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Artificial and Emotional Intelligence: The Corporate Balancing Act

Nick Burton, Vice President Digital Development, Avon

"Embracing Social Media to Enhance the Customer Experience"

Jim McCann, Founder and CEO, 1-800-Flowers.com

Strategical Development of Data and Analytics in Retail

Vishaal Melwani, CEO, Combatant Gentlemen

Faster Decision Making: A Business Advantage for Retailers

Kyle Wierenga, Director of Analytics and Measurement, Aimia Inc. [TO-AIM]

Faster Decision Making: A Business Advantage for Retailers

Retailers have multiple channels today on different systems with different levels of complexity that when combined can give retailers actionable insights.

Transformative Retail Banking

Sangy Vatsa, EVP & CIO, Comerica Bank [NYSE: CMA]

Transformative Retail Banking

Our Bank is known for raising customer expectations by offering customer-rich products and services. Fast maturing and adoption of digital technologies in everyday use is further elevating

Redesigning Supply Chain and Logistics with Simulation

Benoit Montreuil, Professor in ISYE School, Coca- Cola Chair in Material Handling and Distribution

Simulation assists organizations in assessing the state, performance, anomalies, opportunities and risks of current and proposed supply chains and logistic systems.

The 4th Industrial Revolution: Retailer's Must Do or Die

Dr. mark Chrystal, Chief Analytics Officer at rue21

The 4<sup>th</sup> Industrial Revolution: Retailer's Must Do or Die

Compared with prior industrial revolutions, the pace of innovation is exponential and impacting every industry around the globe, rather than the linear and slower-paced change seen

Driving Innovation and Leveraging Stores as a Competitive Advantage

Edward Park, SVP, Head of Retail, Digital, Allocations, Wholesale Operations (North America), GUESS? Inc.

Driving Innovation and Leveraging Stores as a Competitive Advantage

The challenge facing retail today is transforming stores to connect that invaluable hub of experience.

Architect Your Business to Engage, Interact and Serve 'Things' as a New Customer Segment

Don Scheibenreif, VP-Distinguished Analyst, Gartner

Architect Your Business to Engage, Interact and Serve 'Things' as a New Customer Segment

Internet-connected things will become your customers in the future. We believe embracing this future early will be a prime source of competitive advantage in the world of digital business.

Digital and In-Store Shopping is Colliding and Reliable Network Performance is at the Center

Ricardo Belmar, Senior Director-Enterprise Product Marketing, InfoVista

Digital and In-Store Shopping is Colliding and Reliable Network Performance is at the Center

Digital and in-store shopping experiences are on a collision course in the best way possible.

Extending the Power of your POS to Loyalty and CRM

Mark Horbal, CIO & CTO, SpringBIG

Extending the Power of your POS to Loyalty and CRM

Your POS is your workhorse. It sees every transaction in every store.

Mobisoft: Streamlining B2B E-Commerce at Fingertips

Matan Holander, VP Business Development

Mobisoft: Streamlining B2B E-Commerce at Fingertips

Business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce has evolved at multiple levels. Evidently, understanding the unique purchasing preferences of the modern day buyers have become increasingly critical to the long-term growth of B2B merchants.

AI in the Field of eCommerce

Anna Cole, Director of ECommerce Operations, Carhartt

AI in the Field of eCommerce

It’s 1997 and the super computer Deep Blue is going up against the reigning World Chess champion, Garry Kasparov for the second time.

Amazon's Secret Weapon in the Fight to Improve Product Information

Stephanie Leffler, CEO, OneSpace

Amazon has grown their ecommerce empire by building infrastructure to power their operation and then releasing that infrastructure to other companies in the form of services in the cloud.

Evolution of Information Technology

Joe Sheridan, Corporate Director of IT & CIO, Soave Enterprises

Evolution of Information Technology

Informational Technology is a massively evolving and dynamic sector. Technology has permeated to every strata of the society and is playing pivotal role in shaping social dynamics.

Consumers are Value-driven - Retailers Should Be Data-driven

Bettina Thorkelin, Regional Director Nordic, Omni-channel, Valitor

Consumers are Value-driven - Retailers Should Be Data-driven

A 360-degree view of customer behavior offers an invaluable asset for the retailer to carve out a distinct voice and purpose across all the channels that consumers use to browse, shop, and return

E-commerce Innovation in the Cloud

Ferhat Hatay, Senior Manager of Strategy and Innovation, Fujitsu And Victoria Livschitz, Founder & CTO, Grid Dynamics

E-commerce Innovation in the Cloud

Moving e-commerce operations to the cloud offers a host of business benefits for retailers.

Maximize the Power of Data in Retail

Steve Rempel, CIO, Rite Aid [NYSE:RAD]

Maximize the Power of Data in Retail

Many will tell you that today’s consumer is more powerful than ever, thanks to the personal mobile computers we have in our pockets, our homes, and even our cars.

Digitizing the Retail Customer Experience and What it Means for Multichannel Retailers Today

Bob Hetu, Research Director, Gartner [NYSE:IT]

Digitizing the Retail Customer Experience and What it Means for Multichannel Retailers Today

The powerful combination of digital and physical is where a multichannel retailer can exert itself.