CHICAGO - Over the next few weeks experts from IRI will present webinars on the future of food, meat case trends, and how to draw in customers with ecommerce. 

Upcoming events include: 

THRIVE Innovation Series Sponsored by SVG Partners, March 18, 11 a.m. PT  

Carrie Shea, IRI’s managing partner and growth consultant will participate in the “The Future of Food” discussion, where she will highlight key consumer trends regarding consumers’ ever-evolving tastes, and how these trends will impact the future of food and present opportunities for innovation.  

Registration is free and open to all. Register here. 

FMI and NAMI Annual Meat Conference, March 25, 10 a.m. CT   

During the virtual Annual Meat Conference IRI’s Chris DuBois, SVP of strategic accounts and Larry Levin, EVP of market and shopper intelligence will present on the topic “Consumer Purchase Behaviors: How Did They Change and What Is Here to Stay?” Using a combination of two consumer datasets along with consumer interviews, they will analyze how consumer trends at the meat case have continued to evolve throughout the pandemic.  

The event is open to attendees of the meat conference. Register here.  

P2PI Retail Media Forum, March 31, 12:50 p.m. CT  

IRI's Mike Ellgass, EVP of retail marketing solutions will present What it Takes to Win with Retail Media Networks with Sam’s Club Media Group’s Abishake Subramanian. The two will discuss how more consumers are searching and shopping online, which is driving significant traffic to retailer websites and apps at a time when many chains are building out their digital media capabilities. Several retailers have been developing this model for years, but many other retailers are launching new programs or re-tooling their platforms to compete for a growing flow of ad dollars.  

The event is open to attendees of the Retail Media Forum. Register here.