Retail Week Conference
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Retail Week Conference is an annual event designed to bring together members of the retail industry. The event is hosted by the magazine brand, Retail Week
, which belongs to emap
- a B2B
publishing company. Each year, leaders of retail are invited to speak at the conference about relevant and topical issues facing modern retailers. Popular themes have included: consumer trends that are defining the future of business, e commerce and multichannel logistics, and the shape of the economy.
The first Retail Week Conference was in 1991. In 2011, Retail Week Conference celebrated its 20th Anniversary with an exclusive birthday party honouring icons, legends and celebrities of retail in the past 20 years. 2012 Retail Week Conference will take place on 14th-15th March.
Sir Stuart Rose
"Property costs are coming down and if we hang in there they will come down again,"
Bob Willet
"Eco-sourcing, organic sustainability, are the new buzz words. Retailers now need to offer stock that represents ever-increasing value for money and the right provenance - this has to improve every season"
Terry Green
"I should have told them that if that was the way the market was going, we should give serious thought to going in the opposite direction"
Anita Roddick
"The public mood is not just anti big business it is anti supermarkets. But if the supermarkets are not prepared to put up a spokesman to defend their position, they are on a losing wicket."
'Archie Norman'
Retail Week
Retail Week is a UK-based news magazine covering the retail industry.Founded in 1988 by financial journalist Patience Wheatcroft and her husband Tony Salter, it is now owned by the business magazine publisher EMAP.The magazine is published every Friday...
, which belongs to emap
EMAP
Emap Limited is a British media company, specialising in the production of business-to-business magazines, and the organisation of business events and conferences...
- a B2B
Business-to-business
Business-to-business describes commerce transactions between businesses, such as between a manufacturer and a wholesaler, or between a wholesaler and a retailer...
publishing company. Each year, leaders of retail are invited to speak at the conference about relevant and topical issues facing modern retailers. Popular themes have included: consumer trends that are defining the future of business, e commerce and multichannel logistics, and the shape of the economy.
The first Retail Week Conference was in 1991. In 2011, Retail Week Conference celebrated its 20th Anniversary with an exclusive birthday party honouring icons, legends and celebrities of retail in the past 20 years. 2012 Retail Week Conference will take place on 14th-15th March.
Past speakers
- Archie NormanArchie NormanArchibald John Norman is a British businessman and politician. He is at present the only FTSE 100 chairman to have sat in the House of Commons. On 18 November 2009, Norman was announced as the new chairman of ITV plc...
- Jim O'NeillJim O'Neill (economist)Jim O'Neill is presently the Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. He was previously head of global economic research and commodities and strategy research at Goldman Sachs. He is best known for his prominent economic thesis regarding the economically related nations referred to as BRICs...
- Andy Clarke
- Carl McPhail
- Ian MacLaurin
- Anita RoddickAnita RoddickDame Anita Roddick, DBE was a British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner, best known as the founder of The Body Shop, a cosmetics company producing and retailing beauty products that shaped ethical consumerism...
- Charles DunstoneCharles DunstoneCharles Dunstone is the CEO and co-founder, in 1989, of mobile phone retailer The Carphone Warehouse.-Education:...
- Stuart RoseStuart RoseSir Stuart Alan Ransom Rose is a British businessman, who was the executive chairman of the British retailer Marks & Spencer. For this role he was paid an annual salary of £1,130,000...
- Philip GreenPhilip GreenSir Philip Green is a British businessman. Green was born into a Jewish family in 1952, beginning as a businessman at the age of 15. The first and last quoted company Green took lead of was "Amber Day", from which he stepped down as CEO and Chairman in 1992...
- Geoffrey MulcahyGeoffrey MulcahySir Geoffrey John Mulcahy is a leading British businessman who led Kingfisher plc, the FTSE 100 Index company.-Career:Born in Sunderland and educated at The King's School, Worcester, Manchester University and Harvard University , Geoffrey Mulcahy started at Esso before moving to British Sugar and...
- Stuart HampsonStuart HampsonSir Stuart Hampson, is current Chairman of The Crown Estate and former chairman of the John Lewis Partnership. He was the fourth person to be appointed and held the position since 1993...
- Nigel RobertsonNigel RobertsonNigel Alexander Spencer Robertson is a successful entrepreneur, best known as the founder of Freepages Plc . Nigel was included in the 2005 Sunday Times Rich List and Monaco's Rich List 2007.-Biography:...
- Justin KingJustin King (businessman)Justin Matthew King, CBE is a British businessman, who is the CEO of J Sainsbury plc, parent company of the supermarket chain Sainsbury's.King was previously Director of Food at Marks and Spencer and has held senior positions at Asda...
- Allan LeightonAllan LeightonAllan Leighton is an English businessman, former CEO of Asda and former non-executive Chairman of the Royal Mail.-Biography:Born in Hereford, the son of a Co-op stores manager, he was raised in Oxford...
- Robert Templeman
- Tim WaterstoneTim WaterstoneTim Waterstone is the founder of the United Kingdom bookselling retail chain Waterstone's. Waterstone's now employs 4,500 staff, is the largest specialist bookseller in Europe, with stores in the UK, Holland, Belgium and Ireland, and is the third largest bookseller in the world.- Early life and...
- Martha Lane FoxMartha Lane FoxMartha Lane Fox is an English businesswoman and charity trustee, who has been engaged as a public servant chairperson on various e-commerce projects and investigations...
- Terence ConranTerence ConranSir Terence Orby Conran, FCSD, is an English designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer.-Early life and education:Terence Conran was born in Kingston upon Thames, the son of Christina Mabel and South African-born Gerard Rupert Conran, a businessman who owned a rubber importation company in East...
- Terry LeahyTerry LeahySir Terry Leahy is a former CEO of Tesco, the largest British supermarket chain.He lives in Cuffley, Hertfordshire, with his wife, Alison and his three children.- Early life :...
- Burton TanskyBurton TanskyBurton M. Tansky is an American department store executive who retired as president and chief executive officer of The Neiman Marcus Group Summer of 2010....
- Brad AndersonBrad Anderson (executive)Bradbury "Brad" Anderson is the former CEO and Vice Chairman of consumer electronics retailer Best Buy. He retired on 6/22/11 and was replaced by Brian J. Dunn. In fiscal 2006, he earned a salary of $1,164,283 and a bonus of $2,692,250. His annual compensation for fiscal year 2007 was $5.6...
- Jack StrawJack StrawJack Straw , British politician.Jack Straw may also refer to:* Jack Straw , English* "Jack Straw" , 1971 song by the Grateful Dead* Jack Straw by W...
- John GummerJohn GummerJohn Selwyn Gummer, Baron Deben, PC is a British Conservative Party politician, formerly Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal, now a member of the House of Lords. He is Chairman of the environmental consultancy company Sancroft International and Chairman of Veolia Water...
Published quotes from Retail Week Conference
“It’s not as if I’m Pol Pot here, going round and chopping off heads"Sir Stuart Rose
"Property costs are coming down and if we hang in there they will come down again,"
Bob Willet
"Eco-sourcing, organic sustainability, are the new buzz words. Retailers now need to offer stock that represents ever-increasing value for money and the right provenance - this has to improve every season"
Terry Green
"I should have told them that if that was the way the market was going, we should give serious thought to going in the opposite direction"
Anita Roddick
"The public mood is not just anti big business it is anti supermarkets. But if the supermarkets are not prepared to put up a spokesman to defend their position, they are on a losing wicket."
'Archie Norman'
Associated events
- World Architecture FestivalWorld Architecture FestivalThe World Architecture Festival is an annual event held in Barcelona organised by EMAP, a media group that runs other festivals, including the World Retail Congress and Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, as well as publishes various journals, including within the field of...
- DrapersDrapersDrapers, formerly Drapers Record, was founded on 6 August 1887 as a magazine for the women's clothing retail trade. It is now the leading weekly business-to-business magazine covering the fashion retail sector...
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2012 Advisory Board
- Simon FoxSimon FoxSimon Andrew David Fox is a drummer who played in different rock bands during the 1970s and the 1980s, most notably the progressive rock group Be-Bop Deluxe.His earliest band was Hackensack, during the 1970s...
,CEO, HMV Group - Ben Gordon,CEO, Mothercare
- Alex Gourlay,Chief Executive Health & Beauty, Alliance Boots
- Will Kernan,Group Managing Director, New Look
- Tanya Lawler,Director of Digital, Sainsbury’s
- Ben Lewis,CEO, River Island
- Richard Pennycook,Group Finance Director, Morrisons
- Rob Templeman,Chairman, British Retail Consortium
- Robin Terrell,Executive Director, House of Fraser International
- Angus Thirlwell,Co-founder & Chief Executive, Hotel Chocolat
Retail Week Conference 2012 Programme
Top 10 Themes- Cross-channel retailing: leveraging both digital and physical channels to accelerate your business strategy
- The social media explosion: evolving your business culture to embrace and leverage this snowballing phenomenon
- Unlocking international opportunities for growth: honing the right strategy for your business
- The future face of the high street and what this means for your stores portfolio
- Putting product at the heart of retail: how do you tailor your proposition for your future customers
- Understanding and preparing for the impact of the changing dynamics in global supply chain
- Putting the entrepreneur back into retail: how are the rising stars winning market share?
- Customer insight: turning data into business intelligence to inform your future
- The new consumer: the redistribution of power between shoppers and brands
- Creating a borderless world: how ecommerce is opening doors to new markets
2012 Speakers
- Mark Bolland, Chief Executive, Marks and Spencer
- Richard Brasher,UK CEO, Tesco
- Ian CheshireIan CheshireIan Cheshire, born London 12 April 1936 is a Scottish petroleum engineer who developed the Eclipse reservoir simulator. He has most recently worked for Schlumberger where he was a Schlumberger Fellow from 1999 to 2003....
,Group Chief Executive, Kingfisher Group - Mark Newton-Jones,Chief Executive, Shop Direct Group
- Chris North,Managing Director, Amazon UK
- Rory SutherlandRory SutherlandRory Sutherland is a professional road bicycle racer from Canberra, Australia, riding for UCI Professional Continental team UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis...
, Vice Chairman, Ogilvy Group UK - Nicole Vanderbilt, Chief Executive, mydeco.com