Guest Blog: Kirsty Mawhinney on the IMF

Looking to engage with cosmetic and beauty industry leaders and experts? Then the International Manufacturers & Distributors Forum is a conference you can't afford to miss.

The IMF is a conference designed to educate, inform and question industry leaders along with an opportunity to network over lunch and host meetings within the the dedicated networking areas. 

We gather experts from around the globe to share their challenges and successes in managing and growing a successful cosmetic/beauty brand business. The IMF conference this coming year will address key trends emerging in 2019 and beyond.

The programme's focus is on:

• Can your professional beauty brand continue within a single channel of distribution or should it look wider and go omnichannel?
• How to build your cosmetic brand for the Chinese Consumer?
• Millennials & Connected Beauty - the growth & power of Indie Beauty Brands.

"Having the pleasure of attending the conference for the past three years, I can't recomend the event enough. Through the events multiple networking opportunities, I have managed to collaborate with other attendees on business projects such as Raquel Wing of the Clean Hub. Consequently, I now support the Clean Hub as one of the educators on their membership programme."

"Attending IMF 2018, I also connected with Lara Morgan (British entrepreneur and former CEO of Pacific Direct) and she kindly provided a one to one mentor session which gave me with valuable insight in where to focus my energies in my business."

"Shared conversations like the ones I had the pleasure of having can often help steer you and your business providing you with facts and valuable advice from lessons learnt. Investing time and resource to attend conferences in this moment in time can often reap rewards for you and your business in the future."

This year there are more than twelve diverse and informative talks with guest speakers ranging from well-known entrepreneurs to leading business experts and advisors. The speakers are there to share their knowledge, secrets to their success and will finish with an opportunity to ask any questions you may have at the end of each talk.

The feedback from previous years of the conference has been overwhelmingly positive, receiving remarks from Keisha Jo Lawler of Curl Theraphy stating that the forum is "A must for any emerging brand owner" and Gaia Tonanzi of BCM Ltd asserting that there are "Amazing networking opportunities"

Don't miss out on your chance to grow your capabilities and networks and purchase your delegate passes here.