2017 Final Agenda

Every retailer values repeat shoppers, yet many still struggle to build loyalty programs that will drive consumers back to their sites and stores. This session will look at the tactics retailers are using to get shoppers to sign up for and use their own individual loyalty programs and which loyalty benefits are proving the most attractive to consumers.

Retailers and brands must not just identify upcoming trends, but also manufacture and distribute products quickly enough to fill shoppers' carts before the trend wanes and another begins. In this session, you'll hear leading solution providers and brands discuss how they design and manufacture products in increasingly shorter cycles to meet consumers' desire for the latest fashion trends.

Influencers today are a part of almost every large company's marketing strategy. Working with the right mix of influencers is critical to increasing engagement and conversion. In this session, leading solution providers, brands and influencers will discuss best practices for creating a unique and authentic connection with customers through influencers that have both large- and small-scale audiences.

In this session, we'll look at how brands across all categories are leveraging marketplaces to sell their products. From US-based marketplaces to those that enable brands to sell directly into new international markets, join us to better understand the opportunities enabled by these growing sales channels for brands.

The payments landscape has changed considerably: Today retailers are focused on a wide range of topics, from how to address the mobile wallet opportunity to how to streamline the checkout experience. In this session, you'll hear from payments leaders who will discuss how retailers are thinking through these issues as they strive to ensure a seamless experience for shoppers.

New technologies are enabling retailers to move beyond basic recommendations and provide personalized experiences to customers based on data-driven understanding of their needs, preferences and behavior. Hear retailers discuss how they are deploying these technologies to revolutionize both their marketing and overall digital strategies.

In this session, leading solution providers and brands will delve into the best practices for getting the most of out of pop-up stores, from picking the right locations and assortments to using innovative designs and technologies to engage shoppers. Join us to hear how retailers are using pop-ups to create buzz and how they are incorporating lessons from these short-term experiences back into their core business.

Pricing remains as much art as science, and there is no one right way for retailers to optimize their product pricing. This session will address topics ranging from dynamic pricing to unified pricing across channels and weigh which approaches have been proven most successful for different types of businesses.