WHERE THE BRANDS OF TOMORROW DEFINE THE FUTURE OF COMMERCE
FUTR GROUP OPENING
WELCOME ADDRESS & PLENARY MC: Natalie Nasr, Head of Business Development & Partnerships, FUTR GROUP
OPENING KEYNOTE
Heather Kaminetsky, President, North America, MYTHERESA
SPONSORED PRESENTATION
• How are brands and retailers tracking, segmenting and forecasting consumer behaviour?
• Understanding purchasing patterns and consumer behaviour of Gen Z / Generation Alpha
• Will there be a shift in mindset in terms of what / how much they consume?
• How to incorporate brand activism and build purpose driven brands?
40 MIN PANEL DISCUSSION
Angie Madigan, Vice President of Marketing – North America, MARS FOOD & NUTRITION
Joanna Lepore, Global Director, Foresight & Capabilities Exploration, MCDONALD’S
MODERATOR: LaToya Shambo, CEO, BLACK GIRL DIGITAL
CHAIR: Neil Saunders, Managing Director, GLOBALDATA RETAIL
20 MINUTE KEYNOTE
Julie Bourgeois, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Retail and Experiential Signature, FOUR SEASON AND RESORTS
20 MINUTE KEYNOTE
Jeanniey Walden, Chief Marketing Officer, ELT Team member, RITE AID
20 MINUTE PRESENTATION
20 MINUTE PRESENTATION
“There is only one channel and that is your customer”
How to create hybridized, unified customer experiences by merging online and offline retail?
What technologies are retailers using to create seamless instore and online experiences?
What role does the landlord play?
40 MIN PANEL
Chad Lundeen, VP, Real Estate, SAATVA
Diana Grasso, Vice President, World Trade Center, UNIBAIL RODAMCO WESTFIELD
Yang Lu, SVP, Global Commerce and Customer Engagement Solutions (Coach, Kate Spade, Stuart Weitzman), TAPESTRY
MODERATOR: Rebekah Kondrat, Founder and Managing Partner, REKON RETAIL
20 MINUTE KEYNOTE
Lynn Mitchell, Sr Director, DTC Leader, US Brand Experience, PERNOD RICARD
Christian Lachel, Chief Creative Officer, BRC IMAGINATION ARTS
PANEL CONTINUED
What platforms are seeing most returns in the North American market?
How to leverage social selling to drive business growth?
What are the pitfalls of social selling? And what can brands do to avoid them?
Kevin Miller, Chief Marketing Officer, THE FRESH MARKET
Marisa Runyon, Director of Creative Content & Production, SHEIN
MODERATOR: LaToya Shambo, CEO, BLACK GIRL DIGITAL
20 MINUTE KEYNOTE
In this session, you’ll learn how NEST New York has strengthened its position in the modern luxury fragrance category. We’ll explore some of the challenges luxury brands face today and identify new ones on the horizon, in 2025 and beyond. We’ll also dive deep into digital transformation, as well as product and marketing strategies that can help unlock growth.
Allyssa Kaiser, VP of DTC + Performance Marketing, NEST NEW YORK
20 MINUTE KEYNOTE
Ryan McClurkin, Chief Analytics Officer, JEWELRY TELEVISION
20 MINUTE PRESENTATION
20 MINUTE PRESENTATION
How can digital first, net-native brands utilise retail partnerships for discovery?
How are brands coming out of profitability crisis?
What role do delivery aggregators play?
40 MIN PANEL
Aaron Spivak, Co-Founder, HUSH
MODERATOR: Poonam Goyal, Sector Head & Senior Research Retail Analyst, BLOOMBERG
Strategies for building brand identity and engaging audiences in a saturated channel (i.e. partnerships and collaborations across platforms, Fake Out-of-Home (FOOH) advertising)
Where is influencer marketing currently and where is it headed?
Impact of AI on the collaboration with creative and social media agencies
Challenges around IP, authenticity, preventing deep fakes and unintended bias
40 MIN PANEL
Alisa Gowing, Head of Social Media, LYRA HEALTH
Ashley Parrish, Senior Vice President of Commerce, TODAY, NBC News, CNBC
MODERATOR: Steve Wheen, CEO, WE ARE DISTILLERY
KEYNOTE / FIRESIDE CHAT
James Reinhart, CEO, THREDUP, & Neil Saunders, Managing Director, GLOBALDATA RETAIL
KEYNOTE
Patrick Lowe, Head of Brand Partnerships, LA LIGA NORTH AMERICA
LALIGA NORTH AMERICA & Jonathan Yaffe, CEO, ANYROAD
20 MINUTE PRESENTATION
20 MINUTE PRESENTATION
What circular business model (repair, rental, resale) offers the biggest commercial opportunity for brands?
How can brands and retailers incrementally facilitate a shift to a more circular pattern in consumption without alienating consumers and losing revenue?
What part can technology play in this?
How to make it work commercially and make it operational?
40 MIN PANEL
Shraysi Tandon, Co-Founder/CEO, KIDSY
Boma Brown-West, VP, Sustainability & Impact, CREDO
Kate Danielsen, Category Manager – Preloved Apparel, EBAY
MODERATOR: Thomaï Serdari, Clinical Associate Professor of Marketing, NYU STERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
How is technology used to create a connection with the customer and improve customer experience?
Looking at use cases of AI to achieve production efficiencies, drive revenue opportunities, and create hyperpersonalized experiences
Predicting consumer behaviour through the use of AI and machine learning
40 MIN PANEL
Omer Iqbal, Senior VP of Digital Strategy and Enterprise Architecture, SHISEIDO
Jessica Lachs, Global Head of Analytics & Data Science, DOORDASH
Ranjan Roy, VP of Strategy, ADORE ME
