The Summit
3rd - 5th November 2010
Summit Venue
The Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort & Club, Miami
Analysts estimate the retail industry will spend $159.3 billion in 2010 on initiatives that will increase investment priorities focused on the business areas of multi-channel retailing, customer experience, eCommerce, IT, digital signage, security and more.
Past and Present VIP Attendees
President eCommerce
Steve Madden
VP Customer Experience
Advanced Auto Parts
CTO
Zappos
CIO
Yum! Brands
CTO
Walgreens
President eCommerce
Steve Madden
VP Customer Experience
Advanced Auto Parts
CTO
Zappos
CIO
Yum! Brands
CTO
Walgreens
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Testimonials
Overall the conference was very well run and it was worth the money for a few reasons: a. The Retailers there were interested, energized, serious and C-Level folks that we had access to b. The NGR folks made sure that we had a full plate of meetings - we had 17 face to face in total and they were all great - no lemons in the bunch to very high level executives c. We have already paid for the investment and the follow up has been great. The retailers came ready to do business and ready to talk to us and the other vendors who participated.... I loved the format and frankly - if we had to do this individually and travel to all the retailers locations - just the travel and time - it would be worth doing this conference - but we have already gotten our ROI on what we invested and are now the lead sponsor for Miami .... so we are going back for more. I would highly recommend this to you - I would go in as a silver sponsor to try it out like we did and go from there. The venue is top notch but it is not a boondogle by any stretch - we worked the whole time but so did the retailers.
Fifth Dimension - Sheila Mulholland, VP Sales
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I found NGR to be a surprisingly good investment of time. I was able to address several needs and concerns through networking and vendor contact
Belk - Steve Shirley
Quality of delegates was excellent and the ratio of vendor to delegate was appropriate
1010data - Jim Mattecheck
This event provided me with the opportunity to network with a wide variety of creative and tactical retail executives
Charlotte Russ - Anita Cazin
This has been a great opportunity to meet senior people in well known retail organisations and quickly establish areas to explore for mutual benefit. This mixture of One-to-One Meetings, workshops and informal networking opportunities works well.
Pitney Bowes MapInfo (Sponsor)
A great use of time for busy execs, in two days I met suppliers & retailers that would have normally have taken weeks to arrange & months to execute.
Michael Dykes, former Group Head of Space Planning & Visual at DSG International plc, Best Buy
Excellently organised and well run summit to allow productive networking opportunities. Diversity of workshop, meeting and round table discussions was well balanced and overall was a very rewarding experience.
Jay DeBlank, Director Retail Product Management, Blockbuster Inc
A good networking event in a relaxed but productive environment. The format of short focussed meetings works well and is a very good use of time.
Argility (Solution Provider)
A great opportunity to learn from how other retailers and technology partners are exploring technology to drive business benefit.
Steve Mason, Group Director of Strategy Development, Alliance Boots
An excellent forum to meet and discuss experiences with peers and colleagues in the same market (retail). Left the event making same excellent contacts.
Aruna P. Withane, General Manager, Coffee Republic
Good format, good meeting environment, good use of my time.
Roy Ford, Head of IT, Spar UK Ltd
Excellent forum for meeting other retailers and exchanging experiences.
Carol Kaye, Head Profit Protection, Focus DIY
I was positively surprised by the depth of the One-to-One Meetings as well as to the ratio of follow-up activities.
Liaison (Sponsor)
The set-up and smooth organisation enabled everybody to open-up and identify/create many business opportunities. Good jobs!
Fifth Dimension (Sponsor)
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