
June 6-8, 2023
JW Marriott LA Live | Los Angeles, CA

About
There are those who fear disruption and those who embrace it.
Breaking new ground requires courage, confidence, creativity and a compass dialed into where consumers are headed. In these complex times of polycrisis, the leaders who dare to navigate the new and defy disruption will reap the rewards of true growth and success.
During this year’s NIQ’s C360® conference, join us as we pave new trails towards purpose, define new inroads for innovation, create new bridges for collaboration and map new pathways to growth.

Traversing rapid omni transformation
Discover how to thrive and prosper in a rapidly changing omni retail terrain.
Influencing innovation
Gain inspiration from leading visionaries who’ve blazed new paths with conviction, courage and calculated risk-taking.
Owning the change
Connect with industry trailblazers who are leading by example, setting new standards and accelerating positive change.
Winning the shopper
Learn how shifting consumer demands and rapidly advancing technologies are redefining retail trading partner relationships.
Pillar 1: Traversing rapid omni transformation
The omni retail landscape is changing and it’s changing fast. Today’s “always on” consumers have the power to shop where and how they want. Across the omni marketplace, consumers are reshaping the shopper experience to fit their own personal preferences. To thrive in this new retail reality, companies need to deeply understand consumer needs, wants and values. In this pillar, we will dive into new insights to help companies better understand what consumers want, how they are influenced and what to expect in the omni road ahead.
Pillar 2: Influencing innovation
Innovation fuels progress, but what is fueling innovation? In this pillar, we will explore the influences of innovation. What to expect as the world returns to an era of game changing innovation, what ideas are prime for pitching? Hear war stories from the frontlines of innovation and stretch your mind to innovating in the metaverse.
Pillar 3: Owning the change
As companies shift their focus to purpose-lead initiatives, all eyes will be on those who will truly be able to prove their progress and own the change. In this pillar, we will highlight companies who are leading by example and setting new standards of positive influence for the world to follow.
Pillar 4: Winning the shopper
To win the consumer is to understand the consumer in full. In this pillar, we will dive deep into the key components of retail success which includes connected collaboration, a full view picture of the current and future landscape, and a read into signals of change that will impact consumer preferences, values and habits, ahead.
Mainstage speakers

Friendly Founder, hello products & former Chief Innovation Strategist, Colgate-Palmolive
Tuesday, June 6
5:15 – 6:30 PM Mainstage and keynote
6:30 – 9:30 PM Welcome reception
Wednesday, June 7
7:00 – 8:15 AM Breakfast, Product Showcase and Specialty Zone
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM Mainstage
12:30 – 1:30 PM Lunch, Product Showcase and Specialty Zone
1:30 – 3:30 PM Mainstage
3:30 – 4:30 PM Breakouts
4:30 – 5:30 PM Product Showcase and Specialty Zone
6:30- 10:30 PM Dinner
Thursday, June 8
7:00 – 8:15 AM Breakfast, Product Showcase and Specialty Zone
8:30 AM – 12:00 PM Breakout sessions, Product Showcase and Specialty Zone
12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch, Product Showcase and Specialty Zone
1:00 – 5:00 PM Mainstage and closing keynote
6:30- 11:00 PM Closing party
Friday, June 9
Departures
Mainstage
Against the backdrop of persistent economic, societal, and technological change, having a Full View of the total consumer landscape is essential to successfully paving new growth pathways for 2023 and beyond. Learn from retailers, influencers, and technology experts about what’s shaping the future of retail in our general sessions, where we’ll reveal the latest intel on shopper behavior, omnichannel, impactful ESG strategies, and visionary leadership.
NEW! 2023 Founder’s Pitch Slam
New this year! Get ready for the 2023 NIQ Founders Pitch Slam for Emerging Brands!
For the first time ever at Consumer 360, NIQ will host one of the largest CPG pitch slams of the year for founding entrepreneurs. This event will provide a rare opportunity for emerging CPG brand makers to pitch their products to an esteemed panel of industry executives from across the retail, investment and global brand communities at C360 in Los Angeles. All audience members will have the opportunity to vote for their fan favorite among the top five finalists.
This unique competition will provide the pitch slam winner with exclusive access to NIQ’s data experts to help build their brand through the lens of best-in-class data and analytics. Five finalists will receive an all-expenses paid trip to C360 for the live pitch, vying for the ultimate prize package.
Join us and discover how to better understand and master the new realities required to stay ahead of the next waves of change.
Breakout sessions
The mainstage conversations continued during conference breakout sessions, where attendees had the opportunity to connect with NielsenIQ thought leaders and innovators from across the retail, manufacturing, and technology industries. Topics highlighted: Consumer drivers propelling the industry forward, purpose-lead priorities shaping a better future, and emerging trends and drivers of the next retail decade.
Vertical Focus: BevAL
Beverage Alcohol Channel Migration
Vertical Focus: BevAL
Beverage Alcohol Hot Trends Check In
Vertical Focus: Pet
Paw-sitive Growth in Pet
Vertical Focus: Beauty
Inclusive Beauty: Leveraging brand uniqueness to drive growth
Product Showcase and Specialty Zone
Attendees will enjoy exclusive access to a product playground exploring the latest business intelligence and customer-centric solutions. Browse live demonstrations and connect with experts who will be available to share insights, answer questions and provide guidance. Discover the latest in Omnishopper and Omnisales, revenue/business drivers, Shelf Architect, connected collaboration and BASES’ innovation ecosystem and creative product AI. This year will also feature the Specialty Zone, a dedicated space to build effective strategies for pet, beauty, BevAl, Byzzer for small brands, multicultural consumers- and more!
Stay tuned for Specialty Zone station details
Omnishopper Consumer Panel
Comprehensive and granular insights into shopper behavior, demographics, brand penetration, shifting and leakage help you meet the evolving needs of shoppers and drive omnichannel growth.
E-commerce measurement
Drive growth by understanding the full picture of online and in-store sales and share performance and tracking shifts in Amazon trends – compared to other brands and categories – without the gaps or guesswork of combining disparate datasets.
Digital Shelf Analytics
Identify local levers of action with location-based e-commerce analytics to assure product availability, optimize distribution, improve search results, and drive online growth.
Revenue Growth Management
Maximize profitability, eliminate wasteful trade spend and ensure the right price and promotion strategy with the latest data, advanced modelling and precise recommendations.
Assortment and Merchandising
Drive better performance, simplify planning and create sustainable growth by optimizing the way you characterize, organize and visualize your shelf with intelligent analytics, assortment recommendations and automatically generated planograms.
BASES Product Formulation
Improve ROI, reduce time to market, and delight more customers with BASES Creative Product AI, leveraging the world’s largest sensory and consumer database of more than 11,000 products and 3500 sensory descriptors from 37 countries.
NIQ for Retail
Experience our latest solutions to drive growth, optimize your digital strategy, and strengthen collaboration between retailers and suppliers around supply chain, merchandising analytics, customer insights, personalized offers and retail media.
Discover
Unleash the power of data to reveal new pathways to growth
Access insights faster and connect stories across data assets with an intuitive, integrated visualization tool for all your NIQ data, a harmonized global view, and provider-agnostic cloud data delivery to help you work smarter and more efficiently.
Diverse consumer insights
Multicultural consumers are increasing in population size and buying power. Consumers may share the same language but values, traditions and buying habits are directly connected to their unique cultures. NielsenIQ solutions deliver granular insights to help you authentically connect with diverse groups of consumers.

Networking
Connect with peers and expand your professional network with attendees from some of the world’s most impactful and admired organizations. Featuring an all-star speaker lineup and thought-provoking business sessions, Consumer 360 is designed to foster meaningful engagement to create new connections and deepen existing relationships.
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7-Eleven, Inc.
Aaron’s
Abbott Nutrition
Acosta
Advanced Fresh Concepts Franchise Corp
Advantage Solutions
AeroFarms
Ahold/Delhaize
Ainsworth Pet Nutrition
Alen USA
Alimentation Couche-Tard
Allegiance Retail Services
Alouette Cheese USA
Amazon
AnswerRocket
APT a MasterCard Company
ATC Consulting
Avocados from Mexico
B&G Foods, Inc.
Bacardi
Bain & Company
Banza
Barilla
Bar-S Foods
Bashas
BC Dairy Association
Beam Suntory
Bellisio Foods
BevMo!
Big Chalk Analytics
Big Heart Pet Brands
Bimbo Bakeries
Black Rifle Coffee Co
Board Americas, Inc.
Boardwalk Frozen Treats
Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health
Brewers Association
Burdette Beckmann, Inc.
Bush Brothers & Company
C&S Wholesale Grocers
CA Carlin
Cacique Inc.
Campari America
Cargill
Carl Buddig & Company
Carrefour
Category Management Assoc
CCF Brands
Central Garden & Pet
CGA
ChannelAdvisor
Chattem, Inc.
Chobani, LLC
CHPA
Church & Dwight Co., Inc.
Circle K
CircleUp
Colgate Palmolive
Combe
ConAgra Foods
Consumer Healthcare Products Assoc.
Constellation Brands
Coty Inc.
CPG Guys
Crossmark
CVS Health
Dairy Farmers of America
Del Monte Foods
Delicato Family Vineyards
Diageo
Dole Food Co.
E&J Gallo Winery
Eat the Change
Ebro North America
Edgewell Personal Care
Energizer Holdings, Inc.
Energizer Household Products
EOS Products
EURPAC
Fairlife
Ferrara
Fetch Rewards
Fetzer Vineyards
Food Marketing Institute
Forbes
Ford Consulting Group
Freshpet
Galderma
General Mills
Giant Eagle, Inc.
Glanbia
GMDC
Good Food Holdings
Goya Foods
GSK
Havas Media
Heineken USA
Hello Products
Himalaya Wellness
Hormel Foods
Hostess Brands
Hutamaki
Idahoan Foods
IGA, Inc.
i-Health, Inc
InContext Solutions
InnovAsian Cuisine
Interactive Edge
J.M. Smucker Company
Jack Link’s
Jadex
Johnson & Johnson
Johnsonville Sausage LLC
Juul Labs
Kao USA
Kayem Foods Inc
Kellogg’s
Keurig Dr. Pepper
Kikkoman Sales USA, Inc.
Kimberly-Clark
King Arthur Baking Co.
Kinney Drugs
Kiolbassa
Knouse Foods
Kopp Insight Strategies
Kraft Heinz
Kum & Go, LLC.
Kwikee
L’Oreal USA
Lamb Weston
Land O’Frost
Land O’Lakes, Inc.
Lindt & Sprungli
L’Oreal USA
Lotus Bakeries
Lowes Foods
Lowe’s Home Improvement
Management Science Associates, Inc
Market Track
Mars Chocolate North America
Mars Petcare
Mars, Inc
MAS Intimates Private Limited
McKee Foods Corporation
Mcllhenny Company
Mckee Foods
MedCircle, Inc.
Medline Industries
Meijer
Microsoft
MillerCoors
Milo’s Tea Company
Mission Foods
Mizkan America, Inc
Moet Hennessy USA
Mondelez International
Morgan Foods
Morton Salt
Murphy USA
Musco Family Olive Co.
NACS
Naterra International
National Assoc. Of Convenience Stores
National Grocers Association
NBTY, Inc.
Nestle Purina
Newell
Nicholas Hall Group
North American Breweries
Oberto Brands
Ocean Spray Cranberries
Pabst Brewing Company
Pacific Coast Producers
Pacvue
Palm Bay International
Pathformance Technologies, Inc.
PDC Beauty
Peapod Digitcal Labs
Peet’s Coffee
PepsiCo
Pernod Ricard USA
Petco
PetSmart
Pfizer, Inc.
Pharmavite, LLC
Pilgrim’s JBS
Pinnacle Foods
Pompeian
Post Consumer Brands
Prevedere, Inc.
Price Chopper Supermarkets
Profitero
Progressive Grocer
Pronghorn
Proximo Spirits
Ready Pac Foods
ReadyCart.co
Red Bull North America
Redslim
Republic National Dist Company
Reser’s Fine Foods
Retail Profit
Reynolds Consumer Products
Reys Beer Division
Riboli Fine Wines
Rich Products Corporation
Riteway Foods
Rocky Robinson Self Care
Ruiz Foods
Sam’s Club
Sage Fruit Company
Sanofi
Sargento
Save Mart Supermarkets
Save-A-Lot
SAvencia Cheese USA
SC Johnson
Scotts Miracle-Gro
Simmons Pet Food
Skinnygirl Lifestyle Brand
Smart & Final
SmartBrief
Smithfield Foods
SMSB Consulting Group, Inc.
Snowflake
Solaris Paper, Inc.
Sonoco
Southern Glazers Wine & Spirits
SpartanNash
Spiceworld, Inc.
St. Pierre Groupe
Staples
Starkist
Strategic Solutions International
Sun Products Corporation
SUPERVALU Inc.
SUPERVALU/IVIE
TABS Analytics
Tampico Beverages
Target
Teasdale Foods
The Coca-Cola Company
The Hershey Company
The Kroger Company
The Path to Purchase Institute
The Patron Spirits Company
The Pictsweet Company
Treehouse Foods, Inc.
Trinchero Family Estates
Turkey Hill Dairy
Tyson Foods, Inc.
U.S. Pharmacopeia
UNFI
Unified Grocers, Inc.
Unilever
V&V Supremo Foods, Inc.
Vega
Verde Associates
Walgreens
Walmart
Weis Markets, Inc.
WhiteWave Foods Company
Whole Foods
William Grant & Sons
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
World Kitchen, LLC
WS Consulting
Young’s Market