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Amid the pandemic, customer preferences shifted to an omnichannel experience that prioritizes ease, convenience and speed of delivery. Albertsons Companies, the second largest grocer in the U.S., is satisfying that need by building a differentiated digital shopping experience that reaches customers whenever, wherever and however they prefer to interact. As part of its transformation into a modern retailer, Albertsons continues to accelerate its digital and technology initiatives to become even more savvy and customer-centric. In this session, Chris Rupp, EVP, Chief Customer and Digital Officer, will discuss how the company is responding to the changing needs of customers and putting them first.
Chris will discuss ideas for:
Keynote Chat: Lessons Learned From Our Pivot To Connected Commerce
Signet Jewelers Connect Commerce Strategy is part of their overall “Inspiring Brilliance” strategy, which is designed to establish the company as a leader in growth and innovation. Hear from Theresa Palermo, SVP, Marketing and Connected Commerce as she discusses their transition to a digital first organization and the importance of putting the human element into their digital ecosystem. Review their methods around:
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With customers adapting to new ways of shopping, retailers are recognizing that a seamless customer experience is more important than ever before. Customers who once preferred to shop mainly in store are now shifting to curbside pickup, BOPIS or 100% online shopping. It is becoming more and more evident that customers don’t care which channel they use, as long as it is quick and easy. If they have flexible options to shop with you, and their experience is seamless, many customers are willing to pay more to get a better overall experience. Join this keynote panel discussion with executive from leading omni-channel retail companies such as Walgreens, Luxottica and the Gap, as they walk us through keeping with the pace of consumer shopping behavior changes and creating stellar customer experiences. Expect to hear about:
o What conveniences have emerged from COVID-19 that are now a new normal
o How customers have adapted quickly to digital conveniences during COVID-19
o Are these standards sustainable post COVID-19?
Klaviyo SVP Global Head Marketing Kady Srinivasan offers her perspective on growing a loyal customer base by shifting away from big tech platforms and third-party data and embracing Customer-First Marketing to flip the funnel.
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Retailers can no longer afford to ignore conversations surrounding DE&I. The Black Lives Matter movement, the uprising against racial injustice over the past year in the United States and the spotlight on violence against the AAPI community have all highlighted systemic racial disparities in the workplace as well. It affects every business and value conscious customers are expecting retailers to have a plan of action to address these disparities within their organizations. How can champions of DE&I initiatives at retail businesses take the opportunity offered by a painfully charged moment to drive real, lasting change in their organizations? Join this panel of diversity heads and uncover:
Head-to-toe lifestyle apparel brand NYDJ, a pioneer in the denim category, uses personalized text messaging to help their subscribers find the right fit. In this session, you'll learn how the brand experiments with conversational SMS to create an interactive shopping experience that delivers customer-specific product recommendations—from the perfect pair of jeans to new seasonal outfits.
Leadership teams jwere tested like never before during the Pandemic. From quick pivots that were needed to stay afloat during this unprecedented time to reimagining ecommerce operations and digital strategies, hear how Presidents and C-level executives from UNOde50, Tailored Brands and Ban.do have charted a path forward for their organizations. Discuss ideas for:
In our industry, we spend a lot of time in a cycle of overanalyzing customer journeys, coming to conclusions about the best experience for our shoppers based on incomplete data and limited tools, and adjusting strategy in the hopes of creating a positive impact on the shopper experience and our business. But as end customers ourselves, do we ask a simple question to crystalize the urgency around if what we’re doing is enough? Based on the shopper experience you currently offer…would you buy from your brand if you didn’t work there? Being close to the hurdles of digital marketing in this era makes it difficult to deliver an experience that is truly enough but the retailers that are answering this question are setting the standard for the experience your shoppers will come to expect. Join this session to hear CITY Furniture’s playbook for increasing identification, first purchase and repeat purchase rates by creating experiences that keep shoppers coming back for more.
Once a brand reliant on BOGO and other aggressive discounting to sustain growth, in recent years Pearle Vision has re-established itself in the 7% of all franchise brands, the #1 optical franchise brand and the premier neighborhood destination for eye care and eye wear. How? Through an intense focus on caring for people behind the eyes. This session will take a look at how Pearle Vision (with their brick-and-mortar fleet of neighborhood EyeCare Centers) challenged and continues to win in a hyper-promotional category through leaning into the power of small but meaningful human truths. Join Doug Zarkin, CMO for the Pearle Vision brand at Luxottica, as he walks us through their transformation.
Join us for a private discussion and luncheon highlighting how retailers can acquire new customers and drive brand loyalty beyond just BNPL solutions. Led by Klarna's Head of Partner Success, Raji Behal, and Head Commercial North America, Matthew Suraci.
According to McKinsey, Live Shopping generated $11B in sales in the U.S. in 2021 and is
expected to represent 20% of all eCommerce sales by 2026. This session will be dedicated to
driving engagement through immersive experiences like Live Shopping as well as the evolutions
of engaging web visitors including:
● Connected store associates
● Gig-economy customer experts
● Seamless chat experiences across app, web and store touchpoints
● Delivering personalized, consumer-first interactions with Live Shopping events
The first 50 attendees will receive an insulated travel tumbler mug courtesy of Otterbox, our
partner of 4 years.
Speaker: Terrence Fox serves as the Head of Sales for iAdvize North America. Previous to
iAdvize Terrence held senior roles at HubSpot & TripAdvisor. Fascinated with what drives
"brand saliency" you can view interviews Terrence has had with CX thought leaders around the
globe at https://conversation.iadvize.com/en/
With nearly 100 billion dollars in quarterly sales and more than 12 million products, it can be daunting to compete against the ecommerce giant that is Amazon.com. But as Amazon has been at the forefront of optimizing for the customer experience and growing revenue at a rapid pace, we can learn a lot from their playbook. Join our CEO & Co-Founder, Chinedu Eleanya, and our COO, Jordan Garner, for an executive-level discussion on what top-tier brands are doing in 2022 to compete and win against Amazon.
Join your peers for a private 3-course lunch and hear ProductWind CEO, Jason Kowalski discuss "HOW TO LEVERAGE INFLUENCERS TO LAUNCH PRODUCTS ACROSS RETAILERS”.
Eat, listen and network with other like-minded retail leaders for an open discussion on how to launch products better on US and global etailers, win Page 1 and R&R, drive social clicks and community awareness, and tie marketing back to sales. RSVP TODAY and be entered for a chance at winning a $500 Amazon gift card
It’s easy for brands to declare who they are, what they do, and why they do it—their brand promise. Proving it is much harder to do.
Siloed departments and disjointed customer interactions are a way of the past. To deliver the promise of best-in-class customer experience (CX), retail brands need a holistic CX strategy that spans the entire customer journey.
Top retail brands today are leading with proactive, personalized, high quality interactions with every customer - all the time, every time.
Join Ada and other CX leaders for a knowledge-sharing event on March 1st, and learn how to stand up a holistic CX strategy that will help your brand stand out.
Omnichannel quickly turned into a survival tool during the pandemic. Most retail companies had a digital strategy in place pre-COVID, which fortunately allowed them to stay afloat during the crisis. However, as the pandemic changed customer behaviors and shopping preferences, companies had to think more holistically and invest in omnichannel capabilities more rapidly than ever. Join this panel to hear how several retailers have been:
· Rolling out an improved omni-channel strategy to drive growth and sustainability
· Determining which omnichannel capabilities and investments should take priority
· Mapping out the customer journey to create a seamless omni-channel experience
· Attracting new customers and retaining customer loyalty through omnichannel opportunities
· Lessons learned and mistakes made during 2020
With the path to purchase constantly evolving, the purpose of stores must evolve as well. In this fireside chat, hear how one retailer is using their stores for online returns, shoe repairs, curbside pick up, BOPIS, and more and how they are continuously innovating to meet changing customer needs and preferences.
Customer Behavior and Retail AI Ecommerce leaders have built their own technology to power customer acquisition, attribution and engagement with AI-ready data. These leaders long ago realized that customer behavior is highly predictive of customer intent and intuition, and built systems to generate, enhance and model that behavioral data. It's time for you to join their number. After a decade of working with data-forward retailers from across the globe, we’ve developed best-in-class practices to fuel sophisticated AI- and BI ecommerce use cases using behavioral data. In this opening address, Alex Dean, CEO and Co-Founder of Snowplow will provide a brief overview of the why, what and how of behavioral data + AI.
How has Amazon impacted the customer journey since COVID? HP’s Sr. Director Marketing, CRM & Global UX / SEO, Morgan Chemij, will discuss how they’re redefining eCommerce and share some interesting facts and figures. He’ll also talk about recent, less well-known Amazon offerings, the impact of same-day shipping and how HP is approaching the Amazon ecosystem.
Your must underutilized owned media resource is your own customers. Join Matt Roche, CEO of Extole, to learn how to bring scale and process to referrals, influencers, advocacy, and incentives to drive new-to-file acquisition, awareness, and revenue and enhance your existing programmatic and email efforts
Loyalty does not just mean earning points and receiving discounts, it also means making your customers an integral part of your community and amplifying their voice to help other buyers. During this panel, learn how to set up a unique loyalty program that improves retention and builds an engaged community by
Marketplaces are everywhere and it’s easy to get overwhelmed by all of the options. What is the best strategy for starting a marketplace? In this session, hear from the SVP of Marketing at Jane, a curated online marketplace for boutique sellers as she discusses best practices around:
Brands around the world are realizing that they will need to implement changes in longstanding go-to-market models to win in the Amazon age. Chief among these necessary changes is a brand’s assertion of greater channel control, particularly as it relates to the Amazon channel, which is a key predicate to optimized growth on the platform. Brands must give careful thought to how they will control their presence and sales – both on and off the platform – to maximize revenue and profits. Without a clear control strategy in place, brands will find themselves disrupted by unauthorized sellers and caught in retailer vs. retailer battles, all to the harm of their brand value and sales figures. In this session, Daren Garcia of Vorys eControl will discuss how brands can achieve better control over online sales, move towards better MAP compliance, remove disruptive third party sellers from the platform and leverage their control efforts to drive better commercial outcomes, both on Amazon and across other channels.
Key Takeaways:
The goal of any marketer is to find ways to engage customers and drive them toward continued sales and improve CLV through personalized marketing. Companies have lost billions of dollars due to poor ecommerce personalization. Now with Google’s impending ban on 3rd party cookies in 2023 and Apple doing away with device identifiers in IOS, marketers must find a way to continue to access data. Join this session to hear how a panel of savvy brand advertisers plan to approach things like:
Executive, Capillary Technologies
In 2020, the subscription commerce market experienced monumental growth. In 2021, subscriptions proved to be a stabilizing force, driving higher AOV, LTV, and MRR than ever before. In this session, learn how subscription brands of your size and vertical performed in 2021 and get more key takeaways from Recharge’s State of Subscription Commerce report.
Personalization was key pre-COVID. Customers were happy to give over their data as long it was used to improve, streamline or personalize their experience. This remains the case. But, given the continued era of uncertainty we are headed into, it is even MORE important for retailers to personalize their messaging and engagement with customers. Join this panel to hear how several personalization powerhouse brands are bringing customized experiences to their customers by using insights & data. Expect to hear about:
Loyalty does not just mean earning points and receiving discounts, it also means making your customers an integral part of your community and amplifying their voice to help other buyers make decisions. During this fireside chat with Melanie Travis, CEO of Andie, learn how this swimwear brand developed an engaged community that created a sense of connection for consumers with their brand. She will discuss
3D, AR, VR, XR, Metaverse, and the Immersive Web are some ways to describe the next layer of the
internet. Come learn how to have the right infrastructure in place to drive real ROI in utilizing these new
technologies and bringing incredible experiences to your customers today.
- Learn how putting AR on your website today can increase sales conversions and reduce returns
- Unlock the power of 3D by using 3D assets to engage with customers on all of your customer channels
- Learn the ultimate strategies for putting content in context for your customers
Listen and be inspired by an accomplished panel of fierce femmes from companies like Lamps Plus, Lunya and Kendra Scott; then, cultivate new friendships and discuss the issues that were raised during this panel discussion
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Consumers make most, if not all, of their purchases online. Still, there are industries where the in-person experience is often the deciding factor in the sales process. So, how do companies bridge the gap between in-person and online customer experiences to boost revenue?
During this session, Amrit Dhangal, Co-Founder and CEO of Acquire, and Norm Alegria, Director of Customer Service at The Dufresne Group, offer their unique perspectives on integrated digital and in-person CX and how to use technology like chatbots and live chat to scale sales.
Join us to learn:
• How brick and mortar retailers like The Dufresne Group are going digital
• The technology they used to increase virtual sales by 100x
• Ways to turn video and live chat into a sales lifeline
• Emerging CX trends to look out for in 2022
Retailers who properly mine their data and use analytics, machine learning and AI can truly get ahead of the competition. Hear the steps need to become a more data driven organization to enhance decision making, predict customer behavior and improve your internal processes. Panelists who have this strategy in place will help to guide you through ideas for:
Join Matt Haugh, vice president of product marketing from ID.me, Gary Penn, global vice president, DTC, from Nixon and Fallon Clayton, marketing manager, Paid Partnerships, Backcountry at eTail to learn about value-based buying and how leveraging group discounts as part of your marketing strategy can:
For businesses like Hickory Farms, email is a critical channel for communicating with customers and driving revenue, especially during the busy holiday season. Like many businesses, Hickory Farms expects a significant portion of annual revenue to come in the last few weeks of the year, and with changes like Apple’s release of Mail Privacy Protection (MPP) disrupting the way marketers can track the engagement of their email campaigns, Hickory Farms needed a strategy to keep their program in check and ensure strong inbox delivery for these “make or break” campaigns. Join our session at 4:50pm PST on March 1st to hear from Jen Partin, Senior Marketing Manager, Email & SMS at Hickory Farms, and Guy Hanson, Vice President, Customer Engagement at Validity, as they share 3 strategies you can leverage to improve email marketing outcomes in a post-MPP world, and set your most important campaigns up for success, with Everest by Validity. You will get the latest, hot-off-the-press data on how Hickory Farms has leveraged the Everest email success platform to: Achieve a 100% Inbox Placement Rate on their end-of-year campaigns Improve email engagement and brand recognition year-round Drive significant YOY email revenue growth
As a retailer you have a list of best practices, tools, and strategies that you apply to your digital marketing efforts. Cross-platform reach, retargeting, email marketing—the list goes on—but what if you had a chance to combine those effective elements with the most impactful ad channel available to retailers today? Join Ali Haeri, Vice President of Marketing at MNTN, as he explains how Connected TV unlocks tried and true retail marketing best practices for television advertising. He’ll cover how you can reach specific audiences, like website visitors or loyalty program members, and immerse them in a cross-channel ad experience that drives visits, conversions, and revenue.
Big box retailers like Walmart & Target have created their own marketplaces like Amazon. So the debate around whether to compete with the big box retailers and other large marketplaces or deciding to partner with them is top of mind right now. Many retailers are realizing they can do both—have a strong and successful d2c site and also work with marketplaces and big box without diminishing their brand and reputation. Join this panel debate as we talk about both sides of this argument and understand the benefits and drawbacks of both. Expect to hear more about:
Jeff and Carey will help marketers imagine a world where every creative brief is informed with the best insights available… where ads perform better…and continuously improve…to understand which creative elements work, and which ones don’t, to help them achieve their specific objectives… a world where measurably better creative can be made at speed and scale. Audience will learn: -What is the intelligent creative movement? -How data-driven creative is giving leading marketers an advantage -How are marketers driving transformational improvements in creative effectiveness and efficiency
While the ability to order nearly every product on a subscription basis can be incredibly useful, it can also lead to a surplus of product— resulting in subscription fatigue. However, this doesn’t mean the opportunity for e-commerce subscription is dead. Rather, it means that brands considering a subscription model need to tap into consumer insights to deliver truly valuable and useful subscription products. In this case study, the Outlines team will discuss:
E-commerce growth is stressing already constrained logistics capacities and reshaping fulfillment strategies. But you can leverage your logistics capabilities to enhance e-commerce shopping experiences, improve e-commerce conversion rates and drive e-commerce growth. In this session, discover how companies can successfully use their logistics and fulfillment to differentiate against the competition.
Key takeaways
· How fulfillment and logistics can be used drive eCommerce growth
· What is personalized fulfillment experience
· Capabilities needed to enable personalized fulfillment experiences
· Benefits retailers can get by providing personalized fulfillment experience
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