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10th Anniversary Retail & Luxury Goods Conference
Learning from the past decade to build a better future
Thursday, 17th February 2022
This year we have our 10th Annual Retail and Luxury Goods Club's flagship conference, which focuses on:
"Learning From the Past Decade to Build a Better Future"
Our Conference will cover the following topics
Social and cultural trends
Financial and economic trends
Digital and technology trends
Consumer and product trends
Our afterparty will be taking place at the Museum of Brands at 7:00pm on Thursday September 17th and is sponsored by Pernod Ricard! The event will feature free drinks all night and canapes.
To get there from London Business School, simply take the tube from Baker Street Station (you can take the Hammersmith & City Line or the Circle Line) to Ladbroke Grove Station – the venue is a quick 2 minute walk from there.
Conference Logistics
The conference is located at:
London Business School
27 Sussex Pl, London NW1 4RG
Visitors are required to check in at guest reception through the London Business School Park Road entrance. After checking in, please walk from the guest reception to North Building, where the RLGC Conference registration is located. Breakfast and Lunch will be provided in The Hive (in the North Building where the conference is taking place, behind the RLGC conference registration). London Business School is a 5-minute walk from Baker Street Station (off the Bakerloo, Jubilee, Metropolitan, Circle and Hammersmith & City tube lines). If you need to park, there is an NCP Car Park at the corner of Gloucester Place and Marylebone Road (London Marylebone Road).
Frederic Court
Founder/Investor @ Felix Capital
Nick Blunden
President @ Business of Fashion
Helen Brocklebank
CEO @ Walpole
Christina Fontana
Head of Fashion & Luxury Europe and U.S. for Tmall @ Alibaba
Mauro Maggioni
CEO Asia Pacific @ Golden Goose
Casey Hall
Asia correspondent @ Business of Fashion
Lisa Bridgett
COO @ Drest
Felix Krueger
Partner @ BCG
Tirath Kamdar
Head of Luxury @eBay
Simona Botti
Professor of Marketing @ London Business School
Nina Patel
Director, Retail Innovation @ Farfetch
Gaston Tourn
CMO @ AppearHere
Stefano Turconi
Strategy Professor @ London Business School
Yoann Pavy
VP of Marketing @ Laced
Steve Dool
Head of Brand Partnership @ Depop
Kelly Burton
Chief Sustainability Officer @ Material Exchange
Samantha
May
Marketing Executive
SPEAKERS
This year's exciting line-up of speakers for the conference comprises the following leaders from across the retail ecosystem
Nina Patel
Director of Future Retail Innovation @ FARFETCH
Stuart Weitzman
Founder of Stuart Weitzman
Amal Merali
Former Director of Store Concepts @ Sephora
Franck Arnold
Managing Director @ The Savoy
Liza Amlani
Former Buying Lead @ Ralph Lauren - Northern Europe
Nick Blunden
President of The Business of Fashion
Maximilian Bittner
Chairman / CEO of Vestiaire Collective
Neha Singh
Founder of Obsess AR
Hattie Tennant
Co-Founder of Fruity Booty
Claude Fidelin
Head of Digital Commerce @ Jordan, Nike EMEA
Keshav Parthasarathy
Head of Monetisation,
Ocado Retail
Filippo Prete
Associate Partner - Luxury, Bain and Company
Stefano Turconi
Strategy Professor @ London Business School
Parisa Durrani
Co-Founder of
BASMA Beauty
Yoann Pavy
VP of Marketing @ Laced
Ellen Hsueh
Director of Global Strategy and Business Development, Pandora
Samantha
May
Marketing Executive
Stacey Fruitman
Founder/CEO @ Style with Substance ventures
Anthony Hymes
Global Client Partner - Luxury, Meta
Rupakshi (Rupi) Goel
Head of Luxury,
Jonathan Heilbron
Partner at
Redrice Ventures
Tom March
Founder and Partner,
Redrice Ventures
Michael Ward
Stephanie Benedetto
Managing Director
@ Harrods
Felix
Krueger
Partner and Associate Director - Fashion and Luxury, BCG
Elena Mariani
Executive Director - Equity Research (Luxury Goods & Brands), Morgan Stanley
Elena Mariani
Executive Director - Equity Research (Luxury Goods & Brands), Morgan Stanley
Marc Carolus
Senior Vice President - Insights & Analytics Solutions, Mastercard
....And many more!
SCHEDULE
09:00 -09:35 - OPENING KEYNOTE
Speaker: Nick Blunden (President of Business of Fashion)
09:40 – 10:25 - SOCIAL TRENDS PANEL
Speakers: Hattie Tennant (Co-Founder @ Fruity Booty), Parisa Durrani (Co-Founder @ BASMA Beauty), Ellen Hsueh (Director of Global Strategy and Business Development @ Pandora)
Moderator: Filippo Prete (Associate Partner - Fashion & Luxury @ Bain)
10:45 – 11:30 - ECONOMIC/FINANCE TRENDS PANEL
Speakers: Tom March (Founder and Partner @ Red Rice Ventures), Elena Mariani (Equity Research - Luxury Goods & Brands @ Morgan Stanley), Marc Carolus (Global Product Manager - SpendingPulse @ Mastercard)
Moderator: Felix Krueger (Partner - Fashion & Luxury @ BCG)
11:35 – 12:05 - SIGNATURE KEYNOTE
Speakers: Franck Arnold (Managing Director @ The Savoy)
12:05 – 13:30 - LUNCH, RESUME WORKSHOP AND STARTUP FAIR
13:35 – 14:35 - 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY KEYNOTE
Speaker: Stuart Weitzman (Founder @ Stuart Weitzman)
14:40 – 15:25 - TECH/ DIGITAL PANEL
Speakers: Anthony Hymes (Global Client Partner - Luxury @ Meta), Rupi Goel (Head of Luxury @ Google), Nina Patel (Director of Future Retail Innovation @ Farfetch), Keshav Parthasarathy (Head of Monetisation @ Ocado)
Moderator: Stefano Turconi (LBS)
15:40 – 16:10 - TECH/ DIGITAL KEYNOTE
Speaker: Neha Singh (Founder of Obsess AR)
16:15 – 17:00 - CONSUMER/ PRODUCT TRENDS PANEL
Speakers: Amal Merali (Former Director of Store Concepts @ Sephora), Claude Fidelin (Head of Digital Commerce for Jordan EMEA @ Nike), Liza Amlani (Former Buying Lead for Ralph Lauren - Northern Europe @ Ralph Lauren)
17:00 – 17:30 - CONSUMER/ PRODUCT TRENDS KEYNOTE
Speaker: Maximilian Bittner (Chairman/CEO @ Vestiaire Collective)
17:30 – 17:45 - CLOSING REMARKS
Thank you to our sponsors
And partners
