New Channels, New Directions, New Audiences: Exploring Retail Strategies for the New Multi-channel Environment

Multichannel Retailing 2012 will bring you unrivalled multichannel insights: From managing customer relationships to integrating digital commerce with the physical space, to adapting your business model and strategy, to growing your brand abroad, this is the essential event for multi-channel retailers.

Retail Business Technology Expo and Cards & Payments Solutions is the definitive event for retail and hospitality organisations in the UK and mainland Europe looking for the right tools, solutions and advice to run their businesses even more effectively. It comprises a large exhibition of technology based solutions together with a FREE informative education programme incorporating over 100 seminars, conferences, workshops and inspirational features, plus a host of networking opportunities and hospitality – all under one roof.

The event is a one stop shop, showcasing end to end solutions, covering all areas of retail, including multichannel, eCommerce, marketing, merchandising, EPoS, supply chain, store systems, loss prevention, finance, payments and CRM.

Join over 1,000 of the UK’s finest retailers and industry leaders at the retail-industry’s leading event.

The agenda will explore the digital future and the convergence of online and offline retailing; accessing new international markets; brand innovation and customer insight; and as always, strategies for succeeding and thriving in the UK marketplace.

Group Discounts available! Brochure available to download here – http://bit.ly/AFpv10

Call 0845 056 5588 or Email rwc@emap.com

Driving sales and market share, mitigating risk and strengthening your business through international multichannel growth strategies.

Attend this crucial, retailer-led, one day, low-cost event to find out how to:

• Reduce risk through choosing the right locations for international retail expansion;
• Ensure smoother expansion through effective retail localisation strategies;
• Strengthen your growth initiatives through an effective international HR strategy;
• Boost profits through developing your ecommerce offer for international markets;
• Drive loyalty through delivering a consistent cross-border brand experience;
• Improve sales, customer experience and efficiency through an effective, international multichannel IT strategy;
• Maximise your growth potential through evaluating which model(s) of international expansion are the best fit for your business;
• Drive ROI through cost-effective, international, multichannel supply-chain initiatives;
• Ensure compliance through an understanding of the key legislation international retailers need to integrate into their expansion strategies; and
• Mitigate risk through an effective partnership strategy.

Following the sell-out success of our recent summits this, low-cost event has been designed to maximise interactivity and networking opportunities with leading retail executives whilst allowing delegates to limit their time out of the office to one action-packed day.

Attendees will be able to network in a relaxed atmosphere with the event's retailers, speakers, networking partners and sponsors during registration, two coffee breaks, lunch and our drinks reception. Interactivity has been maximised during the conference sessions also with two interactive panel discussions, Q&A opportunities after every speech, an interview session and the use of our popular Twitter feed during the conference sessions.

Hear from Wumart Stores, Giordano International, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, Spar International, CCFA, Reliance Industries, AEON, FairPrice International, Mango, Rustan Commercial Corporation Philippines, Courts Asia Limited, Coca Cola and many more at World Retail Congress Asia. With panel discussions, keynote presentations and roundtable debates, delivered by retailers and consumer specialists, the Congress provides a unique opportunity to learn, exchange knowledge with your peers and make lasting business connections.

For full information download the brochure at: http://www.worldretailcongressasia.com/download-agenda.cfm

Planet Retail special 25% discounts to attend – just quote VIP code DIS-PR-25 to claim your discount.

Featuring two-days of in-depth, insightful content delivered by those leading the way in international retail. Gain vital knowledge to improve efficiency and drive profitability across all parts of the supply chain, whilst responding to the volatile economic climate.

Retailers are battling with the complex challenge of delivering an effective and flexible global supply chain to ensure the customers’ demands are met. Hear from industry front runners on how they have increased agility and efficiency throughout their supply chain to ensure their company promise is continuously met.

This exclusive event will enable you to network with your peers from across the globe, to gain essential understanding about supply chain processes. The summit will bring together 200+ senior supply chain executives and will provide a platform to share best practise and offer solutions for the critical issues grappling the industry.

Planet Retail Analyst Sarah Herrlein will be speaking at this event.

This seminar is supported by ELSEVIER

Part of the Westminster Media Forum Creative Industries Series.

This seminar will offer a timely opportunity to consider the current and future challenges posed by structural change in the publishing industry emanating from the increased popularity of the eBook, declining sales of physical books and the rise of supermarket retailing. Timed to follow the consultation on Public Lending Rights from library loans and the coming changes to copyright law following the Hargreaves Review, it will address emerging issues concerning the future of book revenues in an already pressured market.

Delegates will assess future trends in book retailing, with planned sessions exploring the maturing eBook market, the growth of the tablet and mobile internet, and how they will affect the future of the eReader. The agenda includes discussion of the effect of reduced sales on publishers and authors, as well as high street, independent and online booksellers, and the future role of the book shop as retailers choose new, diverse models for book promotion, discounting and improving customer experience.

The expo is the only focused annual event for the retail industry in Asia Pacific, it showcases the very latest products and services from over 250 leading multi-national companies, combined with series of informative and interactive educational seminars, conference, gala dinner and inspirational features.

Discover the world n°1 food exhibition network www.sial-group.com

Make a date in your diary to attend this essential event, which focuses on the major challenges faced by the global food industry.

The expo will undoubtedly be China’s largest and most comprehensive retail expo. It’s geared to showcase the best of China’s retail - big and small. It’s the only retail expo in Shanghai and the only one of its kind in mainland China.

African Retail Technology Returns to South Africa

Africa’s Retail Technology Forum 2012 takes place at the beautiful Arabella Hotel, Western Cape from 29-30 October 2012.

The Retail Technology Forum provides the perfect setting in which to learn about the latest trends, network with peers and explore solutions. A residential program specifically focused around face time and direct one-to-ones with customers, suppliers to the industry are being invited to spend two days with a captive audience of Heads of Retail Systems, CIOs and IT Directors.

The forum follows the success of the inaugural 2011 Retail Technology Forum which brought together the major retail brands from South Africa and further afield including Truworths International, Spar, Woolworths, Pick n Pay, Engen, BP SA, Shoprite Checkers, Ackermans, Choppies, Mr Price Group, Massbuild and Tiger Wheel & Tyre.

For more information on attendance options, contact emma@openroomevents.com or visit www.openroomevents.com