Welcome to the 3rd Annual Category Management Conference
 
    • Executive Sponsor


      Interscope

      Interscope is a dynamic sales and marketing firm specializing in the next generation of category management. We collaborate with our clients to relentlessly pursue the right insights then creatively develop growth platforms and the skills and tools needed for success. We very much believe successful retail solutions demand a balance of comprehensive science, creative art, real-world pragmatism and productive partnerships. Our consultants are all industry veterans who bring a unique combination of strategic, analytic, and creative capabilities -- and love to roll up our sleeves to help make things happen. For more information visit www.interscopellc.com.
       
      http://www.interscopellc.com

    • Smart Revenue's Shopper-Centric Research

      Smart Revenue's Shopper-Centric Research adds to category and consumer knowledge by focusing on in-store shopper behavior. It unifies qualitative and quantitative research by combining proprietary wireless technology and ethnography to a number of shopper areas. Our research produces differentiated insights in shopper segmentation, need states, purchase drivers and highvalue store and shelf hot-spots. Through these critical insights we help drive sales and marketing success. Visit us at http://www.smartrevenue.com/

      http://www.smartrevenue.com

    • Synovate

      Four years ago, Synovate was just beginning. Today we're the 8th largest research agency in the world, with an international network that spans 51 countries and 5,500 people. And we're still growing. Synovate gives clients a competitive advantage by providing world-class research solutions and techniques whether you're launching a new product, measuring brand equity, or strengthening customer loyalty bonds. Our expertise includes brand and communications, product design and development, customer loyalty, motivational, media, youth, and online research. Our global specialist divisions on key industries such as automotive and healthcare offer detailed knowledge and skills within these areas. Put our curiosity to work for your business. For more information please visit http://www.synovate.com/

      http://www.synovate.com

    • VideoMining Corporation

      VideoMining Corporation is the leading provider of real time in-store intelligence for retail. It offers two powerful solution platforms that help boost retail productivity by optimizing all customer-facing aspects of retail strategy and execution. These platforms are built on revolutionary technologies for converting in-store video into actionable information, allowing automatic recognition of over 100 different human behaviors and characteristics. The ongoing in-store intelligence allows retailers around the world to be in constant touch with what's really happening in their stores. Videomining provides retailers with The Power to See More. Visit http://www.VideoMining.com for more information.

      http://www.VideoMining.com

    • Perception Research Services

      Since 1972, Perception Research Services (PRS) has specialized in consumer research to help marketers �win at retail� on a global basis. PRS pioneered the use of eye-tracking technology to document the shelf visibility of packaging/merchandising systems and to uncover the exact manner in which packaging labels are read. Today, PRS implements over 500 custom qualitative, quantitative, store-based and Web-based packaging research programs, on behalf of Kraft Foods, Diageo, Johnson & Johnson, Nestle and Unilever, among many other clients.

      http://www.prsresearch.com

    • Information Resources, Inc.

      Information Resources, Inc. is a leading global provider of market content, analytic services and Business Performance Management (BPM) solutions to the CPG, retail and healthcare industries. IR's clients include the leading CPG, retail, and healthcare companies in the world.

      IR's market content and analytic services provide these companies with market and consumer insights. IR's BPM solutions uniquely combine its breakthrough enterprise analytics software, market content and analytic models to provide a total view of the market and to enable maximum business performance across marketing, sales and operations. IR's solutions enable the consumer-driven real-time CPG and retail enterprise. More information is available at www.infores.com

      http://www.infores.com

    • DemandTec

      DemandTec (NASDAQ: DMAN) enables retailers and consumer products companies to optimize merchandising and marketing decisions, individually or collaboratively, to achieve their sales volume, revenue, and profitability objectives. DemandTec software services utilize DemandTec’s science-based software platform to model and understand consumer behavior. DemandTec customers include more than 140 leading retail and consumer products manufacturers such as Advance Auto Parts, Best Buy, Circle K Stores, ConAgra Foods, Delhaize America, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Giant-Carlisle, H-E-B Grocery Co., General Mills, Hormel Foods, Monoprix, Safeway and Sara Lee. Connected via the DemandTec TradePoint Network™, DemandTec customers have collaborated online on more than 1.75 million trade deals.
      http://www.demandtec.com

    • Decisions Made Easy – The Nielsen Company

      Decisions Made Easy provides software and services for business users at Consumer Goods companies to maximize retail sales and optimize the supply chain through intelligent demand and supply side analytics. Get a fast track to knowledge with Decisions Made Easy's deep understanding, specialized expertise, and proven, high productivity solutions. Learn how Decisions Made Easy maximizes the value of direct data. Decisions Made Easy delivers The Nielsen Company advantage and complements fellow The Nielsen Company business units, including ACNielsen, Spectra, Homescan, TDLinx and BASES.
      http://www.decisions-made-easy.com

    • TNS Retail Forward

      Our mission is to be the premier thought-leaders for retailers and consumer goods companies, with professional services aimed at improving their market and financial performance.

      We anticipate market change and assess the impact of these changes on our clients' operations and performance. We provide outstanding value to our clients through our industry knowledge, our technical and functional skills, our fact-based philosophy, and through our association with best-in-class implementation resources. For more information please visit www.retailforward.com

      http://www.retailforward.com