Michael Hughes | eTail Palm Springs

eTail Palm Springs 2025

February 24 - 27, 2025

JW Marriott Desert Springs, Palm Springs, CA

Michael Hughes

Chief Executive Officer Plush Beds

Michael Hughes is an experienced entrepreneur with a track record that extends over 25 years in both e-commerce and offline direct selling. It’s Michael’s commitment to excellence in craftsmanship and to a superior customer experience that has driven PlushBeds to become one of America’s largest online retailers of natural latex mattresses that are as affordable as they are indulgent. In 2011, Michael founded the Natural Latex Company, a 50,000sf manufacturing facility in Moorpark, CA which has become one of America’s largest providers of certified organic latex. Prior to PlushBeds, Michael was a Senior Vice President with a subsidiary of Citigroup.

Day Three: Thursday, February 27: Visions for The Retail Future

12:40 PM C SUITE CONVERSATIONS Sustainable Retail: Embedding Environmental Responsibility into Your Core Business Values

  • Looking at the importance of sustainability for the success of your business with an emphasis on future cost savings 
  • Becoming an effective change agent for your company’s sustainability agenda 
  • Approaching sustainability holistically and determining how it should fit in with other existing initiatives and business practices 
  • Establishing, measuring and sustaining goals around sustainability 
  • Making sustainability part of the brand experience and creating opportunities for the consumers to experience it

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Michael.

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