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Consumer 360 is the #1 marketing information conference for the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry. In 2007, more than 1,000 industry professionals were in attendance. Sponsored by The Nielsen Company, this year’s conference will provide our most innovative insight to date.

Why Should I Attend?
Exemplary guest speakers and real-life examples of how others are winning in the marketplace.  Consumer 360 2008 is set to shed unprecedented light on the future of the CPG industry. No other conference combines this enticing lineup of up-to-the-minute learning experiences, practical consumer solutions, innovative uses for your current investments, networking opportunities and actionable consumer insights that provide you with a holistic view of your consumer.

Learn What's Next in the CPG industry:
Gain exclusive new insight into the retail landscape and ground-breaking solutions to solve your most pressing business issues.

Get Ahead of Your Consumers:
Learn the hot topics of the industry, trends that are on the horizon, and how they will affect your consumers.

Build Relationships with Industry Leaders:
Network with hundreds of retail and manufacturer executives and exchange ideas and solutions to solve your various business issues.

Plan for the Future:
Utilize the resources you'll attain at Consumer 360 to plan your marketing, sales, in-store execution, and new product launches for the future.

Gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace with the most forward-thinking insight to date. Learn the tools to uncover who your consumers are, where they shop, and what makes them tick.

Past Retail Attendees:
7-Eleven, A&P, ACE Hardware, Acme, Ahold, Albertsons, Associated Wholesale Grocers, Bashas', Best Buy, Big Y, Bi-Lo, BJ's Wholesale Club, Bozzuto's, BP Products, Bruno's, Chevron, CITGO, Clemens Family Markets, Coop Sweden, CVS Pharmacy, Defense Commissary Agency, Dollar General, Duane Reade, Eckerd Drugs, Exxon Mobil, Family Dollar Stores, Farmer Jack, Food Lion, Fry's Food & Drug, Giant Eagle, Giant Food Stores, Hannaford Bros., Harris Teeter, H-E-B, Holiday Station Stores, Hy-Vee, Irving Oil, Jewel-Osco, Ketjuetu Ltd., Kings Super Markets, K-Mart, Kroger, Liquorland, Loblaw, Long's Drug Stores, Lowe's Foods, Marsh Supermarkets, May's Drug Stores, Medicine Shoppe International, Meijer, Met-Rx, Netgrocer.com, Nice N Easy Grocery Shoppes, Office Depot, Office Max, Pathmark Stores, PETCO, PetSmart, Phar-Mor, Piggly Wiggly, Price Chopper, Publix, Raley's, Ralph's, Rite Aid, Safeway, Roundy’s, Safeway, Sam's Club, Save Mart Supermarkets, Schnuck Markets, Shaw's Supermarkets, Shell, Spartan Stores, Spencer Gifts, Staples, Stater Bros., Stop & Shop, SUPERVALU, Target, Tom Thumb, Tops Markets, Ukrop's, Unified Western Grocers, Village Supermarkets, VONS, Wakefern, Walgreens, Wal-Mart, Wegman's, Weis Markets, Whole Foods Market, Winn-Dixie.

Past Manufacturer Attendees:
20th Century Fox, 3M, Abbott Labs, Alberto Culver, Allied Domecq, American Italian Pasta, Anheuser-Busch, Bacardi, Barton Beers, Bausch & Lomb, Bayer Consumer Care, Beck's, Beiersdorf, Beringer Wine, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Brown-Forman, Brown & Williamson, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Bush Bros., Cadbury Schweppes, Campbell Soup Co., Carl Buddig & Company, Cascades Tissue, Chicken of the Sea, Clorox, Coca-Cola, Colgate-Palmolive, Combe, ConAgra, Constellation Brands, Coors Brewing Co., Cott Beverages, Dannon, Dean Foods, Del Monte, Delta Faucet, Diageo, Dole, Dr Pepper/Seven-Up, Inc., E&J Gallo Winery, Eastman Kodak, Energizer, Evenflo, Fleischmann's Yeast, Frito-Lay, Fuji Photo Film, General Mills, George Weston Bakeries, Georgia-Pacific, Gerber, Gillette Co., Glaxo SmithKline, Golden Valley, GSK Consumer Healthcare, Guinness, Hain Celestial Group, Hamilton Beach Proctor-Silex, Hannaford Brothers, Hasbro, Heineken, Hershey, Hewlett Packard, H.J. Heinz, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Hormel, IBM, Idahoan Foods, Imperial Sugar Company, Interbake Foods, Irving Tissue, Jelly Belly Candy Co., Jennie-O Turkey, J.M. Smucker, Johnson & Johnson, Johnsonville Sausage, John O. Butler Co., Jones Dairy Farm, Kao Brands, Kayser-Roth, Keebler, Kellogg, Kimberly-Clark, Kraft Foods, Labatt, L'Oreal, Land O’'Lakes, M&M Mars, Malt-O-Meal, Maplehurst Bakeries, Masco Co., Masterfoods, Mattel, Maybelline, McCain Foods, McCormick & Co., McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Meadwestvaco, Melissa's Produce, Miller Brewing, Molson, Mott's, Mrs. Smith’s Bakeries, Nestlé, Neutrogena, Norse Dairy Systems, Novartis Consumer Healthcare, Ocean Spray, Pactiv, Palm Bay Imports, Pennzoil Quaker State, Pepperidge Farms, PepsiCo, Perdue Farms, Pernod Ricard, Perrigo, Pfizer, Pharmacia, Pharmavite, Playtex, Procter & Gamble, Quaker, Ralston Foods, Rayovac, Reckitt Benckiser, Red Bull North America, Revlon, Rich Products, Robert Mondavi Winery, Ross Products, S.C. Johnson, Sara Lee, Sargento, Schering-Plough, Schick, Schwan's, Scott's Company, SoftSheen, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Southcorp Wines, Southern Wine & Spirits, Spectrum Brands, Stroehmann Bakeries, Sunbeam, Sunkist Growers, Swedish Match, Test Rite Products, Tone Brothers, Tree Top, Trinchero Family Estates, Tyson, Unilever, Universal Studios Home Video, Veryfine Products, VF Jeanswear, Warner Home Video, Welch's, Whitehall Robins Healthcare, Wilton Enterprises, World Kitchen, Wrigley, Wyeth.

Others:
Accenture, Acosta Sales and Marketing, Advanced Visual Technologies, Advantage Sales & Marketing, Agewave, Arbitron, American Demographics, Audit Bureau of Circulation, Arbitron/Scarborough, Catalina Marketing, Center For Retailing Excellence, Citigroup, Claritas, Clearpath Technologies, Consumer Healthcare Products Association, Convenience Store News, CROSSMARK, Daymon Worldwide, Experian Marketing Services, Florida Department of Citrus, Food Marketing Institute, French Embassy Trade Office, Gelco, Geographic Data Technology, Gladson, Gourmet Award Foods, Grocery Manufacturers of America, IBM, IMS, Integrated Marketing Services, Judge & Dolph, Market Track, McKinsey & Co., Mediamark Research, Inc., Microsoft, Milton Merl Associates, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, NCH Marketing Services, Network of Executive Women, Produce for Better Health, Progressive Grocer, Retail Merchandiser, Retek, Scarborough, Siebel Systems, Slack Barshinger, SMSB Consulting, Specialty Partners, United Western Grocers, University of Arkansas, University of Pittsburgh, Wharton School of Business, Yahoo!