management
Format: Masterclass Masterclass
 
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