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Conversations On Retail is a gathering place and resource center for retail and CPG executives, built to make it easier to stay current, discover the technologies and solutions shaping the industry, and connect with the people driving it forward.

Retail moves fast. The technology landscape is crowded. And the pressure to find solutions that actually work has never been higher. Every week brings new vendors, new capabilities, and new claims. The executives who stay ahead aren’t the ones who see everything. They’re the ones who know where to look.

We bring together retailers, suppliers, solution providers, and thought leaders to explore what’s next and forge the relationships that move the industry forward. We curate the expertise, facilitate the conversations, and introduce the innovations worth knowing about.

Whether you’re evaluating a new technology, trying to understand what your retail partners are adopting, or looking for a solution to a problem you haven’t been able to crack, this is where you want to be.

Use our expert and solution provider directories to find and connect with the people helping retailers and their supplier partners perform at their best.


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Join expert-led discussions with like-minded professionals, tackling the hottest topics and trends shaping the industry. These sessions foster dynamic exchanges, where “iron sharpens iron.”

Vic Miles, Business Leader, Americas at Microsoft, sits down with Alex Adamopoulos, Chairman and CEO of Emergn, to examine what happens when AI collapses the
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August 19, 2026
Mike Graen convenes five operators and technologists to work through what a genuinely connected supply chain demands.
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June 6, 2026
Ricky Ashenfelter (Co-Founder & CEO, Spoiler Alert) explains how leading brands digitize discounting and modernize liquidation using a purpose-built sales and analytics platform.
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June 6, 2026
Mike Graen, Principal at Collaboration, LLC, sits down with Rob Nemett, SVP of Inventory Planning at Moose Knuckles, and Dick Lockard, Director of Connected Products
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May 20, 2026
J.W. Franz, Director of Innovation at TRG, sits down with Mike Graen, Principal at Collaboration, LLC, for a walk through the technology shifts that actually
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May 19, 2026
Ian Coats MacColl sits down with Michelle Elliott to trace how a humor-card business in a South of Market loft became the company that pioneered
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May 5, 2026

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News, Views & Reviews

Retailers now have at least ten workable ways to know what is actually on the shelf and available to be
Emil Martinez
July 28, 2026

My in-stock is 99% and my OTIF is 99%. I am doing very well, right? Maybe not. Those numbers are

Mike Graen
July 24, 2026
Nearly six years ago Walmart sent 500 shelf-scanning robots home after concluding that workers picking online orders could see the
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July 20, 2026

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"Conversations On Retail is a great big leap forward in bringing a community of stakeholders together from all over the world to begin chewing on tough issues and in collectively discovering holistic solutions to some of our greatest common challenges."
Mike Bach
Kantar, Coca Cola, Procter & Gamble
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