World Retail Congress 2010

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 Google	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	Concetta Lanciaux CEO Luxadvisory	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
 

HSN, Inc. // Tesco // Bloomingdales // Metro // Kesko  // The Walt Disney Company // Apax Partners // eBay // WPP // Crate & Barrel // Target // Kingfisher // Li & Fung // Wall Street Journal // FT // Ikea // Netto International // Bloomberg // World Economic Forum US// Google // Marjane Holding  // Redevco Turkey // Systembolaget AB // Mango // Azadea Group Holding SAL // Colin's // Deckers Outdoor Corporation // SOK Ostolaskupalvelu// Anthropologie // Group M Interaction // Milliyet // Bain Capital // Lyngby Storcenter // Tchibo // Woolworths (SA) // LVMH // New Look Group // Groupe Adeo // HMV // Interbrand // JC Penney // Saga Falabela S.A. // Die Speicherconsorten GmbH // Bazaarvoice Limited // Limited Brands, Inc. // Biba Apparels Pvt. Ltd. // Eurocash S.A. // Stockmann // Levi Strauss // Migros Ticaret A.S. // Engrotus d.d. // BoConcept // Boots // Telekom Shop  // Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH // Marks & Spencer // Prepay Solutions // IADs // Compass Communications // Campbell Soup Company // LIM College // ABC Plaza Shopping // Fabindia // Visa Europe // Prenatal Spa // ID Design A/S // C&A Buying // Icon Live // Happychic // IC Companys A/S // Landmark Group // Spanx // Eataly/Spazio Ambasciatori // Gratis Ic Ve Dis Ticaret A.S. // Brita Water Filter Systems // Coop Adriatica // Anttila Oy // VV-Auto Group Oy // Mercator // Mr Price Group Limited // Ozen Alisveris Hizmetleri Tekstil Insaat San. Tic. Sti // Chalhoub Group // The Bay // The Body Shop International // Warnaco, Inc. // X5 // Fashion Retail Academy // Telenet Pazarlama ve Tanitim Hizm Sti // Falabella Retail S.A. // Fawaz A. AlHokair // MasterCard // Validus AS // Helly Hansen AS // Migros // Reliance Retail // Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Limited // Ogretmen Gorap Fabrikasi A.S. // El Corte Ingles S.A. // National Geographic Stores // Sligro Food Group Nederland BV // CBR Fashion Holding GmbH // Otto International // Al-Azizia Panda United Inc. // Waitrose // Fawaz Al Hokhair // Aldo Group International // Dunnes Stores // IDEmobler // Game // Team A Ventures // Belfer Management LLC // Foschini Retail Group //O Boticario // Pao de Acucar // Destination Maternity Corp // Irmaos Vila Nova, SA // Intres B.V. // Maxeda // Sumatra // BNDES // Oracle // Hervis Sport // Target Australia // Parfois // Iconix // RILA // General Pants Group // abcdin // Liwa Trading Enterprises // ILVA // Lazard // Debenhams // Paperchase Products Limited // Rautakesko // Vita // Nokia Stores // Lagardere Services // Stockland // Bizim Toplu Tuketim A.S. // S. Oliver Bernd Freier GmbH // Radikal Gazetesi // Teknosa Ic ve Dis Ticaret A.S. // Rainbow Department Store // Berenberg Bank // Brown Shoe Company // The Eat Out Group S.L. // Warner Bros. // YKM // Service Sales Corporation Pvt. Ltd. // GfK // Ulker-Pasifik & BTT // Fozzy Group // Forest Sweaters Pvt. Ltd. // Brooks Brothers // Office Depot Europe BV // Myer // Ogilvy // Thomas Sabo GmbH & Co. KG // The Guardian // Danske Mode & Textil // Bunnings Group // BMW // M-Video // Koton // Deutche Bank AG // FLEXA AS // ESpares // Collective Brands, Inc. // Polbita Sp. z.o.o. // Burberry // Sandro Paris // Rona, Inc. // Bernd Frier Textilhandel GmbH // Kenzo // The Times // CNBC // Leo Burnett // Spar International // M.H. Alshaya Co. W.L.L // Apax Partners // BNP Paribas // Waitrose

	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
	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
	100 leading retail industry speakers addressing your key issues
	Over 20 hours of quality networking opportunities with other retail business heads
	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

After 3 successful years in Barcelona, this year World Retail Congress will take place in the city of Berlin and returns with several new features:

• 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

Teknosa, LuxAdvisory, Woolworths SA, M.H. Alshaya Co. W.L.L, Mango, Financo, Inc., Tesco, Shoppers Stop, Li & Fung, Oracle, Kingfisher, CCFA, Pao de Acucar, Myer, Inditex, OC & C Strategy Consultants, Fawaz Al Hokhair, Target Australia, Federated Department Stores, Inc., Wumart Stores, Inc. and Landmark Group

See the full list of Advisory Board members here.

Read our key retailer interviews with:

 Mindy Grossman, CEO, HSN, Inc.

 Bijou Kurien

 Launa Inman, Managing Director, Target Australia Pty Ltd