Integrity Payment Systems to Join Independent Retailer Conference at P3 Pet Expo

Parker, CO (August 17, 2016) – The Independent Retailer Conference is thrilled to welcome Integrity Payment Systems for the first time to the upcoming Independent Retailer Conference taking place at the P3 | Pet Progressive Products Trade Show at Navy Pier in Chicago August 24 & 25, 2016.

We are looking forward to welcoming Integrity Payment Systems to the Independent Retailer Conference. Their expertise and thought leadership is something we know the attendees will benefit from, and we’re thrilled they will be joining us,” shares Kerry Bannigan, Co-Founder of the Independent Retailer Conference. 

Integrity Payment Systems is a leading provider of merchant accounts and payment solutions for small and mid-sized businesses.  Mike Ponder, CEO and co-founder of Integrity, cut his teeth selling bankcard in the late 1980s. He understands the business from the inside out – what’s important to agents and to merchants. When he and Tony Morrison started Integrity in the Chicago suburbs in 2003, they built the company around the needs of sales partners and independent business owners.

Joining Integrity Payment Systems at the Independent Retailer Conference at the P3 Pet Expo will be Dogaholics, Vend, Marshall Law Group, Purpose & Action, LLC and RETAILMavens. Additionally, internationally recognized keynote speakers and retail experts Rich Kizer & Georganne Bender of speaking duo Kizer & Bender will join the Independent Retailer Conference at the P3 Pet Trade Show, serving as event emcees and keynote speakers.

The Independent Retailer Conference is dedicated entirely to the unique lifestyle and responsibilities of retail small business owners. Their education-rich, action-packed events offer retailers, wholesalers and community leaders the chance to engage, learn and connect with retail experts, industry leaders, service providers and like-minded entrepreneurs. Attendees of the P3 Pet Trade Show can expect an interactive experience that leaves them better educated and more inspired – with takeaway tools to bring back to their stores.

About Independent Retailer Conference

The Independent Retailer Conference is the nation’s only retail conference dedicated entirely to the unique lifestyle and responsibilities of independent store owners. Founded by industry veterans Nicole Leinbach Reyhle of Retail Minded & Kerry Bannigan of the Nolcha Shows, the Independent Retailer Conference offers independent retailers the chance to engage, learn, and connect with industry leaders while also getting inspired from retail experts, service providers and like-minded retailers from across the nation.

About P3 | Pet Progressive Products Trade Show

Filling a marketplace need for a Midwest trade show for pet industry retailers, Urban Expositions (www.urban-expo.com) has launched P3 | Progressive Pet Products.  Making its debut August 24-25, 2016 at Chicago’s Navy Pier, P3 will deliver a forward-looking, fun trade show experience to one of America’s top destination cities – pairing the market’s newest pet products with exceptional educational programming and networking events. www.p3petshow.com | 800.318.2238.

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