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rauThe Retail Summit takes place on 13 and 14 February at the Atlantis in Dubai.
Explore the convergence of retail with technology, experience and hospitality.
Digital disruption and a change in consumer expectations are driving a profound transformation in retail. A new generation of retailers are delivering a winning combination of outstanding service and ground-breaking use of technology to deliver the memorable shopping experiences that consumers crave.
The Retail Summit facilitates discussion across the ecosystem including how to innovate, embrace digitise and build an agile organisation enabling you to thrive in this environment. The summit brings together the community’s brightest minds to examine the latest thinking on how to win in today’s hyper-volatile landscape. Confirmed speakers from the following brands include, Virgin, Coca Cola, Facebook, Huda Beauty, LEGO and many more.
Attending The Retail Summit puts you and your business at the forefront of these thought-provoking discussions, helping you to be proactive in this dynamic, challenging industry. You will be given the unique opportunity to network with:
AI-powered shop assistants know what you want to buy before you do, and have an innate sense of how to meet customer needs.
In the age of Artificial Intelligence, anything is possible as retailers eagerly embrace new technology to create a shopping experience driven by the demands of millennials and Gen Z consumers.
“Today’s shoppers are scrolling, not strolling,” says Chieh Huang, CEO of Boxed, the American online and mobile membership-free wholesale retailer.
“On-the-go millennials and Gen Z consumers are all about convenient shopping experiences. To meet the needs of younger, tech-savvy shoppers, retailers are investing in channels that make shopping feel less like a chore.”
Huang will be among more than 80 speakers descending on Dubai next month for The Retail Summit, an important new event bringing together 600 international retailers from every business sector.
Taking place at Atlantis, The Palm from 13-14 February, and held in partnership with the Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Meydan One, the event is being launched in response to the digital disruption and change in consumer expectations that are transforming retail.
While major organisations may dominate the retail revolution, Huang says small operators will not be far behind. “As large retailers work on improving their digital experiences for shoppers, we’re going to see a heavy investment in developing proprietary technology,” he says. “The biggest impact to retail business will be the shift in the perception of retailers as technology companies.”
“As retailers create new software to accelerate and innovate their services, they’ll branch out to license their technology to other companies— similar to what we’ve seen with the Amazon Web Service (AWS) model.
Headline speakers attending The Retail Summit 2019 in Dubai include billionaire entrepreneur and Virgin Group Founder Sir Richard Branson, H.E. Hamad Buamim, President & CEO, Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry, and beauty powerhouse Huda Kattan, founder and CEO of Huda Beauty, one of the most successful and fastest growing new brands to be launched this decade.
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