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GUEST COLUMN: Rock your sweet business in Cleveland with RCI

RCI's 2018 Annual Convention & Industry Expo features focus on customer experience.

May 30, 2018

At this year’s Annual Convention & Industry Expo, RCI’s focus is presenting retail candy makers and chocolatiers with ideas and inspiration that translate into actionable strategies for creating unique and memorable experiences for their customers.

Reveling with RCI in Asheville

Spring Regional Conference held April 9-12 in Asheville, N.C.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

April 18, 2018

Last June, Associate Editor Alyse Thompson only got a taste of what a Retail Confectioners International event entails. Fortunately — for her — Editor-in-Chief Bernie Pacyniak had other obligations, so she covered RCI’s Spring Regional Conference in Asheville, N.C., solo.

2018 RCI annual convention set for June 18-22 in Cleveland

Author Mark Kamp to give ‘Opportunity Rocks’ keynote address.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

April 11, 2018

Candy makers and chocolatiers are invited to discover how they can reinvent and revolutionize their businesses at Retail Confectioners International’s Annual Convention & Industry Expo, set for June 18-22 in Cleveland, Ohio.

The changing retail landscape

Retailers seeking success must balance online capabilities with high-quality, in-store experiences.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

February 13, 2018

A push for speed and convenience continues to shape how retailers operate, but being able to leverage online capabilities against the experiences they can offer customers at brick-and-mortar locations will spell success for retailers.

RCI Regional Conference takes candy makers 'up, up and away'

Hot Air Balloon Festival in Albuquerque, N.M. provides perfect setting for pinon candies, confectionery camaraderie.

Bernie Pacyniak

November 7, 2017

RCI's conference was timed to conclude at the beginning of the city's annual Hot Air Balloon Festival.

RCI’s regional in Albuquerque rocks

Hot Air Balloon Festival site perfect setting for pinon candies and confectionery camaraderie.

Bernie Pacyniak

October 11, 2017

I admit it; it’s been a while since I had the opportunity to attend a Retail Confectioners International Regional Conference. As often is the case, I have plenty of excuses, beginning with budget restraints, scheduling conflicts and never-ending deadlines.

RCI debuts new board; awards Guittard’s Tom Houlihan with Bornhofft honor

Honors announced at June convention in Lombard, Ill.

Bernie Pacyniak

July 5, 2017

Retail Confectioners International (RCI) inducted four new members to its board of directors during RCI's Annual Convention & Industry Expo last month in Lombard, Ill.

RCI celebrates 100 years of helping candy makers

Association offers education, opportunities to connect.

Carla Zanetos Scully

June 26, 2017

It's helpful advice. It's friendship. And it's family. That is how candy makers and suppliers feel when they think about the last 100 years of Retail Confectioners International.

All in the family

RCI brings spirit of camaraderie, collaboration to annual convention.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

June 21, 2017

It’s been 10 months since I joined Candy Industry, but it wasn’t until a week ago that I had a chance to partake in an event hosted by the Retail Confectioners International (RCI). I didn’t realize it, but I was in for a treat.

Savage Bros. back in business after water main break

Employees escape without injury but flooding affects 90 percent of 81, 500-sq.-ft. site.

Bernie Pacyniak

June 21, 2017

Last Thursday, more than 240 Retail Confectioners International (RCI) convention attendees toured Savage Bros. offices and its manufacturing facility in Elk Grove Village, Ill. The next day, 11 employees in the company’s engineering area of the 81,500-sq.-ft. complex were startled to hear a rumbling sound around 1:45 p.m.