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The World Retail Congress is a fixture in retail leader's diaries around the world.

• 'Authenticity' key to celebrity branding, says Tommy Hilfiger
• Building right team is the biggest challenge for retail leaders
• Carrefour pushes new hypermarket format
• Smartphones put the power into customers' hands
• Mango remains committed to store growth
• Retailers must respond to store challenge
• Retailers plan for a multichannel future
• Mobile presence is now crucial for retailers
• Retailers must link customer data with social info, says Facebook
• Africa of increasing interest for retailers
• Store chains can leverage cost savings over pure players
• Luxury 'alive and well' insists Tansky
• Brands increasingly important in China
• Brazil: land of opportunity
• Data crucial for learning about future customers
• Moscow still focus for Russian retail expansion
• Debenhams would consider international click-and-collect
• Cracking the German market
• Employment levels key to restoration of retail spending
• Retailers need to know customers in detail, says Mandac
• Thacker calls on retail to have faith in 'big ideas'
• Poor growth for retailers predicted in Europe
• Multichannel leads the way as ecommerce sales grow
• The Great Divide
  26 September 2011, World Retail Congress opening day
  • Global retail research released on World Retail Congress opening day
  • Asian retailers most optimistic about domestic consumer confidence
  • Retailers expect retail sales in China to double in next three years
  • Australian retailers most pessimistic about both short term growth and consumer confidence
  • Online sales anticipated to grow by an average of 10% globally
• MasterCard demonstrates global retail commitment at the World Retail Congress 2011