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James Fielding
James Fielding, President, Disney Stores Worldwide
James Fielding was named president, Disney Stores Worldwide in May 2008. In this role, Fielding oversees global operations, merchandising, sales and marketing of the Disney...
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Jean-Baptiste Danet
Jean-Baptiste Danet, CEO Europe, Interbrand
JEAN-BAPTISTE DANET is responsible for the management, performance, and development of 10 offices over eight countries. A thought leader in the marketplace and a respected...
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Jeff Klinefelter
Jeff Klinefelter, managing director and senior research analyst, Piper Jaffray
Jeff Klinefelter is a managing director and senior research analyst on the consumer team at Piper Jaffray focusing on specialty retailing, youth/teens; mass merchandising; and...
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Jeffrey H. Cohen
Jeffrey H. Cohen, Managing Director and Global Head of Retail, Lazard Freres & Co. LLC
Jeff Cohen is a Managing Director and Global Head of Lazard’s Retail Group.

During his career, Mr. Cohen has worked on transactions for many of...
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Jose Gomez
Jose Gomez, Senior Vice President - Business Development, Mango
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Julio Babecki, Partner, L Capital
Julio is a Partner at L Capital since June 2007. Since he joined, Julio has been actively analysing investment opportunities in brands and specialized retail...
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Kimberley S. Kitchings
Kimberley S. Kitchings , Senior Director, Corporate Strategic Planning and Program Metrics, Cotton Incorporated
Kim Kitchings is the Senior Director of the Corporate Strategic Planning and Program Metrics Department for Cotton Incorporated.  In this role, Kitchings is responsible for...
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Launa Inman, Managing Director, Target Australia
Launa Inman was appointed Managing Director of Target Australia Pty Ltd in February 2005, a leading Australian retailer, with more than 25,000 employees and 286...
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Laura Wade-Gery, CEO, Tesco.com and Tesco Direct
Laura is CEO of Tesco.com and Tesco Direct. Laura attends the Tesco Executive Committee, and is a non Executive Director of Tesco Personal...
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Laurie Ann Goldman
Laurie Ann Goldman, CEO, Spanx
As CEO of the ultimate CYA company, Spanx, Laurie Ann Goldman has lead the way in a business that is focused on the behind.  Laurie...
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Leigh Clapham
Leigh Clapham , General Manager of European Commerce Development, MasterCard Europe
Leigh Clapham is general manager of European Commerce Development for MasterCard.  In this position, he is responsible for driving revenue and brand preference through acceptance...
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Lev Khasis
Lev Khasis, CEO, X5 Retail Group
Lev Khasis is the Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the Management Board of X5 Retail Group
 
Before the merger between “Perekrestok” and “Pyaterochka” in...
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Lim Beng Chee
Lim Beng Chee, CEO, CapitaMalls Asia Limited
Mr Lim Beng Chee is the Chief Executive Officer of CapitaMalls Asia Limited (“CMA”).

Mr Lim has more than 10 years of real estate investment...
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Marc Dietz
Marc Dietz, Vice President, Marketing, DemandTec, Inc.
Marc is responsible for all worldwide marketing at DemandTec including market definition, industry strategy and positioning, brand development, marketing communications, and sales enablement.

His expertise...
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Marianne Salmans
Marianne Salmans, Sr. Business Development Manager, Global Collect
Marianne Salmans holds a bachelor’s degree in international business.  Over the last 20 years, she has held various Marketing and Business Development positions in Germany,...
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mark rollmann
Mark Rollmann, Chief Executive Officer, Prenatal Group
Mark Rollmann is CEO of Prenatal Group, the leading mother-and-child retailer operating 450 stores in 16 countries.

Mark has an extensive and varied...
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Markus Goetz Junginger
Markus Goetz Junginger, Lead Partner, Gallup
Markus is a Partner at Gallup’s Berlin office. In this role, he advises European organisations
on performance management and strategy. He works with FTSE 500 and...
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Matt Rubel
Matt Rubel, Chairman, CEO and President, Collective Brands, Inc.
Matt Rubel brought his strategic leadership skills and extensive brand, marketing, merchandising and business knowledge to Payless ShoeSource in June, 2005.  As Chief Executive Officer...
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Michael Ross
Michael Ross, Director, eCommera
Michael founded eCommera with Andrew McGregor in 2007. Before eCommera, Michael co-founded and was CEO of Figleaves.com, which today is the world's leading online retailer...
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Michael Webster
Michael Webster, Senior Vice President & General Manager, NCR Retail & Hospitality
Michael Webster is vice president and general manager, Retail and Hospitality, NCR Corporation.  In this role, industry thought leadership, market share and competitive strategies for...
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Mindy Grossman, CEO, HSN, Inc.
A 32-year veteran of the retail and apparel industries, Mindy Grossman is Chief Executive Officer of HSN, Inc. (HSNi, formerly IAC Retailing) and a member...
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Nicola Farinetti
Nicola Farinetti, Board Member and Store Manager, Eataly
Nicola Farinetti was born in Italy in 1984. After the high school he attended the University of political science, still working as waiter in restaurants...
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Paolo Lucchetta
Paolo Lucchetta, Founder, Retail Design
Paolo Lucchetta, Architect, studied in Venice with Aldo Rossi.
Founder of Retaildesign srl, a laboratory of Architects, Designers and Artists for research and
projects in field of...
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Pascal Bollon
Pascal Bollon, Global Director Fashion, GfK
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Patrick Dickinson
Patrick Dickinson, Vice President Marketing, The Bay, The Hudson Bay Company
Patrick Dickinson has spent his working career in the study and practice of Retail Marketing. At the Toronto Offices of J. Walter Thomson and Publicis...
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Patrick Rohrbasser
Patrick Rohrbasser, Managing Director , Emnos
Patrick Rohrbasser, originating from the French-speaking area of Switzerland, studied Political Economics and Business Management at the University of St. Gallen. He started his career...
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Paul Alexander, CEO, Beyond Analysis
Paul is an industry expert whose opinion is sought by business decision makers across the world. He has extensive experience in media and advertising, and...
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Paul Charron
Paul Charron, Senior Advisor, Warburg Pincus
Paul R. Charron is currently senior advisor at Warburg Pincus, a New York-based private equity firm, and serves as a non-executive Chairman of the Board...
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Philipp Schindler
Philipp Schindler, Vice President, Northern and Central Europe, Google
Philipp Schindler joined Google in 2005 and oversees the company's operations in Northern and Central Europe (NACE), including the U.K., Ireland, the Benelux countries, Germany,...
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Richard E Last, Vice President and Director, New Business Development, JCPenney
Richard E. Last began his career with JCPenney Catalog in 1974 where he held a variety of positions in merchandise planning, inventory management, operations, strategic...
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