Breakfast Roundtable
What retailers should demand from their suppliers this Golden Quarter
Peak season exposes not just every weakness in a retailer’s operation, but also in the supplier relationships supporting it.
Too often, solutions providers lead with what they’ve built, rather than the problems retailers need them to solve. But during the golden quarter, there’s no room for generic products, slow responses or partners that disappear once implementation is complete.
Hosted by Retail Gazette and Satalia, this roundtable will bring senior retail leaders together to discuss what strong supplier relationships should look like when the pressure is highest. From responsiveness and accountability to flexibility, transparency and measurable commercial impact, the session will explore the standards retailers should set, and the questions they should be asking now.
Expect an honest, practical discussion on how to distinguish a genuine strategic partner from a conventional vendor, build relationships that adapt as priorities change, and ensure your suppliers are working backwards from your needs rather than forwards from their product roadmap.
As you know well, when peak arrives, retailers shouldn’t have to manage around their partners. Their partners should help them perform.
- Date : Thursday, 8th October 2026
- Roundtable : The Ivy Tower Bridge
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