Members of the AD PHCP Business Unit gathered from May 3 to 5 at the AD PHCP Spring Network Meeting in-person for the first time since 2019 with a record breaking 401 individuals in attendance. 

The Embassy, WIT and AD buying groups each held meetings in the late summer, early fall. Here are some of the key takeaways from each event.

Effective January 1, 2019, AD buying group announces merger with IDC-USA.

The AD buying group PHCP divisions recently hosted their record-breaking Spring Network Meeting.

Member sales grew by 11% to $28 billion. Purchases from AD suppliers grew by 16%. Distributions to members were up 13%.

Hurricane Irma to impact Orlando area where conferences were to be held.

Buying group AD recently hosted more than 100 human-resources decision-makers and rising stars

Buying group reports total sales of $8.9 billion in Q1.

The AD buying group announced the addition of Jeff Hockin.

More than 230 eCommerce leaders within 140 AD member organizations were in attendance.