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Retail Speakers
Keynote and conference speakers on today’s retail industry.
With the challenge of Amazon and the rise of the on-line retail industry the high street, shops and stores are going through enormous challenges. Speakers advise on the the way forward in food distribution industry, in supermarkets, in department stores, retail brands, in independent stores and in the casual dining sector. And now in 2020 Covid-19 has disrupted the retail sector even further, with serious challenges in getting stores back up and running, long-standing retail brands tested in a new business environment, and retail commercial real estate set for major change.
Kate Ancketill
With enormous shifts in consumer expectations, retail and technology, Kate Ancketill shows businesses how to adapt, innovate and where to best invest resources. ... [more]
Kinvara Balfour
Kinvara Balfour won the Lloyd's Bank Fashion Challenge out of 29,000 entries aged just 16. She is now one of the worlds leading fashion writers and advises culture-conscious brands on connecting with the global youth and fashion markets.... [more]
Barbara Cassani
Barbara Cassani is a respected expert on leadership and start-up management. She founded the low cost airline Go and spearheaded the successful London 2012 Olympic bid. Barbara Cassani is currently a partner in 3x + Y Ventures and a highly valued bus... [more]
Julie Deane
Established The Cambridge Satchel Company with her mother in 2008 with £600, today it is valued at £40 million. She is committed to preserving British manufacturing and supporting start-up businesses.... [more]
Fraser Doherty
Founder of SuperJam and 'Entrepreneur in Residence' at London Metropolitan University.... [more]
Simon Gulliford
Former Marketing Director of Sears, EMAP plc, Standard Life plc and Group Marketing Director for Barclays plc. A globally significant figure in marketing and business development.... [more]
Allan Leighton
Allan Leighton is credited with the turnaround of Asda Stores Ltd which he joined in 1992, having developed his career at Mars Group. Following Wal-Mart's aquisition of Asda in 1999 he became President and CEO of Wal-Mart Europe until 2000. He was ch... [more]
Malcolm Levene
Malcolm Levene coaches business and political figures on how to improve communication and to develop and improve their personal brands.... [more]
Mary Portas
Mary Portas speaks on consumer behaviour and the retail economy with a critical insight born of decades of practical experience and examines how the best retailers can respond to market trends in an increasingly digital era.... [more]
Gerald Ratner
Former CEO of jewellery company Ratner's Group and founder of geraldonline.com. Renowned for his infamously damaging speech of 1991 to the Institute of Directors.... [more]
Stuart Rose
Former Chief Executive of Argos plc, Booker plc, Arcadia Group plc and Marks & Spencer plc. He also served as Chairman of M&S.... [more]
Richard Shotton
Richard Shotton explains the motivations and behaviours that drive people's buying decisions. ... [more]
Cate Trotter
Cate Trotter is one of the retail industry's most influential people - helping brands to survive and thrive.... [more]
Joe Twyman
One of the UK's best known and most respected political and electoral pollsters, co-founder and director of Deltapoll.... [more]
Jonathan Warburton
One of the UK's most recognised business leaders, Jonathan Warburton speaks with authority, knowledge, and passion.... [more]
Simon Woodroffe
Started YO! Sushi and Yotel. He appeared as a dragon in the very first series of BBC2's business show, Dragon's Den.... [more]
