Industry Intelligence Webinars: Grocery Retailing, Food Packaging & Flexible Packaging Complete 2012

Linda Gilbert (Oct. 24), Steve Johnson (Nov. 14) and Liam Barbary (Dec 5.) round out the 2012 Industry Intelligence i2live webinar calendar

LOS ANGELES (I-Newswire) October 24, 2012 - Industry Intelligence Inc., a market intelligence and information management company serving the forest products, packaging, and food and beverage industries, today announced the speaker calendar for its fourth quarter webinar series. For the remainder of 2012, the series will focus on the grocery retail and food packaging sectors.

On October 24, Linda Gilbert, CEO EcoFocus Worldwide, will discuss the shopping and buying behaviors of sustainability-minded consumers in a webinar titled: How grocery retailers and CPG manufacturers score with eco-friendly shoppers. Ms. Gilbert will highlight how manufacturers and retailers miss opportunities to put eco-friendly products in consumers’ hands, thus leaving dollars in the grocery aisles.

On November 14, Steve Johnson, founder of Foodservice Solution, will explore the success of nontraditional fresh food retailers to capture a larger share of stomach from the legacy chain restaurants and food retailers in a webinar titled: The Rise of the Grocerant: Non-traditional retailers focusing on fresh food, portability, packaging to create family meal cohesion. Johnson will present the new trends among nontraditional food retailers and the most successful ventures.

Liam Barbary, the founder of plastic packaging costs consultancy Benchmark Consulting, will round out the 2012 calendar with a Dec. 5 presentation called: Maintaining stable pricing for flexible packaging in times of turbulent raw material markets. Barbary’s presentation will include the different methods for tracking and managing unit prices and ways to tailor a system suitable to your business.

Registration for these three events is now open. Participation is free, however, space is limited. Learn more and register at www.i2live.net.

About Industry Intelligence, Inc.

Industry Intelligence, Inc. has provided market intelligence to more than 600 companies worldwide from independent startups to Fortune 500 companies since it began as Forestweb in 1999. Over the years, Industry Intelligence has grown to cover the forest products, packaging, and food and beverage industries from a high-level industry view to in-depth data, which clients use to prepare for meetings, generate sales reports, produce competitive analysis and create other business documents. Industry Intelligence innovation comes from industry experts using patented technology to deliver the market intelligence that companies use to compete, make informed decisions and succeed.

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About i2live
i2live is the events unit of Industry Intelligence Inc. i2live brings together business leaders to address issues that cut across industries and market sectors especially forest products, packaging, and food and beverage. Through online events and interactive conference programming, i2live helps businesses make sense of industry trends and capitalize on emerging opportunities. For more information visit http://www.i2live.net.