EPISODE # 97 NACDS Recap-Everything you need to know about attending NACDS annual 2025

Episode # 97. Today the Road 2 Retail team provides a recap of the 2025 NACDS Annual meeting which took place at The Breakers in Palm Beach, FL April 26-29. Please subscribe to the Road 2 Retail podcast at Apple podcasts, Spotify or our YouTube channel. Plus- give us a follow on LinkedIn. Learn more at www.road2retail.com. Observations from the meeting include: - What is this meeting? Who attends? What do attendees hope to accomplish? - The consulting firm Kearney presented "Winning Amid Consumer Uncertainty". This work synched nicely with "The Tradeoff Consumer" work Big Chalk has done.- Retailer presentations from Wakefern, Walgreens, and Walmart. Interesting discussions of their key initiatives for the upcoming year.- The entire industry is waiting for M&A to pick up. Lots of pent-up interest for sure!- Lots of discussion around Retailer Media Networks: effectiveness, how to measure, and how to best utilize. Our friends at Incremental can help brands work through this complex matter.- Like all industry meetings and trade shows- you get out of it what you put into it. Strategic discussions started at NACDS Annual can bear fruit at the August NACDS TSE meeting when more of the retail buying teams are present. Enjoy the show! Please subscribe to the Road 2 Retail podcast on Apple podcasts, Spotify or our YouTube channel. You can also follow us on LinkedIn. Please share the show with a colleague and leave us a review. Learn more at www.road2retail.com