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Exploding Low-Carb Industry to Hold Its First Conference
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(11/16/03) Total sales of low-carb products and services in 2003 is estimated to surpass $15 billion, now the industry will hold its first conference. No surprise given the popularity of Atkins and the South Beach Diet.
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November 14, 2003 Denver, CO -- The nation's first business conference examining opportunities and risks in the booming low-carb manufacturing and retailing industry will be held in Denver, Colorado on January 22 and 23, 2004. Low-Carb experts, manufacturers and retailers serving such popular programs as Atkins, South Beach Diet, Protein Power and Sugar Busters will converge to explore a variety of best practices and relevant issues. The summit is hosted by LowCarbiz, the weekly trade newsletter of the Low-Carb industry. LowCarbiz estimates that total sales of low-carb products and services in 2003 will surpass $15 billion. The newsletter recently reported that low carb products are being introduced at a rate of almost three a day.
Authors of Protein Power to Keynote
The keynote speakers for the Low-Carb Summit will be Drs. Michael and Mary Dan Eades, authors of Protein Power, Protein Power Lifeplan and The 30-Day Low-Carb Diet Solution. The Eades have encouraged a high protein, low-carb lifestyle for nearly 15 years and have enabled millions of people around the world to lose weight and improve their health. The doctors, authors of 11 books between them, will speak on the topic: "Medical and Business Lessons Learned From Other Failed Diet Regimes."
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Additional topics to be examined at the Summit include: the future of low-carb retailing, regulatory and legal issues facing the industry, new product development, financing business expansions, and truth in labeling issues. An estimated 40 leading CEOs, owners and other experts are expected to serve on panels during the two-day event. They include: Arne Bey, president and CEO of Keto Foods, whose sales increased 280 percent in the first six months of 2003; Andrew S. DiMino, president of Low Carb Lifestyles Distributors, who offers more than 1,100 low-carb products on his CarbSmart.com site; Fran Gare, CEO of Sweet Life, Inc., who created her own line of low-carb desserts and baking mixes sweetened with all-natural Xylitol, for which she holds the patent; and Marc Migdal, the head of MIG Consulting, which serves as the link between low-carb manufacturers and distributors.
About LowCarbiz
LowCarbiz covers all business aspects of the low-carb industry. The newsletter and Summit are under the direction of Executive Editor Dean Rotbart, a former Pulitzer Prize-nominated editor and columnist for The Wall Street Journal. Regular newsletter features include The Inside Scoop with tidbits from the front lines of the low-carb business, a roundup of low-carb news, a proprietary retail store index, and executive profiles. ww.lowcarbiz.com.
Source: LowCarbiz
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