WHO:         Sam Gagliardi, SVP, E-Commerce, IRI®
                            
WHAT:        On March 26, IRI’s Sam Gagliardi will discuss shifts in industry trends taking place both in-market and at Walmart. IRI is partnering with Edge by AscentialTM for this one-day event with industry leaders, hacking the future of e-commerce. At the hackathon, attendees will learn from case studies of well-known brands leading market share in the e-commerce space.

WHY:          By 2022, e-commerce will claim on average 22 percent of all CPG sales. E-commerce is quickly becoming one of the best front-facing marketing outlets to reach customers and produce sales.

WHEN:       Tuesday, March 26, 2019
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. CDT       

WHERE:      E^HACKATHON | Bentonville
21c Museum Hotel Bentonville
200 Northeast A Street
Bentonville, AR 72712

About IRI
IRI is a leading provider of big data, predictive analytics and forward-looking insights that help CPG, OTC health care organizations, retailers, financial services and media companies grow their businesses. A confluence of major external events — a change in consumer buying habits, big data coming into its own, advanced analytics and personalized consumer activation — is leading to a seismic shift in drivers of success in all industries. With the largest repository of purchase, media, social, causal and loyalty data, all integrated on an on-demand, cloud-based technology platform, IRI is empowering the personalization revolution, helping to guide its more than 5,000 clients around the world in their quests to remain relentlessly relevant, capture market share, connect with consumers, collaborate with key constituents and deliver market-leading growth. For more information, visit www.iriworldwide.com.

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IRI Contact:                                                       
Shelley Hughes                                           
E-mail: Shelley.Hughes@IRIworldwide.com 
Phone: +1 312.474.3675