The Independent Retailer Conference to Return to ASD Market Week March 19-22, 2017

Parker, CO (February 6, 2017) – The Independent Retailer Conference will return to ASD Market Week in Las Vegas to hold their flagship conference for independent retailers from March 19-22, 2017. Held bi-annually, onsite at ASD Market Week, the Independent Retailer Conference is the nation’s only retail conference dedicated entirely to the unique lifestyle and responsibilities of independent store owners.

ASD not only supports independent merchants with high margin, quality merchandise but we also offer them the opportunity to connect with specialists in the independent retail world, face to face through the Independent Retailer Conference,” shares Camille Candella, Vice President of Marketing for Emerald Expositions. Expanding on this, Candella explains that “our attendees can shop over 19 core categories in one place while still finding time to gain expert, retail insight thanks to the quick learning experiences that the Independent Retailer Conference offers, helping them to run their businesses even more effectively.”

ASD Market Week is a part of Emerald Expositions and based in Los Angeles, CA. Twice a year, ASD Market Week brings together 40,000+ attendees and 2,800 sellers in the wholesale merchandise industry. The events take place bi‐annually in March and August in Las Vegas and is listed among the top 20 of Top 250 Trade Shows. Bringing the world’s widest variety of merchandise together in one efficient consumer-goods trade show, ASD Market Week offers quality choices at every price point for a variety of retail sectors. Attendees benefit from discovering new suppliers, new product categories and new ways to profit thanks to the combined efforts of the Independent Retailer Conference and ASD Market Week.

Partnering with ASD Market Week has allowed our experts to reach a more vast, larger group of retailers – which in turn has helped support thousands of merchants in their efforts to better excel at running their retail businesses. We look forward to our continued partnership with ASD Market Week, who is a leader in providing quality, trusted wholesale experiences for merchants looking to increase their revenue and product assortment,” shares Nicole Leinbach Reyhle, Co-Founder of the Independent Retailer Conference. 

Joining the Independent Retailer Conference at ASD Market Week this upcoming March will be Enspire Commerce, who will return as the title sponsor of the upcoming Independent Retailer Conference at ASD Market Week. Additionally, retail experts from companies that include Yelp, Refund Retriever, eCommerce Business School, RETAILMavens, TruckSkins, SellerActive, English Management Solutions and Square will take the Independent Retailer Conference stage to share their best practices at successfully operating a retail store. Returning to the Independent Retailer Conference stage will also include internationally recognized keynote speakers and retail experts Rich Kizer & Georganne Bender, who will once again serve as event emcees.

New to the Independent Retailer Conference educational sessions this year include a Shark Tank panel, which will welcome Shark Tank alums that will also be selling their products at ASD Market Week. More details of this panel will be announced closer to the event date, where attendees can expect over fifty sessions of retail-rich insight and action-packed learning experiences designed uniquely for the attendees of ASD Market Week.

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 Nolcha Events, 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 ASD Market Week

ASD Market Week is a part of Emerald Expositions and based in Los Angeles, CA. ASD Market Week brings together 40,000+ attendees and 2,800 sellers in the wholesale merchandise industry. The events take place bi‐annually in March and August in Las Vegas and are the 15th and 17th largest expos in the U.S., respectively, covering over 700,000 sq/ft of exhibit space. ASD also produces regional events in New York City and Miami in the fall, which caters to the general merchandise retailers in the tri‐state New York and Florida and Caribbean area.

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