SPAR International’s Partnership Forum will kick off tomorrow, bringing together SPAR colleagues and preferred suppliers across diverse categories and segments, keen to increase collaboration, growth & success as we celebrate another successful year of working better together.

This year, the Partnership Forum will be fully virtual and will be broadcast via an interactive, visually rich online platform. Delegates can get in touch with suppliers during the event day by joining one of the supplier chat groups on the platform. We encourage you to browse the Supplier Directory.

The programme includes presentations from Dr Marc Knuff, Global Retail Director of GfK, giving a live presentation of comprehensive international insights in to changes of consumer shopping behaviour and accelerated trends due to COVID-19 in 2020, and their implications for the future for SPAR Retailers and Supplier partners alike. John van der Ent, CEO of SPAR Netherlands will talk about the growth, transformation and acceleration of SPAR Netherlands; and Dr Danny Thorniley will also give live presentation providing future focused insightful and in-touch analysis of key economic, societal and business drivers that shall determine our joint future success.

For more information on the Partnership Forum, check out the full conference programme here.