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A Summit for Physical Product Brands

From Product
to Profit.

You built the product. Now build the business. One day in a room with the retail buyers, investors, inventory financiers, and operators who help physical product brands scale.

Save my seat For CPG, food and beverage, alcohol, apparel, accessories, beauty and wellness, toys, and more. Limited seats
WHERELuminary NYC HQ
TIME8:30 AM –
4:00 PM ET
DATEDec 9Wednesday, 2026

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A full day summit built exclusively for product based founders, alongside the retail buyers, investors, and industry specialists who support them. Panels featuring top-tier service professionals and brand builders headline the morning, followed by networking, table talks, and targeted office hours in the afternoon. Physical product businesses need the buyers, the funders, and the operators in one room. This summit puts them there!

Who's in the room

Founders
Physical product founders across CPG, food and beverage, alcohol, apparel, accessories, beauty and wellness, toys, and more
Retail Buyers
Retail buyers and merchandising leaders from major department, specialty, and mass retailers
Investors
Venture capitalists, angel investors, and inventory financiers focused on consumer brands
Finance
Fractional CFOs, accountants, and finance experts for growing product businesses
Operations
Manufacturing, sourcing, and 3PL or logistics partners
Brand Experts
Legal, branding, marketing, and PR experts who support product businesses

The agenda

Start the day by meeting the founders, buyers, and experts in the room.

A welcome from your hosts, Cate Luzio and Michelle Hsiao.

Cate Luzio,  Founder & CEO, Luminary

Michelle Hsiao, Founder, Revenue Growth Advisors

Options for brands to fund inventory and growth at every stage, from bootstrapping to angels, venture capital, and inventory financing.

Sarah Foley, Managing Partner, InviNext Growth Partners

Emma Pratt Usich, Co-Founder, Girl Math Capital

Moderated by Cate Luzio, Founder & CEO, Luminary

The legal, accounting, and operating systems to lock in before you grow.

Trice Pruitt, Founder & Fractional CFO, Ecom Fractional CFO Group

How to manufacture, market, and sell without burning through your cash or burning out your supply chain or margins.

What it takes to get noticed by retailers, pitch with confidence, and secure shelf (or site) space, from the retailers themselves.

Camille Bell, CEO & Co-founder, POUNDCAKE

The real story of building a product business: the wins, the losses, and the learnings.

Karen Cardoso, Owner & Designer, Bolsa Nova Handbags

What to do with what you've heard and how to use the afternoon.
Keep the conversations going over lunch, with industry-specific table talks.
Book time with experts in funding, legal, finance, operations, and retail.

The Speakers

Cate About Us Headshot (2)

Cate Luzio

Founder & CEO, Luminary

Michelle Hsiao-1

Michelle Hsiao

Founder, Revenue Growth Advisors

Sarah Foley

Sarah Foley

Managing Partner, InviNext Growth Partners

Camille Bell

Camille Bell

CEO & Co-founder, POUNDCAKE

Trice Pruitt

Trice Pruitt

Founder & Fractional CFO, Ecom Fractional CFO Group

Emma Pratt

Emma Pratt Usich

Co-Founder, Girl Math Capital

Karen Cardoso-1

Karen Cardoso

Owner & Designer, Bolsa Nova Handbags

More speakers and sponsors will be announced soon. We are assembling an incredible lineup of retail buyers, investors, founders, and industry experts, along with sponsors who back physical product brands.

About Luminary

Luminary is a multimillion-dollar global B2C and B2B professional education and networking platform, with a coworking space based in New York City. With more than 15,000 Members and over 100 enterprise Members worldwide, Luminary connects professionals through programming, events, and a network built on real relationships.

About Revenue Growth Advisors

Revenue Growth Advisors (RGA) is a fractional COO and consulting practice that supports growth for product businesses in jewelry, apparel, wholesale food, shoes, toys, wellness, and more. Founded by Michelle Hsiao, a twenty-year retail leader from buyer to SVP at Macy's, Lord and Taylor, and Boscov's, RGA helps founders with manufacturing, profitability, retail readiness, and scaling operations.

Come sit at our table.

Founders/brands, buyers, investors, and experts who support physical product brands, join us in the room.