2012 Retailing Summit Agenda
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7:30 Registration, sponsored by Brierley + Partners
7:30 Breakfast, sponsored by SAS
8:30 H-E-B - Retail in a Changing Economy
Craig Boyan, President and Chief Operating Officer
9:15 AT&T - Our Passion for Retail
Kelly King, President, South Central Region, AT&T Mobility & Consumer Markets
10:00 Break
10:30 Toys"R"Us, Inc. -Employment Branding and the Role of HR in Brand Development, an interview
Kelly O'Neill, VP of HR with Dr. Michael Wesson
11:15 Southwest Airlines - Building a Brand from the Inside Out
Ginger Hardage, SVP Communication & Culture
12:00 Lunch, sponsored by BDO
1:15 GSD&M & author It's Not What you Sell - The Purpose Driven Business
Roy Spence, CEO
2:00 Journeys - The 26 Year-Old-Teenager
Jim Estepa, President and CEO, Journeys
2:45 Break, sponsored by KRS King Retail Solutions
3:00 Breakout Sessions
-Dr. Paul Busch, Marketing Department Texas A&M University & Joe Stallard, Sewell Automotive - What Great Companies Know and Few
Companies Do
-Credera – Fortune 50 Innovation, How to Leverage Intrapreneurs for Retail Innovation: A 7- Eleven Case Study
-Morgan McAlenney, Integer - Digital
-KRS King Retail Solutions-Survey Says! Comfort Leads to Sales, Innovative Retail Design
4:15 Maritz Institute - The Social Life of Brands
Mary Beth McEuen, Executive Director
5:00 Reception, sponsored by Gardere Wynne Sewell
2012 Retailing Summit Agenda:
7:30 Breakfast
8:30 Gilt Groupe - Changing the Way People Shop, an interview
Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, Founder; author of By Invitation Only with Cheryl Bridges
9:15 Gallery Furniture - Eliminating Customer Pain Points
Jim McIngvale, CEO
10:00 Break
10:15 GameStop's Loyalty Program - More Growth, More Knowledge, More Power to the Players
Jenn McMillen, Division Vice President, Loyalty & CRM
11:00 When the Customer Takes Charge: Vendor Relationship Management, Big Data, and a Better Future
Doc Searls, author The Intention Economy and Director of Project VRM at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University
12:00 End
2012 Conference Sponsors:
BDO
Gardere Wynne Sewell SAS
Brierley + Partners KRS King Retail Solutions Zale Corporation Credera
Network of Executive Women
The Retailing Summit is proudly hosted by Texas A&M University's Center for Retailing Studies.
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