Episode # 90 Recap of the 2025 Consumer Healthcare Products Association Self-Care Leadership Summit

Episode#  90.  Today the Road 2 Retail team shares our observations fromattending the Consumer Healthcare Products Association Self-Care LeadershipSummit (SLS) earlier this week in San Antonio, Texas.  The ConsumerHealthcare Products Association does a fantastic job representing theinterests of members and consumers by advocating for access, innovation, andaffordability of self-care products in an effort to help keep consumershealthy, safe, and confident in their self-care choices.  To learn more aboutthe Consumer Healthcare products Association (CHPA), please visit their websiteat www.chpa.org.  Please subscribe to the Road2 Retail podcast at  Apple podcasts, Spotify or our YouTubechannel.  Plus- give us a follow on LinkedIn.  Learn more at www.road2retail.com. Theannual CHPA Self-Care Leadership Summit offered its usual slate of timely andcompelling content as well as ample time to network and conduct business withother attendees at the meeting.  Specific topics touched on todayinclude:     - A welcoming address by CEO Scott Melville outlining the issues in front ofthe industry during these interesting times and a reminder of CHPA's importantmission. - A great presentation by Circana discussing industry trends andobservations.  Learn about what makes a trend a trend vs a fad!  Arecap of ROIs for self-care products across advertising platforms. -Professor Joe Fuller from Harvard offered a very interesting take on the statusof AI and how it is currently impacting business as well as some thoughts onfuture impact. -A couple of CEO panels.  Trends were discussed by Ron Lombardi (PrestigeBrands), Tiffany McLaud (Ultima) and Greg Bradley (Foundation).  SusanRoddy of Perella Weinberg hosted an M&A panel with Abigail Buckwalter (CEO-Nestle Health Science) and Mike DeBiasi (CEO of Arcadia Consumer Health)where they shared 'lessons learned' over the course of the various deals theyhave participated in: tips and watchouts! -Scott Melville led an insightful discussion with "Face the Nation"host Margaret Brennan around navigating today's political landscape. -A very informative presentation of the ever evolving retail landscape. The rate of change continues to be high and consumers have never had greateraccess to information to help them remove at least some of the uncertainty inmaking their self-care choices. -Leading retailer HEB closed the activities with a discussion by Chief MerchantScott Mitchell and then a store tour so all could see and learn about theirfirst class operation.  Enjoy the show!  Please subscribe to theRoad 2 Retail podcast on Apple podcasts, Spotify or our YouTube channel. You can also follow us on LinkedIn.  Please share the show with acolleague and leave us a review.   Learn more at www.road2retail.com