The round table aims to give suppliers an insight into X5’s expectations around partnering with suppliers in joint forecasting, planning, and supply chain management amid changes in the economic situation and consumer market (shortages of workforce, motor vehicles, and warehousing and logistics capacities) and into the development of services for suppliers to enable effective supply chain management and tools X5 offers to its suppliers (Dialog and Big Data platforms) as well as to highlight key initiatives in supply chain management for 2023–2024 and share success stories.

The Private Labels: Differentiation and Partnerships round table will raise the important topic of changing demands for private-label packaging caused by regulatory changes, private-brand strategies employed by retail chains, changes in consumer behaviour in the new environment, purchase drivers for private labels, the impact of the macroeconomic situation on consumer behaviours, private-label development plans and outlooks, building active communication with suppliers, expanding in-store product assortment, localising private-label production, and much more. The objective of this dialogue is to involve suppliers in new initiatives focused on partnering and building operating processes. In addition, the round-table discussion aims to build awareness of a set of guidelines on sustainable packaging developed for suppliers by X5 as part of its sustainability strategy to promote responsible consumption and use of resources, to highlight X5’s strategic initiatives driving the adoption of sustainable packaging, and share success stories of how we work with suppliers to roll out sustainable packaging for private-label products.

The round table aims to give suppliers an insight into X5’s strategic priorities and expansion plans for Siberia and the Far East as well as opportunities for partnering with X5, in particular, in private labels and exclusive brands, and to share the specifics of competitive landscapes and customer behaviours in Far Eastern regions.

The round table aims to give suppliers an insight into key regulatory trends in the consumer market and FMCG production as well as X5 Group’s key strategic initiatives driven by regulatory changes, including the reform of the extended producer responsibility (EPR) system for manufacturers and importers and the expansion of the list of goods subject to mandatory labelling. The event will also inform suppliers about the development of self-regulation tools in the consumer market and dispute-resolution mechanisms used by X5 Group in its relations with suppliers as well as showcase success stories.