Retail & E-commerce

C-Store Women

Name: C-Store Women
Start: 2026-11-02
End: 2026-11-04
Location: Mountain Shadows Resort

Fueling Leaders, Driving Impact

Visit the official site Sponsorship open

10Speakers

30Sponsors

7On the bill · sessions

39Companies · in total

§I

Speakers

Programmed at C-Store, in alphabetical order.

Areen Shahbari

Innovation, Strategy, and Leadership Instructor and Coach, Professional & Executive Development · Harvard Division of Continuing Education

Crystal Maggelet

CEO and Chairwoman · FJ Management Inc.

Diana Buttu

International Lawyer, Negotiation Expert, and Instructor, Professional & Executive Development and Extension School · Harvard Division of Continuing Education

Jodi Riggs

Category Manager · WESCO

Matt Van Gilder

VP, Omnichannel Retail · NexChapter

Mitch Morrison

Vice President, Retailer Relations & Event Content Director · Informa Connect

Quendrida Whitmore

Author and Executive Coach · Quendrida Whitmore Coaching & Consulting LLC

Richard Poye

COO/Strategic Retail Advisor · Food Trends Think Tank

Stace Benu

Chief Talent Officer · LV Petroleum

Stephanie Reeder

Category Manager, Center Store · Refuel

§II

Agenda

Selected from 7 sessions on the bill.

10:00am - 10:45am
From Shelf to Screen: Unlocking Center Store Growth with AI, RMNs, and the Digital Shelf
Technology is rapidly changing from enhancement to empowerment. NexChapter Omnichannel specialist Matt Van Gilder shares how you can prepare your digital foundation and leverage Ar…
10:45am - 11:00am
Closing Thoughts
11:00am - 1:00pm
Sponsor Tabletop Teardown
7:30am - 8:30am
Networking Breakfast
8:30am - 9:15am
From Cost Center to Profit Driver: Optimizing Your Inventory Investment
With the dramatic increase in COGS over recent years, the total inventory 'investment' value is skyrocketing, leaving businesses with less available cash to invest in other areas. …
9:15am - 9:45am
Retailer Panel
9:45am - 10:00am
Networking Break

Intermission

Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 39 companies, parsed from the program.

39 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room

0All threespeak · spons · exh

30Sponsoringsponsor only

9Companies Speakingspeaker only

Speakers by seniority

50% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

C-suite330%
VP-level220%
Manager / Lead220%
Other roles330%

Of 10 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies

Sponsors by tier

champion sponsor19

63% of 30

founding sponsor4

13% of 30

supporter sponsor7

23% of 30

At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

DIRECTV×4 peers
Xenia×4 peers
Botanic Tonics×3 peers
COMCAST BUSINESS×3 peers
Field Advantage×3 peers
Hormel Foods×3 peers
J&M Distributors×3 peers
Lula Commerce×3 peers
Mako Networks×3 peers
Max Distributing×3 peers
NCR Voyix×3 peers
Reynolds American Inc.×3 peers

Related events · by shared sponsors

Convenience Retailing University 2027March 2, 2027 · Austin+ 15 shared
GS1 Connect 2027May 24, 2027 · Denver+ 5 shared
CSP Tobacco+ Forum 2026September 16, 2026 · Oak Brook+ 4 shared
CSP Dispensed Beverages Forum 2027January 1, 2027+ 4 shared
FS/TECSeptember 23, 2026 · Grapevine, Texas+ 3 shared
C-StoreTEC 2026October 26, 2026 · Lombard+ 3 shared

C-Store Women

From Shelf to Screen: Unlocking Center Store Growth with AI, RMNs, and the Digital Shelf

Closing Thoughts

Sponsor Tabletop Teardown

Networking Breakfast

From Cost Center to Profit Driver: Optimizing Your Inventory Investment

Retailer Panel

Networking Break

39 companies in attendance.