SCA announces Coffee Retail Summit 2022
Following the success of the first and second Coffee Retail Summit events in 2021, the SCA announces the third virtual event of its kind, continuing a line of retailer-focused programming and content. This free-to-attend event will be delivered virtually with three days of presentations, lectures and panel discussions on 21, 23, and 25 February, 2022.
Following the disruptions and uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, 2022 presents a great number of opportunities and challenges to retailers large and small. The summit will explore how coffee retail businesses can use their unique position as hubs for connection, learning and personal expression to overcome obstacles, adapt and grow.
This summit’s topics will include insights for companies considering international expansion, profiles of brands using new technology to deepen their in-person and digital relationships with customers, and strategies for building a healthy workplace culture in the midst of the “great resignation,” among other topics chosen for their market relevance and community impact potential.
Each day of Coffee Retail Summit 2022 will focus on a different region and feature a set of speakers with experience in the markets they will be discussing. This summit will commence on Monday 21 February, 2022, with a day examining the European market, followed on Wednesday 23 February by a day focused on the United States market, and concluding with a day centered on the retail landscape in Korea on Friday 25 February. Attendees may opt to participate in all three days of the live summit, during which time presenters will take questions from the audience and attendees will engage in conversation via live chat, or they may choose to narrow their scope to the day that corresponds to the region of greatest interest to them.
All of the content from the live events will be recorded and added to the Coffee Retail Summit library, joining sessions from the two previous Coffee Retail Summit events held in 2021.
Regarding Coffee Retail Summit 2022, SCA CEO Yannis Apostolopolous said, “As we begin a new year full of promise and uncertainty, the SCA wishes to continue its work in supporting coffee retail businesses who are so vital to our communities, our cities and the international coffee industry. Coffee Retail Summit 2022 will of course address some of the challenges that lie ahead but will also offer vital information to those wishing to expand their businesses on an international scale as well as provide insights unique to the markets of Europe, North America and Asia Pacific; further fostering the conversations, shared learning and expansion of the global coffee retail community.”
This event and resource library would not be possible without the support of Astoria – global title sponsor of Coffee Retail Summit 2022 – who recognise the unique economic and cultural importance of coffee retail businesses within local communities and the global coffee industry. Speaking about their support of Coffee Retail Summit 2022, Astoria said, “Coffee retail operators are the backbone of our industry. They are driven by passion for coffee and hospitality, represented daily by their owner and staff alike. Most are small or medium sized businesses that learn through doing, relentlessly innovating.
We aim to provide meaningful support to the creation of templates for successful business models: points of reference and tools to help operators navigate through change, while reducing business mortality rate, unfortunately increased by the pandemic.”
The first day of Coffee Retail Summit – which will focus on the European coffee retail market – is supported by BWT water+more. The second day of Coffee Retail Summit 2022 – which focuses on the US market – is supported by Pacific Foods.
The SCA also wishes to thank Nuova Simonelli for their role as Lead Sponsor of Coffee Retail Summit 2022.
Learn more about Coffee Retail Summit at retail.sca.coffee and sponsorship at retail.sca.coffee/partner.