NACS Show 2025
  • McCormick Place Convention Center
  • Conference: October 14-17, 2025
  • Expo: October 15-17, 2025
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Sweet Success: Maximizing Candy Sales for C-Store Shoppers

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: Expert-Expert Interview Expert/Expert Interview

Candy is a top 10 in-store category. We’ll uncover the latest research and metrics to help guide your candy aisle with a focus on patterns and demand, generational insights, seasonal engagement, technology, and social media. This session is geared towards candy retail buyers and distributors, confectionery manufacturers, and brokers with clients in confectionery.   

October 07, 2024

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PDT

Pavilion 3/4

Spanish



Add to Calendar 10/07/2024 2:30 PM 10/07/2024 3:30 PM America/Los_Angeles NACS Show Education Session - Sweet Success: Maximizing Candy Sales for C-Store Shoppers

Candy is a top 10 in-store category. We’ll uncover the latest research and metrics to help guide your candy aisle with a focus on patterns and demand, generational insights, seasonal engagement, technology, and social media. This session is geared towards candy retail buyers and distributors, confectionery manufacturers, and brokers with clients in confectionery.   

 Las Vegas Convention Center: Pavilion 3/4

Speakers

Elise Fennig

Chief of Staff & Senior Vice President of Operations
National Confectioners Association

Elise Fennig is chief of staff and senior vice president of operations for the National Confectioners Association (NCA). Based in Washington, D.C., NCA is the trade organization representing the...
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