World Retail Congress

World Retail Congress 2024: The Value Contradiction

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World Retail Congress 2024: The Value Contradiction

As the cost-of-living crisis continues, the equation between price point, value for money and consumers’ own values and ethics has never been so co...
Retail : Sustainability : Youth
World Retail Congress 2024: Community Commerce

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World Retail Congress 2024: Community Commerce

From Claire’s to Sporty & Rich, innovative retailers are reshaping the landscape by fostering community engagement, inclusivity and social impact.
Retail : Advertising & Branding : Youth
World Retail Congress 2024: Let’s Get Hyperphysical

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World Retail Congress 2024: Let’s Get Hyperphysical

From Primark to Nike and Printemps, the World Retail Congress analysed how retailers are seducing passers-by with innovative in-store experiences a...
Retail : Design : Luxury
World Retail Congress 2024 daily recap: Elections anxiety and the ‘world’s coolest stores’

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World Retail Congress 2024 daily recap: Elections anxiety and the ‘world’s coolest stores’

On the closing day of World Retail Congress 2024, retailers looked ahead to a year of global elections, readying themselves to navigate potential p...
Retail : Sustainability : Design
World Retail Congress 2024 daily recap: Redefining retail, The Zalpha Reckoning and engaging UHNWIs

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World Retail Congress 2024 daily recap: Redefining retail, The Zalpha Reckoning and engaging UHNWIs

On its second day, World Retail Congress 2024 in Paris explored everything consumer – strategy, content and community.
Retail : Youth : Luxury
World Retail Congress 2023: Resilient Retail Futures

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World Retail Congress 2023: Resilient Retail Futures

World Retail Congress 2023 in Barcelona explored how innovators are embracing purpose, transformation and resilience in the aftershock of global cr...
Technology : Retail : Sustainability
World Retail Congress daily recap: Phygital retail futures

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World Retail Congress daily recap: Phygital retail futures

On the closing day of the show in Barcelona, there was a battle between the digital and the physical, as well as a push for purposeful retail.
Technology : Retail : Sustainability
World Retail Congress daily recap: Generative AI and e-commerce futures

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World Retail Congress daily recap: Generative AI and e-commerce futures

The second day of the show was dedicated to how artificial intelligence will affect the retail sector and its players.
Retail : Technology : Media & Entertainment
World Retail Congress daily recap: Economic recovery and hyper-personalisation

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World Retail Congress daily recap: Economic recovery and hyper-personalisation

The World Retail Congress 2023, held at Hotel Arts Barcelona, opened by reflecting on the major global events that have rocked the retail industry ...
Retail : Sustainability : Luxury
Simon Mottram: Rapha

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Simon Mottram: Rapha

The founder on creating the right company culture and the brand’s US expansion.
Rapha : World Retail Congress : Retail
World Retail Congress 2017: Review

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World Retail Congress 2017: Review

This year World Retail Congress sought to re-imagine the customer experience and re-assess the fundamental principles of bricks-and-mortar ret...
Retail : Artificial Intelligence : Phygital
Nisreen Shocair: Virgin Megastore

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Nisreen Shocair: Virgin Megastore

Giving the music retailer broader appeal among young consumers in the Middle East.
World Retail Congress : Virgin Megastores : Nisreen Shocair
Ian McGarrigle: World Retail Congress

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Ian McGarrigle: World Retail Congress

The state of world retail in 2017.
World Retail Congress : E-commerce : Dislocated World
World Retail Congress 2016: Review

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World Retail Congress 2016: Review

World Retail Congress focused on the struggles of the industry and the increasing importance of placemaking to the retail experience.
Total Retail : World Retail Congress 2016 : Dubai
Suzie Wokabi​: SuzieBeauty

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Suzie Wokabi​: SuzieBeauty

How to appeal to Africa’s burgeoning beauty consumers.
Suzie Wokabi​ : Suzie Beauty : Kenya
Arthur Martinez: Abercrombie & Fitch

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Arthur Martinez: Abercrombie & Fitch

The executive chairman of Abercrombie & Fitch explains how to revitalise a brand that has lost its way.
Abercrombie & Fitch : World Retail Congress : Ground Zero Branding
Johannes Torpe: Immortal luxury

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Johannes Torpe: Immortal luxury

As creative director of Bang & Olufsen, Johannes Torpe has created retail ‘cathedrals’ for the Danish electronics brand.
Bang & Olufsen : Johannes Torpe : World Retail Congress
Data marketing

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Data marketing

World Retail Congress 2015 – Consumers are sharing their personal data more willingly than ever, but they expect to receive something in exchange.
Aimia : World Retail Congress 2015 : Data Privacy
Retail challenge

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Retail challenge

World Retail Congress 2015 – Retailers cannot assume that technology is the answer to all of their problems, according to a new survey by...
Planet Retail : World Retail Congress : In-store Experience
Andrea Weiss: Forget omni-channel

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Andrea Weiss: Forget omni-channel

Andrea Weiss, co-founder of retail consultancy The O Alliance, explains why omni-channel retail doesn’t exist in the minds of consumers.
Omnichannel : World Retail Congress : WRC 2015
World Retail Congress 2015 Preview

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World Retail Congress 2015 Preview

The dangers and opportunities of digital and economic disruption will be the main theme at this year’s World Retail Congress in Rome.
World Retail Congress 2015 : Retail : Tim Berners Lee
World Retail Congress 2015 Preview

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World Retail Congress 2015 Preview

The dangers and opportunities of digital and economic disruption will be the main theme at this year’s World Retail Congress.
Metro Group : Rome : World Retail Congress
Danielle Anderson: How to make digital an experience

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Danielle Anderson: How to make digital an experience

Danielle Anderson, director of digital experience at Harris + Hoole, gives LS:N Global a peek behind the scenes.
Café Culture : Online App : Harris + Hoole
Michael Fox: Welcome to the on-demand revolution

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Michael Fox: Welcome to the on-demand revolution

Manufacturing on demand will be the new normal, says Michael Fox, CEO and co-founder of Shoes of Prey.
Shoes Of Prey : World Retail Congress : Whole-chain Thinking
Whole-chain Thinking

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Whole-chain Thinking

Innovative start-ups are embracing vertical integration as a way of appealing to authenticity-hungry Millennials.
Vertical Integration : Shoes Of Prey : Zady
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