To qualify as a retail attendee, an individual attendee must be an employee of a retail company (not engaged as a consultant, contractor, or agent thereof). A retail company is defined by RILA as a company whose core business is selling its inventory of consumer goods directly to end consumers.

To qualify as a consumer product goods attendee, an individual must be an employee of a consumer product good (not engaged as a consultant, contractor, or agent thereof). A consumer product good is defined by RILA as a company whose core business is selling consumer products that it good to sell to end consumers or for resale to retailers to sell to end consumers. Companies that sell products to retailers for use in the business (e.g. security cameras, POS systems, or other products intended for use in the store, DC, HQ, or other locations) do not qualify as consumer product manufacturers for RILA purposes.

Service providers are the companies that provide goods or services to the retail industry for use by the company, their stores, or their distribution centers. If you are attending RILA from a business development perspective, you would be included in this category. This applies to the various ports and any logistics company owned by a retailer that services other retailers. Individuals from service supplier companies must contract (as either an exhibitor, sponsor, or LINK Connect meetings program) in order to attend a RILA Event.