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1000 + senior retail experts attending
The World Retail Congress will bring together over 1000 senior executives from the global retail industry. DON'T MISS OUT - register on this site today or call +44 (0) 20 7554 5808 to register over the phone.
Hear from over 130+ leading retail industry executives and visionaries. See the latest programme for more details. The speakers include:
![]() Gordon Segal Chairman/Co-Founder Crate and Barrel |
![]() Angela Ahrendts CEO Burberry |
![]() Bijou Kurien President & CEO Reliance Retail |
Bernie Brooks CEO Myer |
![]() Sir Stuart Rose Chairman Marks & Spencer |
![]() Philipp Schindler VP N&C Europe |
![]() Lev Khasis CEO X5 Retail Group N.V. |
![]() Mindy Grossman CEO HSN, Inc. |
![]() Sir Martin Sorrell CEO WPP |
![]() Matt Rubel Chairman, CEO & President Collective Brands |
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![]() Launa Inman CEO Target Australia |
![]() Simon Fox CEO HMV |
![]() Tony DeNunzio Chairman Maxeda |
![]() Jose Gomez VP of Bus. Development Mango |
![]() Claus Jeul-Jensen Managing Director Netto International |
130+ speakers confirmed for October's World Retail Congress including:
Teri Agins, Freelance Journalist, The Wall Street Journal
Angela Ahrendts, CEO, Burberry
Paul Alexander, CEO, Beyond Analysis
Duncan Angove, General Manager & Senior VP Retail, Oracle
Susan Aubrey-Cound, Director of Multi-Channel Development, M&S
Julio Babecki, Director, L Capital
Gianni Baylo, Senior VP, National Geographic Stores
Lim Beng Chee, CEO, CapitaMalls Asia
Hugo Bethlem, Executive Director, Pão de Açúcar
James Bidwell, Former Managing Director, Anthropologie Europe
Pascal Bollon, Global Director Fashion, GfK
Bernie Brookes, CEO, Myer
Amanda Carr, Senior Editor, WGSN
Paul Charron, Former Chairman, Liz Claiborne
Ian Cheshire, CEO, Kingfisher
Leigh Clapham, General Manager of European Commerce Development, Mastercard
Jeffrey Cohen, Global Head of Retail, Lazard
Neil Cole, CEO, Iconix
Rick Darling, President, Li & Fung US
Claudio Del Vecchio, Chairman & CEO, Brooks Brothers
Tony DeNunzio, Executive Chairman, Maxeda
Patrick Dickinson, Vice President of Marketing, The Bay
Ronan Faherty, Commercial Director, Land Securities
Peter Flade, European Managing Partner, Gallup
Simon Fox, CEO, HMV
Jose Gomez, Vice President of Business Development, Mango
Michael Gould, Chairman & CEO, Bloomingdale’s
James Greenfield, CEO, Kenzo
Joe Gromek, Chairman, Warnaco
Mindy Grossman, CEO, HSN, Inc.
Isak Halfon, International Director, Mango
A.J. Hanna, Senior Vice President of Global Key Accounts, Western Union
Gilbert Harrison, Chairman, Financo
Lawrence Hutter, Leader of Global Consumer Practice, Deloitte
Launa Inman, CEO, Target Australia
Fadi Jabbour, Head of Retail Operations, Chalhoub Group
Henry Jackson, Chairman, Merchant Equity Partners
Renuka Jagtiani, Director, Landmark Group
Andrew Jennings, Former Managing Director, Woolworths (SA)
Carl Juel-Jensen, Managing Director, Netto International
Dr Ira Kalish, Director of Global Research, Deloitte
Gunender Kapur, President, Reliance Retail (Foods)
Antony Karabus, President, Karabus
Lev Khasis, CEO, X5 Retail Group
Jeffrey Klinefelter, Senior Research Analyst, Piper Jaffray
Heinz Krogner, Chairman, Esprit
Sandra Krommes, Head of Corporation Strategy, BMW
Eric Kuhne, Founder, Eric R. Kuhne & Associates
Bijou Kurien, President, Reliance Lifestyle
Concetta Lanciaux, CEO, Luxadvisory
Isaac L. Daniel, CEO, Casinix Exchange, Inc.
Rinat Mukhametvaleev, Executive Director, Trest SCM
Mehmet Nane, General Manager, Teknosa
Sarita Nayyaar, Senior Director, World Economic Forum
Rob Norman, Global CEO, GroupM Interaction
Mark Olbrich, Executive Director of Supervisory Board, Komex
Michael Poynor, Managing Director, Retail Expertise
Jill Puleri, Global Retail Leader, IBM Global Business Services
Tierney Remick, Global Managing Partner, Korn Ferry International
Bryan Roberts, Global Research Director, Planet Retail
Patrick Rohbasser, CEO, Emnos
Mark Rollmann, CEO, Prenatal
David Roth, CEO, WPP The Store
Matt Rubel, Chairman, CEO and President, Collective Brands, Inc.
Susan Rose, Partner, 5one
John Ryan, Stores Editor, Retail Week
Marianne Salmans, Senior Business Development Manager, Global Collect
Sean Sands, Research Fellow, Monash University
Philipp Schindler, Vice President of Northern & Central Europe, Google
Gordon Segal, Chairman & Co-Founder, Crate and Barrel
Shahram Shamsaee, Senior Vice President, Majid Al Futtaim
Derek Smith, Vice President of Product Marketing, DemandTec, Inc.
Arvind Singhal, Chairman, Technopak
Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO, WPP
Tony Stockil, CEO, Javelin Group
Sarah Taylor, Senior Industry Director of EMEA & Asia Pacific, Oracle
Gertrude Tumpel Gugerell, Executive Board, European Central Bank
Bob Thacker, Senior Vice President of Marketing & Advertising, OfficeMax, Inc.
Alan Treadgold, Head of Retail Strategy, Leo Burnett
Fabrizio Valente, Chairman, Kiki Lab
Juliet Warkentin, Content Director, WGSN
Michael Webster, Senior Vice President and General Manager, NCR Retail and Hospitality
Patience Wheatcroft, Editor-in-Chief, Wall Street Journal Europe
Robin Wight, President, The Engine Room Group
Lucy Wu, Vice Secretary General, China Chain Store & Franchise Association (CCFA)
Li WeiWei, Deputy Director, Beijing Municipal Commerce Committee
Adam Yan, President, eFuture Information Technology
Join 1000+ retail leaders from Monday 25 October:
Look who'll be in Berlin this October:
What is World Retail Congress?
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An industry-devised, board-level forum that discusses issues affecting the international retail industry; covering core sector issues as well as social, economic, political and ethical concerns |
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Three days of business-critical content, focused on the global retail CEO agenda in a variety of formats designed to evoke meaningful exchange between you and your peers on and off stage |
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100 leading retail industry speakers addressing your key issues |
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Over 20 hours of quality networking opportunities with other retail business heads |
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The landmark of a year in retail – rewarding innovation with the Oracle World Retail Awards, celebrating fresh talent with the Retail Futures Challenge and noting years of blood, sweat and tears in the name of retail for those that are nominated in the World Retail Hall of Fame |
What is new for World Retail Congress 2010?
- The highly acclaimed Retail Futures Challenge will be expanded with more retail colleges from around the world sending their brightest and best retail students to Berlin and for Congress delegates to select the winning team
- Executive roundtables: smaller workshop formats that will allow delegates to experience first-hand the very latest online, digital and social networking channels soon to be adopted by consumers
- Retail study tours as well as receptions and the Gala Dinner key networking events that will be held in the heart of the city
Who’s steering the content for this year’s Congress?
See the full list of Advisory Board members here.































