Servio Retail Group, LLC Convenience Retail Consumer Conference, Kiawah Island, September 2007

Madison, CT, September 27, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Servio Retail Group, a consulting firm specializing in the Convenience Retail, Consumer Package Goods (CPG), and the Petroleum industries, recently hosted their annual, client only seminar at The Sanctuary in Kiawah Island, South Carolina. The topic of this year’s seminar – Trends Driving the Future of the Convenience Store Industry.

The Keynote Speaker was John Melo, who until recently was BP’s President of U.S. Fuels and is currently CEO of Amyris Biotechnologies. John presented a special trend report:

“The Emergence of “Bio-Fuels” & it’s Potential Impact on the Convenience Retail and CPG Industries.”

Additional conference topics of discussion included:

“The Industry Backdrop - What Convenience Retailers Are Up Against”
“Consumer Trends - Greatest Potential Impact on Customer Purchase Habits”
“Tomorrow’s Marketplace – A Convenience Retail Perspective”
“How today Consumer Movements are Influencing CPG Brands”
“The Hispanic Opportunity”

Servio Clients that attended this year’s event included representatives from The Coca-Cola Company, R. J. Reynolds, Shell and British Petroleum.

Servio provides centric data analytics and strategies around Convenience Retail’s Consumers, Product Categories and Channels of Trade. Attendees provided their views in a day-long interactive facilitation on ideas and steps needed to identify and reach their consumer today and in the future.

Following the success of this conference, Servio is planning another session in early 2008. For details, contact products@serviorgp.com, or visit www.serviorgp.com

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