Retail Congress attracts delegates from 50 countries

Taking place from September 29 to October 1 in Paris, The World Retail Congress is set to gather retail industry executives from more than 50 countries. It will see more than 1500 retail CEOs, chairmen, presidents and MDs meet to discuss strategic retail opportunities. Over 165 expert speakers will be sharing their insight and experience on how they will be developing their strategy to respond to retailing in this era of disruption. Few of the main speakers are William Fung, Group Chairman, Li & Fung, Sanjeev Mohanty, MD, Benetton India, Ayana Parsons, Head of Retail, World Economic Forum, Mukesh Bansal, Founder and CEO, Myntra.com, Sudhitham Chirathivat, former Executive Chairman, Central Group, Ken Murphy, MD- International & Brands, Alliance Boots, Robin Terrell, Group Multi-channel Director, Tesco. With the theme “Retailing in an age of disruption”, the three-day congress will discuss topics including-The Retail Disruptors – Understanding the new breed of agile, innovative retailers, Millennial Shoppers – Getting to grips with this new customer demographic, Re-defining customer experience – Meeting the ‘I need it now’ culture and Emerging Markets – New growth market opportunities.