Columbus, OH, January 29, 2007--Some of the retail industry’s leading analysts will explore the Top 15 trends that will challenge retailers and suppliers in the years ahead at Retail Forward’s Strategic Outlook Conference, Retailing 2015: New Frontiers to be held in April and May 2007.
Hundreds of senior executives in strategy, marketing, consumer insights, merchandising, category management, business development and market research are expected to convene at Retail Forward’s 2007 Strategic Outlook Conference to learn:
• How the shopper landscape will evolve
• Where suppliers will find growth
• What new formats and concepts will develop
• Which new technologies will change the balance of power
• What tomorrow’s retail enterprise will look like
Conference sessions include:
Shopper 2015. This session will focus on the most important changes that will occur among shoppers—both in the United States and around the world—and their implications for retailers and suppliers.
Supplier 2015. This session will detail how suppliers and supplier strategies will evolve between now and 2015.
Connecting with Customers: Formats for the Future. This session will examine new formats and new concepts that will develop as retailers look for opportunities to sustain growth and create more relevant customer touchpoints.
Tools and Technologies 2015. This session focuses on new technologies such as RFID, wireless broadband, and in-store media, the tools they will breed and, more importantly, how they threaten to change the balance of power in consumer products marketing forever.
Managing the Triple Bottom Line. In this session, attendees will learn how global, social and ethical forces will shape the management and leadership of tomorrow’s retail enterprise.
Retailing 2015: Top 15 Trends. This session wraps up the Top 15 trends that will challenge retailers and suppliers in the coming years and delivers insights on how retailers and suppliers can best navigate the road to 2015.
All conference attendees will receive an advanced copy of Retailing 2015, a special report from Retail Forward and sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The Retail Forward 2007 Strategic Outlook Conference will be held in four cities across the United States and Canada and is free to members of the Retail Forward Intelligence System™. Specific dates and locations include:
April 19, 2007—San Francisco Airport Marriott, Burlingame, Calif.
April 25, 2007—Hyatt Regency Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
May 2, 2007—Sheraton Toronto Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 16, 2007—Crowne Plaza Times Square, New York, N.Y.
Conference sponsors include PricewaterhouseCoopers, ExactTarget, TNS, Alliance Data, and Crossmark.
Conference details and registration information are available online at www.retailforward.com.
