Venue
Javits Center
Javits Center, 655 W. 34th St, New York, NY 10001, USA

What is Qwoted?

Qwoted is a free expert network: we help reporters connect with experts & we help those same experts build relationships with top reporters.

Event Date Sun Jan 13 EST - Tue Jan 15 EST (almost 6 years ago)
Location Javits Center
655 W. 34th St, New York, NY 10001, USA
Region Americas
Details

Retail’s Big Show is the world's biggest retail conference, bringing together the largest gathering of industry executives from across the globe. Attendees learn the latest retail trends and get an unparalleled view into how retail brands of all sizes are transforming themselves for the digital age. The event offers unique networking opportunities and a glimpse of the latest technologies and solutions for retailers.

Speakers

2019 Speakers

Alex Adelman
Co-Founder and CEO, Lolli

Shaye C. Anderson
Director of Program Management, Customer Experience, Nordstrom, Inc.

Pano Anthos
Founder and Managing Director, XRC Labs

Chris Baldwin
Chairman, President and CEO, BJ’s Wholesale Club

Steven J. Barr
Consumer Markets Leader, PwC

Karen Beebe
Chief Information Officer, vineyard vines

Jeff Beer
Senior Staff Editor, Fast Company

David Behen
CIO, La-z-Boy

Natalie Berg
Retail Analyst, Author & Founder, NBK Retail

Chip Bergh
President and CEO, Levi Strauss & Co.

Nick Bertram
President, GIANT Food Stores, LLC

Beck Besecker
Founder and CEO, Marxent

Steven Blitz
Chief US Economist, TS Lombard

Neil Blumenthal
Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Warby Parker

Larry Bohn
Managing Director, General Catalyst

Brett Bonner
Vice President, Research and Development, Kroger

David Bouffard
VP, Corporate Affairs, Signet Jewelers Ltd.

Jill Braff
President, BRIT + Co

Shelley Bransten
Corporate Vice President, Retail & Consumer Goods Industries, Microsoft

Harlan Bratcher
Global Business Development Head, JD Fashion, JD.com

Jen Braunschweiger
VP, Brand Marketing, MM.LaFleur

Ryan Brazelton
Executive Creative Director, Interbrand

Tim Brown
Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Allbirds

Stacy Brown-Philpot
CEO, TaskRabbit

Eric Caballero
Vice President and General Manager, The Walt Disney Company

Sara Castellanos
Reporter, CIO Journal, The Wall Street Journal

Manish Chandra
Founder and CEO, Poshmark

Francois Chaubard
CEO, Focal Systems, Inc.

Hui Cheng
Head of Robotics Research, Silicon Valley Research and Development Center, JD.com

Gabrielle Chou
Founder and CEO, Allure Systems

Mark Chrystal
Chief Analytics Officer, rue21

Rachel Cohen
Co-Founder and Co-CEO, SNOWE

Brian Cornell
Board Chairman and CEO, Target Corp.

Alexandre Tadeu da Costa
Founder & CEO, Cacau Show

Katherine Cullen
Director, Retail and Consumer Insights, National Retail Federation

Emily S. Culp
President, Cover FX, KEDS

Healey Cypher
CEO, ZIVELO

David Dancer
CMO, MedMen

Ellen Davis
SVP, National Retail Federation
President, NRF Foundation

Jason Del Rey
Senior Editor, Commerce, Recode

Diane Dietz
President and CEO, Rodan + Fields

Sutian Dong
Partner, Female Founders Fund

Margo Downs
Chief People and Culture Officer, Stitch Fix

Mike Dudas
Founder and CEO, The Block

Jeremy Duimstra
Co-Founder and CEO, MJD Interactive

Jill Dvorak
Sr. Director, Digital Retail, National Retail Federation

Ray Ehscheid, RDI
Dir., Client Services, Retail and Financial Sectors, IA Interior Architects

Marvin R. Ellison
President & Chief Executive Officer, Lowe's Companies, Inc.

Scott Emmons
Director and Founder, Innovation Lab, The Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.

J. Michael Evans
President, Alibaba Group

Bouchra Ezzahraoui
Co-Founder, AUrate

Jessica Fardin
SVP Worldwide Marketing, Episerver

Susan Feldman
Founder, In the Groove

Chris Fralic
Board Partner, First Round

Scott Friend
Managing Director, Bain Capital Ventures

John Frierson
President, Fred Segal

James Fripp
Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, YUM! Brands

Mike Futch
President, Tompkins Robotics

Scott Galloway
Founder, L2 Inc, now Gartner L2

Carissa Ganelli
Chief Digital Officer, Subway®

Bala Ganesh
Vice President, Corporate Engineering, UPS

Lindon Gao
Co-Founder and CEO, Caper

Michelle Garvey
Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, J. Crew

Jeff Gennette
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Macy's, Inc.

Al Gerrie
Co-Founder and CEO, ZigZag Global

Michael Gilbert
EVP, Product Development, Kohl's

Nicholas Goad
Partner and Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group

Alex Gourlay
Co-COO, Walgreens Boots Alliance

Michelle Grant
Head of Retailing, Euromonitor International

Dayna Grayson
Partner, New Enterprise Associates

Drew Green
CEO, INDOCHINO

Kirsten Green
Founder and Managing Partner, Forerunner Ventures

Joanna Griffiths
Founder & CEO, KNIX

Mindy Grossman
President and Chief Executive Officer, WW International, Inc.

Steve Gu
Co-Founder and CEO, AiFi

Steve Gutentag
Co-Founder, Keeps

Amy Hall
VP, Social Consciousness, Eileen Fisher, Inc.

Jonathan Hall
Product & Brand Marketing Director, JennAir, Whirlpool

Jeff Halverson
VP, Store Operations and New Store Development, Ulta Beauty

Sarah Halzack
Retail columnist, Bloomberg Opinion, Bloomberg

David Hardiman-Evans
Senior Vice President, North America, Ocado Group

Chris Hardisty
VP, Retail and Digital, Lacoste

Karen Harvey
CEO, Karen Harvey Consulting Group, Founder, Fashion Tech Forum & INDX

Liz Heller
Managing Partner, memBrain LLC

Dave Henderson
President, U.S. Operations

Emily Heyward
Co-Founder and Chief Strategist
Red Antler

John Hill
CIO and SVP, Planning
Carhartt

Daniel Hodges
CEO
Consumers in Motion Tours

Joan Hornig
CEO and Jewelry Designer
Joan Hornig Jewelry

Yao Huang
Founder and Managing Partner
The Hatchery

Christine Hunsicker
CEO and Founder, CaaStle

Constance Hunter
Principal and Chief Economist, KPMG LLP

Shelly Ibach
President and CEO, Sleep Number

Phillip Jackson
Host, Future Commerce

Mikkel Holm Jensen
VP of Creative, BARK

Clay Johnson
Executive Vice President and Enterprise Chief Information Officer, Walmart Inc.

Hubert Joly
Chairman and CEO, Best Buy Co., Inc.

Matt Jones
Senior Director, Online and Mobile
The Home Depot, Ira Kalish

Chief Global Economist, Deloitte

Cheryl Kaplan
President and Co-Founder, M.Gemi

Sophie Kelly
Senior Vice President of North American Whiskey, Diageo

Alia Kemet
Director, Creative and Digital Strategy, McCormick and Company

Suzan Kereere
Head of Global Merchant Client Group, Visa Inc.

Richard Kestenbaum
Co-Founder and Partner, Triangle Capital

Sharad Kharé
Co-Founder, Documentarian, Digital Journalist, Film Maker, Kharé Communications

Jeremy King
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Walmart, Inc.

Sucharita Kodali
Vice President, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research

Madhu Konety
Founder and CEO, IceCream Labs Inc

Nancy Krawczyk
Vice President of Partner and Member Engagement, Network of Executive Women

Ali Kriegsman
Co-Founder and COO, Bulletin

Stephen Kuhl
Co-Founder and CEO, Burrow

Lily Kunin
Founder, Clean Market

Liza Landsman
Venture Partner, New Enterprise Associates

Kate Ross LeBlanc
Co-Founder and CEO, Saje Natural Wellness

Nicole Leinbach Reyhle
Founder, Retail Minded

Adam Levene
Founder and CEO, Hero

Steve Liesman
Senior Economics Reporter, CNBC

Andrew Lipsman
Principal Analyst, Retail and eCommerce, eMarketer

Josh Luber
CEO and Co-Founder, StockX

Rose Marcario
President and Chief Executive Officer, Patagonia Works and Patagonia, Inc.

David Marcotte
Senior Vice President Strategic Advisory Services, Kantar Consulting, WPP

Anthony Marino
President, thredUP

Stephanie Martz
SVP & General Counsel, NRF

Rafeh Masood
SVP and Chief Digital Officer, BJ's Wholesale Club Inc.

Mark Mathews
VP, Research Development and Industry Analysis, National Retail Federation

Todd McClement, SPHR
Director, Talent Acquisition, Kohl's Department Stores

Ian McGarrigle
Chairman, World Retail Congress

Peter McGuinness
Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer, Chobani

Rodney McMullen
Chairman of the Board and CEO, The Kroger Co.

Stephanie Mehta
Editor in Chief, Fast Company

Sarah Miller
SVP, CIO
Neiman Marcus

Rebecca Minkoff
Co-Founder and Creative Director, Rebecca Minkoff

Eileen Mockus
President and CEO, COYUCHI

Nick Molnar
Co-Founder and CEO, Afterpay

Eleanor Morgan
Chief Experience Officer, Casper

Gwen Morrison
CEO, The Americas and Australasia, The Store - WPP

Krishna Motukuri
Co-Founder and CEO, Zippin

Ayr Muir
Founder and CEO, Clover Food Lab

Jessica Murphy
Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer, True Fit

Ken Nisch
Chairman, JGA

Vibhu Norby
CEO and Co-Founder, b8ta

Jamie Nordstrom
President of Stores, Nordstrom, Inc.

John Oberon
President, DecisionMines

Edward H.J. Park
SVP, North America, Guess?, Inc.

Christiane Pendarvis
Senior Vice President – E-Commerce, Full Beauty Brands

Lee Peterson
EVP, Brand, Strategy and Design, WD Partners

Lars Petersson
President, IKEA U.S.

Greg Petro
Founder and CEO, First Insight

Rich Pierson
Co-Founder and CEO, Headspace

Francesco Pinto
International Development Director, Pianoforte Holdings, SpA

Steven Platt
Director and Research Fellow, Retail Analytics Council (RAC)

Pradeep Pydah
Founder and CEO, Maxerience

Diane Randolph
Chief Information Officer, ULTA Beauty

Rich Roll
Author, Podcast Host, Wellness Pioneer + Endurance Athlete, Rich Roll Entpr., LLC

Meaghan Rose
CEO and Founder, Rocksbox

Tim Rowland
CEO, Badger Technologies

Michael G. Rubin
Founder and Executive Chairman, Fanatics

Aaron Sanandres
Co-Founder and CEO, UNTUCKit

Eric Schelling
Head of Global Talent Acquisition, The Home Depot

Shannon Schuyler
Chief Purpose Officer, PwC

Ken Seiff
Managing Director, Blockchange Ventures

Alberto Serrentino
Founding Partner, Varese Retail

Asaf Shapira
Founder and CEO, Mystore-E

Tina Sharkey
CEO and Co-Founder, Brandless

Matthew Shay
President and CEO, National Retail Federation

Rachel Shechtman
Founder & CEO, STORY

Emily Sheetz
VP, Strategy Development and Execution, Sheetz

Janet Sherlock
Chief Information Officer, Ralph Lauren

Rod Sides
Vice Chairman and U.S. Leader, Retail, Wholesale and Distribution Practice, Deloitte LLP

Scott Silverman
Co-Founder, GELF

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy
President, StubHub

Joe Skorupa
Editorial Director, RIS News

Amy Smith
Chief Giving Officer, TOMS

Karalyn Smith
Senior Vice President, HR, Sephora

Rob Smith
Founder, The Phluid Project

Jay Sole
Executive Director, UBS Securities LLC

Jostein Solheim
Head of Foods & Refreshment Division, North America, Unilever

Veronika Sonsev
Partner, Chameleon Collective

Edward W. Stack
Chairman and CEO, Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.

Jon Staff
Co-Founder and CEO, Getaway

Doug Straton
Chief Digital Commerce Officer, The Hershey Company

Kara Swisher
Host, Recode Decode Podcast; Contributor, New York Times; Co-Founder and Editor-at-Large, Recode

Oliver Tan
Co-Founder and CEO, ViSenze

Joy Tang
CEO, Markable AI

Carolyn Tastad
Group President, North America, and Executive Sponsor of Gender Equality, P&G

Mark Taylor
Managing Director, Global Lead Customer Engagement, Capgemini Invent

Bindu Thota
VP, Technology, zulily

Susan Tynan
Founder and CEO, Framebridge

Adam Valkin
Managing Director, General Catalyst

Bridget van Kralingen
SVP, Global Industries, Clients, Platforms & Blockchain, IBM Corporation

Lilliana Vazquez
Co-Founder, Tesoro

Albert Vita
Director, In-Store Experience and Visual Merchandising, The Home Depot

Karen Voelker
Global Lead, Customer Innovation Network, Accenture

Massimo Volpe
Chairman, FIRAE, General Manager, Retail Institute Italy

Jason Wachob
Founder and CEO, mindbodygreen

John Wantz
CEO, EVERY*

Seth Webb
Managing Director, Tusk Ventures

Deborah Weinswig
CEO and Founder, Coresight Research

Tracey Welson-Rossman
Co-Chair and Co-Founder, Women in Tech Summit

Marjolein Westerbeek
President, Rituals Cosmetics USA

Sara Whiffen
Founder and CEO, rohvi

Tim Woods
General Manager, Autonomous Vehicle Alliance

Virginia Wright
Senior Vice President & CIO, West Marine

Stephane Wyper
SVP, New Commerce Partnerships and Commercialization, Mastercard

Eduardo Yamashita
Managing Partner and COO, Group GS& - Gouvêa de Souza

Randy Yang
Senior Director & Head of Corporate Development, Digital Consumer Brands, Walmart eCommerce

Janet L. Yellen
Former Chair, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System

Heidi Zak
Co-Founder and Co-CEO, ThirdLove

Shelley Zalis
CEO, The Female Quotient and Founder, The Girls' Lounge

Sponsors & Partners

2019 Sponsors

CHAIRMAN'S CIRCLE:
• American Express
• IBM
• Microsoft
• Pwc
• SAP

PLATINUM:
• bossanova
• Deloitte
• Google Cloud
• Lucidworks
• FRESHIPPO
• Shyft
• Solu M
• T

GOLD:
• acceo
• adyen
• CDW
• Checkpoint
• DIGI
• enVista
• HighJump
• Irael Export Institute
• jda
• madmobile
• mastercard
• PROFITECT
• skava
• SPENCER
• Workjam

SILVER:
• apex
• badger technologies
• CISCO
• CompuCom
• DecisionMines
• Displaydata
• epc
• Even
• FirstInsight
• FIS
• Gunnebo
• HughesON
• IDC
• KRONOS
• LITMUS
• Magento
• Onedoor
• qualtrics
• SDI
• Stratix
• Toshiba