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DHC Consultant Speaks at the Convenience Retailing Conference
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Bill Dusek
Dechert-Hampe Consulting
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Northbrook, IL 60062
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DHC Consultant Speaks at the Convenience Retailing Conference


NORTHBROOK, IL, February 2007 – At the recent Convenience Retailing Conference (CRC) held in Phoenix, AZ, February 11-14, Bill Dusek, Managing Director at DHC and Bob Gulley, Category Manager for AM/PM co-facilitated the Candy/Snack Innovative Forum. The Candy/Snack Forum focused on issues that are key to the Convenience Store Channel. The four areas discussed were: 1) Speed to Market, 2) Out-of-Stock, 3) In-Store Marketing, and 4) Secondary Merchandising Locations. The participants discussed key issues/problems relating to these 4 areas of discussion, and then identified potential solutions to the problems that the C-Store community could implement immediately to drive greater sales and profits.
 

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