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Note from Vicki:

The room where it happened.

The dream I’ve had from the day I started Vendors in Partnership LLC has come true. Humans, relationships and business all benefit from understanding each other’s challenges, and Vendors in Partnership CONNECT created the forum for doing just that.

On Tuesday in Chicago at the beautiful Salesforce Tower, we brought together retailers, vendors, and industry experts and dug deep to achieve the knowledge necessary to understand motivations, goals, needs and challenges. We did a deep dive into learning all aspects that retailers go through to navigate planning, budgeting, internal and external relationships, and purchasing methodology.

Then, a deep dive into the many aspects of sales methodologies from prospecting to qualified, the process of the deal, and implementation planning and success. Most importantly, we reviewed the success starting to happen with a more consultative selling process.

There were learnings and unlocks for everyone in the room and the conversation was open and collaborative with the seeds of change absolutely rooted.

This is the beginning of an impactful community committed to better business and better partnerships. Do you want to come along? You'll want to be in the room where it happens, there are some pretty special people in there. Many thanks to my incredible support network of my longtime industry friends.

Dave Finnegan Andrew Laudato Rob Garf Kevin Ertell Jenna Flateman Posner Jason Grunberg John Grech Alicia Esposito Crystal K. Tidmore Michael Cantrell Cathy McCabe Ryan Holm