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Download the World Retail Congress 2011 - Post Event Report

More than 950 top global retail
experts gathered in Berlin for the 5th
World Retail Congress

The key facts for the World Retail Congress in 2011:

• 950+ delegates representing the biggest organisations in retail
• 100+ thought-leading speakers
• Speakers included Tommy Hilfiger, Sir Martin Sorrell, Rick Darling, Burt Tansky
• 28 retail leaders on the advisory board driving Congress content and strategy
• 10 Oracle World Retail Award winners
• Download the Awards Brochure
• Download the World Retail Congress 2011 - Key Highlights Summary by the Department of Marketing Australian Centre for Retail Studies, Monash University

Oracle World Retail Award Winners

 

 

 

 

 

Hear the benefits of attending World Retail Congress, from leading global retailers

Brendan Hoffman

President & CEO , Lord & Taylor
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Gilbert Harrison

Chairman, Financo
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Michael Gould

Chairman & CEO, Bloomingdale's
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Rick Darling

President, Li & Fung US
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What do the leaders of global retail have to say about the World Retail Congress?

The state of the global retail sector is outlined today in a report by the World Retail Congress, following an international survey of 100 C-suite directors at retailers with an annual turnover of more than $1 billion, 60% of whom are the chairman, CEO, president or managing director.

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Jacques Levy: A Tribute

Sadly, Jacques Levy, the former president and chief executive officer of Sephora, died on 1st January 2012 after a long illness.

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News from WRC

• 'Authenticity' key to celebrity branding, says Tommy Hilfiger
• Building right team is the biggest challenge for retail leaders
• Carrefour pushes new hypermarket format

Who spoke at the 5th annual World Retail Congress?

• 
  Teri Agins
  Former Fashion Editor, Wall Street Journal
• 
  Mohammed Al Fahim
  CEO, Paris Gallery
• 
  Dana Armstrong
  Managing Director, inspireRD,
• 
  Chris Aubrey
  VP Global Retail Marketing Sport Performance, Adidas
• 
  Sait Ayaydin
  Retail Management Division Head, Turkcell
• 
  Jean-Christophe Babin
  CEO, Tag Heuer
• 
  Lim Beng Chee
  CEO, CapitaMalls Asia Limited
• 
  John Blackburn
  Vice President, Global Retail Strategy and Business Development, IBM
• 
  Bill Brand
  CMO, HSNi
• 
  Daniela Bretthauer
  Head of Research - Brazil, Raymond James
• 
  Adam Brinkworth
  Director, Brinkworth
• 
  Matt Brittin
  Managing Director, UK & Ireland, Google, Non Executive Director, Sainsbury’s
• 
  Bernie Brookes
  CEO, Myer Limited
• 
  Eric Broussard
  Vice President - International Seller Services, Amazon
• 
  Alastair Bruce
  Director Retail & Travel, Google ASG
• 
  Ernst Burgbacher
  Parliamentary State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology
• 
  Martin Butler
  Author and Lecturer
• 
  Dr. Gordon Campbell
  CEO, Spar International
• 
  Alex Cara
  Vice President - Head of Global Partnerships, ESPRIT
• 
  José Carlos Gonzalez-Hurtado
  CCO, Carrefour
• 
  Eduardo Carriquiry
  Commercial Vice President, Ripley Peru
• 
  Ian Cheshire
  Group Chief Executive, Kingfisher Plc
• 
  Elle Chute
  Co-founder and Principal, Chute Gerdeman
• 
  Jeffery H. Cohen
  Managing Director and Global Head of Retail, Lazard Freres & Co. LLC
• 
  Tracy Corrigan
  Editor-in-chief, The Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal
• 
  Anders Dahlvig
  Non executive director, H&M and Kingfisher
• 
  Rick Darling
  President, Li & Fung US
• 
  Tony DeNunzio
  Chairman, Maxeda
• 
  Luke Dowdney
  CEO & Founder, LUTA
• 
  Cedric Ducrocq
  CEO, Dia-Mart/ Ebeltoft France
• 
  Mark Edwards
  President and Founder, Red Dot Square Solutions
• 
  Kobi Elbaz
  Director, Client Solutions, Hewlett Packard Personal Systems Group EMEA
• 
  Mark Faithfull
  Editor, Retail Property Analyst
• 
  Francesco Farinetti
  Eataly
• 
  Rodney Fitch
  Professor of Retail Design, Delft University
• 
  Peter Fitzgerald
  Director for Retail, Technology and Business markets, Google UK
• 
  Friedrich Fleischmann
  Global Director, International Retail Services, GfK Retail & Technology
• 
  Simon Forster
  Director of Ecommerce, Debenhams
• 
  John Fraser
  Divisional Executive, Woolworths SA
• 
  Michael Gatti
  Senior Vice President, National Rail Federation
• 
  Peter Gold
  Head of Cross-Border Retail, CB Richard Ellis
• 
  Jose Gomez
  VP International Expansion, Mango
• 
  Alex Gourlay
  CEO, Health and Beauty Division, Alliance Boots
• 
  James Greenfield
  Managing Director, Paper Rain Group
• 
  Robert Gregory
  Senior Analyst, Planet Retail
• 
  Joseph Gromek
  President and CEO, Warnaco
• 
  Janet Grove
  Corporate Vice Chairman, Macy’s Inc
• 
  Isak Halfon
  Board Member and Executive Vice President, International Expansion
• 
  Gilbert Harrison
  Chairman, Financo
• 
  Jörg Hensen
  Director Northern Europe, vente-privee.com
• 
  Tommy Hilfiger
  Principal Designer & Founder, Tommy Hilfiger Group
• 
  Launa Inman
  CEO, Target Australia
• 
  Michael Jary
  Worldwide Managing Partner, OC&C Strategy Consultants
• 
  Norman Jaskolka
  President, ALDO Group International
• 
  Andrew Jennings
  CEO, Karstadt
• 
  Herman Joerg
  Head of Visual Merchandising, C&A
• 
  Ajit Joshi
  CEO & Managing Director, Infiniti
• 
  David Judge
  Creative Director, Judge Gill
• 
  Nikhil Nathwani Kakad
  Head of Retail Europe, Desigual
• 
  Ira Kalish
  Director of Consumer Business, Deloitte Research
• 
  Sanjay Kapoor
  Managing Director, Genesis Luxury
• 
  Susanna Kempe
  CEO, WGSN
• 
  Kim Kitchings
  Senior Director, Cotton Incorporated
• 
  Jeffrey Klinefelter
  Senior Research Analyst, Piper Jaffray
• 
  Bijou Kurien
  President and CEO, Reliance Lifestyle
• 
  Melanie Kusin
  Vice Chairman, KornFerry International
• 
  Fabio Leoncini
  Managing Director, Luxury Goods Division, Loro Piana
• 
  Tzvia Leviev
  Chairperson of the Board, AFI Group
• 
  Richard Lloyd-Owen
  UK Consumer Business Practice Head and Global Co-Lead for the Retail Practice, Deloitte
• 
  Caito Maia
  Founder, Chilli Beans
• 
  Lovro Mandac
  Chairman, Galeria Kaufhof & Vice President,, HDE
• 
  Tina Manikas
  Global Retail & Promotions Officer, Draftfcb
• 
  Andy Mantis
  Group Head Merchant Information Services, MasterCard Advisors
• 
  Paul Martin
  Managing Director, Planet Retail
• 
  Lluis Martinez-Ribes
  Associate Professor of Retail Innovation, ESADE Business School
• 
  Uvarova Mary
  Business Development Director, Tochka Opory
• 
  Michael Massey
  Chief Executive Officer, President, General Counsel & Secretary, Collective Brands, Inc.
• 
  John McCarvel
  CEO and President, Crocs.Inc
• 
  Ian McGarrigle
  Congress Director, World Retail Congress
• 
  Rick Mills
  Group Director of Strategy and Corporate Development, Alliance Boots
• 
  Christian Naether
  Senior Partner and Managing Director, Apax Partners Worldwide
• 
  Richard Offermann
  Director of Service Industry, Germany Trade & Invest
• 
  Mark Olbrich
  Principal, Olbrich Resource – Europe
• 
  Frederico de Aguiar Oldani
  CFO, Hering
• 
  Manish Patel
  Regional Director – EU & South Africa, Retail Decisions
• 
  Javier Perez
  Europe CEO, Mastercard Worldwide
• 
  Jorge Pont
  Assistant to the Chairman and Director of International Affairs, El Corte Ingles
• 
  Guilhem Porcheron
  CEO Groupe, JARDILAND
• 
  Michael Poynor
  Managing Director, Retail Expertise
• 
  Tierney Remick
  Global Managing Partner, Korn Ferry International
• 
  David Roth
  CEO, WPP The Store
• 
  Matt Rubel
  Senior Advisor, TPG Capital.
• 
  John Ryan
  Stores Editor, Retail Week
• 
  Sean Sands
  Research Fellow, Australia Centre for Retail Studies, Monash University
• 
  Gavin Sathianathan
  Head of Commerce Partnerships, Facebook
• 
  Hans Schmitt
  Managing Director, Warnaco EMEA
• 
  Gleb Shcherbakov
  Business Development Director, Tochka Opory
• 
  Mike Shearwood
  Chief Executive Officer, Aurora Fashions Ltd
• 
  Govind Shrikhande
  Managing Director, Shopper’s Stop
• 
  Arvind Singhal
  Chairman& Managing Director, Technopak
• 
  Sir Martin Sorrell
  CEO, WPP Group
• 
  Tony Stockil
  CEO, Javelin Group
• 
  Steve Stoute
  Founder & CEO, Translation
• 
  Weiming Sun
  Vice President, Suning
• 
  Stephen Sunnucks
  European President and International Franchise, Gap Inc
• 
  Burt Tansky
  Chairman, Neiman Marcus
• 
  Daniel Terberger
  CEO, Katag AG
• 
  Bob Thacker
  CMO, OfficeMax
• 
  Philip Thomas
  CEO, Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
• 
  Simon Threadkell
  Store Design Director, Tesco
• 
  Dr Alan Treadgold
  Global Head of Retail Strategy, Leo Burnett
• 
  Fabrizio Valente
  Founder Partner, Kiki Lab/ Ebeltoft Italy
• 
  Thomas Varghese
  CEO, Aditya Birla Retail Ltd
• 
  Tobias Wasmuht
  Retail and Marketing Director, Spar International
• 
  Mike Webster
  Senior Vice President and General Manager, Oracle Retail
• 
  Mung Ki Woo
  Group Executive, Mobile, Mastercard Worldwide
• 
  Nathan Yao
  Vice President, Jing Dong Mall
• 
  Yilmaz YILMAZ
  Chairman, KOTON

Which retailers attended the World Retail Congress in September?

Azizia Panda / Icon Live / IKEA / Roca Sanitario / Nokia / Irmãos Vila Nova / C&A / ABC / Benetton  / Helly Hansen / Netrauta / Ted Bed / Myer / Prenatal / Metro / Swarovski / eBay / Hervis Sport / Azadea Group / Swisscom  / Sligro Food / Limited Brands / Argos / Aldo / Meno Group / Calvin Klein / Officeworks / New Look / Desigual / Crate & Barrel / Groupe Jardiland / Eurodif / Woolworths SA / Timberland / Collective Brands / Karstadt / Debenhams / Apparel Group / Hamleys / Disney Stores / Mr Price Group / 24 Seven / Titan Industries / Galeries Lafayette / Destination Maternity / Schweitzer / Interflora / The Dune Group / Paris Gallery / Adidas / Sainsbury's / Amazon / Carrefour / H&M / Kingfisher / Luta Pela Paz / Alliance Boots / Macy's / LVMH / Warnaco / Tommy Hilfiger / Target / Chilli Beans / Shoppers Stop / Neiman Marcus / SPAR International / Suning ...plus hundreds more!

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