How to manage costs through strategy, not through brute force
Over 160 senior retailers have already registered to find the answers to retailing in a downturn and network with their peers at our two day Retail Summit – Free for retailers to attend – Read on to see who else is speaking.
With the credit crunch and the threat of redundancies, retailers are finding it increasingly difficult to ensure consumers keep spending. Those retailers with highly tailored, forward thinking strategies, however, are viewing the current economy as an opportunity to increase sales and market share, strengthen and protect their businesses and engage their customers to maximise loyalty.
But how can you prosper and an exceptionally challenging environment? How can you offer a customer experience that really drives loyalty and stands out from the crowd? How can you use a variety of channels to maximise your sales and which growth opportunities offer your business the best opportunities to enhance your business?
The Retail Bulletin Summit 2009, sponsored by Kurt Salmon Associates will allow a wide variety of retail executives to benchmark their initiatives and share ideas to enable increased market share and customer loyalty through recession proof retail strategies.
This interactive 2 day summit has been designed to allow retail executives to network and discuss best practices. The speaker program introduces a fresh line up of exciting speakers far removed from the usual retailers that regularly appear on the conference circuit. This event won’t just look at the issues facing retail – it will look at how to address them during interactive discussion and panel debates with presentations from speakers working at the coalface of their organisations.
Speakers already confirmed for the summit include:
Sir Brian Pitman, Former Chairman and CEO, Lloyds TSB Group; Former Chairman, Next plc and currently Director of The Carphone Warehouse Group plc.
- Colin Temple, Managing Director, Schuh
- Gillian Berkmen, Commercial Director, Mothercare
- Clive Hutchings, Chief Executive, Allied Carpets
- Judith Levy, CEO, High and Mighty Group
- Meg Lustman, Chief Strategy Officer, Mosaic Fashions
- Dr Patrick Allen, Executive Director of Marketing, Co-operative Group
- Ruth Girardet, Corporate Responsibility Director, Tesco
- Nicky Hill, Director of HR- Stores, Boots UK
- Jonathon Brown, Director of Multi Channel, B & Q
- Helen Mountney, UK Managing Partner, Kurt Salmon Associates
- Jan Buckingham, Director of Global Values, Body Shop
- Claire Balmforth, Group HR Director, Carpetright PLC
- Catriona Marshall, Commercial Director, Pets at Home
- Andy Moat, Director of Organisation Development, B & Q
- Brian Farrelly, Director of Broadcasting, QVC
- Richard Lowe, Corporate Director, Retail and Wholesale Sector, Barclays Commercial Bank
- Francesca Ecsery, General Manager UK, Cheapflights
- Dr Paul Pritchard, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Royal and SunAlliance
- Adri Kraa, Head of Shop Online!, IKEA
- Sonia Sharples, Head of Human Resources, Poundland Ltd
- Xavier Vallee, Head of Direct Marketing EMEA, Avis Europe plc
- Julie Mathers, Head of CSR, Baugur Group
- David Oliver, Head of Marketing Programmes, Hertz Europe
- Gillian Lipton, Corporate Responsibility Manager, Monsoon Accessorize
There are a limited number of complimentary places for senior retail executives available for this Summit. Choose day 1 or day 2 or both. To apply for your place, email: janeh@theretailbulletin.com
To see the full program click here
