The Retail Conference 2012 - Wednesday 19th September
The Retail Conference 2012 takes place on 19th September 2012 once again at America Square Conference Centre.
Now in its 6th year, this fantastic event still offers retailers FREE attendance.
We expect to welcome between 250 and 300 attendees on the day. Attendees of the 2011 event represented senior management of retailers including:
* Tesco * La Senza * Neals Yard Therapies * Hoopers of Stortford* The Officers Club * John Lewis * Superdrug * Crabtree & Evelyn * Marks & Spencer * JD Williams * BPL Shoes * William Hunt Savile Row * Conran & Company * Alliance Boots * Feather & Black * ASDA * Allders of Croydon * Sainsbury's * Agnes B * Historic Royal Palaces * New Look * Carpetright * Dixons * Hallmark * The Dune Group * Coopers of Stortford * Scotts & Co * Carphone Warehouse * Comet Group * Figleaves.com * Halfords * The Alzheimers Society * Home Retail Group * Jones Bootmaker * Ann Summers * Shop Direct Group * Fortnum & Mason * Charles Tyrwhitt * Everything Everywhere * Primark * Maplin Electronics * M & Co * Betterware * High & Mighty * National Trust * The Disney Store * Bathstore * DFS * W H Smith * Blacks Leisure * Victoria Plumb * Cancer Research * Waitrose * W M Morrisons * 99p Stores * Screwfix *
- Attendance of The Retail Conference is only offered FREE to retailers' employees, directors and owners.
- FREE attendance is limited to a maximum of 4 delegates per retail company.
- If additional delegates wish to attend then a charge of £250+VAT per additional delegate is made.
- Charities, colleges and universities, not-for-profit, and government organisations, are required to pay a reduced non-retailer attendance fee of £250+VAT.
- All other non-retail attendees are required to pay an attendance fee of £500+VAT.
- If you qualify for FREE attendance, should you cancel your place within 28 days of the event date, or fail to attend on the day, then a cancellation charge of £250+VAT will be invoiced to the company you represent, the details of which you are required to provided to complete your registration form.
What you can expect from your FREE attendance
The Retail Conference is
FREE for retailers, but don't be fooled,
just because it's free doesn't mean it's cheap! Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors you will be well catered for throughout the day, and spoilt for choice of excellent content!
The Retail Conference has been offering retailers FREE attendance now for 6 years! When you attend you will benefit from:
- Hearing success stories from engaging speakers who are guaranteed to be either retailers or leading experts in a highly topical field
- Expanding your knowledge through topical workshops
- Debating a hot-topic with expert panellists in the panel discussion
- Gaining an insight into what other retailers are doing with real world case studies
- Networking time with other retailers, sharing experiences, issues and challenges
- Taking time out to focus on what really matters to you in your business
- Renewed passion and enthusiasm and some great new ideas to put into practice!
The Retail Conference is
the UK's leading retail industry focused event encompassing keynote seminars, workshops, thought-leadership and networking for senior decision makers and those who define business strategy in the retail sector.
The Retail Conference is
the not-to-be-missed event offering engaging content,
delivered by retailers for retailers, enabling you to expand your knowledge and
gain insight into what the rest of the market is up to!
Amongst all of the many retail events available, The Retail Conference is the only one of its type to be offered
FREE of charge to retailers.
So, what does 'Spoilt for choice of excellent content' really mean?
We have created an agenda structure that
offers an amazing choice to delegates, with
something for everyone and
not a moment of the day is wasted.
As a registered delegate you will have the opportunity to participate in your choice of:
- Up to 5 out of 15 Workshops - you can delve a little deeper into specific topics
- Up to 15 Keynote Seminars - you will hear from retail expert speakers sharing real-life case studies from their own experiences
- An Interactive Panel Discussion - you can quiz the panellists, exploring relevant, current issues
The
flexible agenda ensures you can
make best use of your time on the day and enables you to
take time-out to think about how you would apply the ideas that come to your business.
Global Retailing - The theme for The Retail Conference 2012
As 2012 is the year when London hosts the Olympics we've chosen the theme of 'Global Retailing'. On their registration forms many of the 2011 delegates stated that their biggest challenge was international expansion. As a result The Retail Conference 2012 will focus on this as our main theme for the day.
We will focus on 3 topics:
- Effective global retailing: The practical, operational risks and opportunities from overseas expansion.
- Global is the sum of many locals: Balancing being a global retailer whilst also presenting a relevant local offer in each community you service.
- The 'globally connected consumer': Reflecting on the ongoing and rapid penetration of mobile technologies and the access this gives consumers to social-connectedness; enabling consumers to have a global reach!
