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18|Retail News|November 2014|www.retailnews.ie

Gala Retail Conference

Gala Performance by Retail Group Pictured are (l-r): motivational speaker Paul McNeive; Liam Peters, Chairman, Gala Retail Services; Gary Desmond, CEO, Gala Retail Services, and guest speaker, football icon Niall Quinn.

The Gala Retail Conference saw the retail group celebrating another successful year’s trading, while looking ahead to the roll-out of Chilled Distribution nationwide. GALA Retail Services celebrated another successful year in the retail industry at its annual Gala Retail Conference, which was held over two days in October at the five star Heritage Hotel, Killenard, Co. Laois. Over 200 Gala group retailers, wholesalers and support staff, enjoyed a packed schedule of business, social activities and engaging entertainment, including the business conference, annual trade fair exhibition, Gala’s B.E.S.T awards, and a hilarious after dinner routine by the irrepressible king of comedic impressions, Mario Rosenstock of Gift Grub fame. Iconic Guest Speakers Kicking off the conference, Gala’s Chairman Liam Peters introduced the audience to this year’s special guest speakers, Niall Quinn and Paul McNeive. Iconic footballer, Niall Quinn gave an insight into the successes and challenges he faced through his varied career as a player, former Chairman at

Sunderland FC and his current hugely successful business career. Attendees also enjoyed hearing from Paul McNeive, the inspirational leader and motivational speaker whose autobiographical book on business and motivation, ‘Small Steps’, is a best seller and reveals how losing his legs drove McNeive on to lead a €50m business. McNeive explored the theme of unleashing potential and gave guests fantastic advice on improving customer service and increasing sales potential. The CEO’s Address CEO of Gala Retail Services, Gary Desmond, took to the stage to update attendees on the Gala network’s growth and progress achieved in 2014. Covering some of the key marketing wins from the year, Desmond referenced the significant growth of its social media presence on Facebook and Twitter, the popular Disney partnership, the group’s


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