Event History

The World Retail Congress has welcomed over 350 speakers since it was launched in 2007. As the most important gathering of the global retail industry, we are proud to state that we have included on the programmes presidents, CEOs or directors from many of the world’s biggest and most important retailers: Wal-Mart, Carrefour, Tesco, Metro, JC Penney, Macys, Aeon, Toys R Us, Target, Inditex, Galeries Lafayette and Mango, to name but a few. Speakers have also been drawn from all of the fastest growing and newly emerged retail markets such as China, India, Russia and Brazil. Included amongst the list of speakers have also been leading global suppliers to the retail industry such as Procter & Gamble, Li & Fung and Estee Lauder.

The Congress has also welcomed key international figures from trade, regulatory control and politics including Ministers from China, Brazil and European Union as well as Pascal Lamy, director general of the World Trade Organisation and George Kell, head of the United Nations Global Compact Group. Delegates have been able to benefit from hearing keynote speeches from retail veterans such as Marvin Traub, the US retail legend as well as today’s biggest CEOs influencing retail’s direction such as John Donahoe, President and CEO of eBay. 

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