Gilbert has been active in health and beauty care industry organizations for almost four decades, serving on the advisory boards of the Food Marketing Institute, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores and the General Merchandise Distributors Council, where he was elected the first president of the GMDC Educational Foundation.
the roundtable took place at the Gaylord Convention Center in Dallas, where the General Merchandise Distributors Council was holding its annual GM Marketing Conference.
A study released by the General Merchandise Distributors Council Educational Foundation, entitled Leveraging the Connection between Pharmacy & the Whole Store, refers to the products and services traditionally brought throughout the retail unit in conjunction with a particular type of prescription as "connectors," an allusion to their ability to draw shoppers into additional departments of the store.
With retailers from across the entire mass retail world joining the General Merchandise Distributors Council (GMDC) association, GMDC President and CEO Dave McConnell is confident that his Colorado Springs, Colo.
Courting consumers will always be key, says David McConnell, president of the General Merchandise Distributors Council (GMDC), a trade organization based in Colorado Springs, Cola.
For example, Bill Mansfield, an executive with Marsh Supermarkets and the new chairman of the General Merchandise Distributors Council, said last month that by attending a GMDC conference retailers will bank an estimated $3,500 to $4,000 per year because of the time saved from seeing so many suppliers at once.
Retailers are going to have to offer even more services and products--particularly in the key whole-health areas like health care, vitamins and food products--if they expect to hold onto their female consumer, according to a report released last month at the General Merchandise Distributors Council (GMDC) general merchandise conference in Palm Springs, Calif.
In an effort to help retailers better identify the whole health shopper, the General Merchandise Distributors Council (GMDC), along with The Answer Group, has released the "Whole Health Demogrraphics Study.
