Mumbai India
Kumar brings with him over 30 years of profound knowledge and business experience, having worked as the Country Head - Retail Solutions at IBM. His responsibility included leading the business and solution development functions as well as closely working across the brand teams of IBM to define and execute the overall sales and thought leadership strategy for IBM India.
Kumar has also worked as the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of 'Crossword Book Stores'. He started his career in retail with Shoppers Stop Ltd, where he worked for 13 years. During his tenure at Shoppers Stop, he shouldered varied responsibilities including: Head of Finance and Systems, Head of Operations, Head of Buying and Merchandising for Non-apparels, Head of Concessions, and Head of a venture called 'Bargains'.
A Chartered Accountant by qualification, Kumar has specialised in management consulting, taxation, audit and corporate matters at the start of his career
Over the years, he has witnessed success by taking up functions that require start-up or turn-around skills.
Meenaz heads Business Development at SGK for India and Middle East region. With 16 years of progressive experience she is responsible for SGK’s growth in India and Middle East through its brand experience and packaging solutions. In the past she has been associated with KineticWW and Meru Cabs. From smaller organisations, to enterprises, she has the experience of working with clients across various verticals throughout her career. Leveraging her experiences she brings solutions from diverse perspectives, rather than just identifying problems.
Hemant did his schooling from St. Columba’s School, New Delhi & has a B.Com.(Hons) & M.Com. degree from Delhi University. He also holds an LL.B. degree from the Law Faculty, Delhi University. His design skills as well as his services and project management knowledge is self-taught over the last 30 years.
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Upon completion of her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Smith College, USA, Nandini Sampat qualified as a solicitor from the college of Law, London. After working in India as a corporate lawyer, she decided to pursue her passion for design and change professions. She completed her Postgraduate Diploma in Architectural Interior Design from the prestigious Inchbald School of Design, London. Upon returning to Mumbai in 2007 she joined SNK Consultants. Thereafter, she completed her Bachelor of Architecture from Rizvi College of Architecture.
Nandini is involved in all aspects of the design, coordination and execution of projects. She continues to work closely with Brinda Somaya to ensure the continuity of the integrity and high quality of design and services offered by SNK. Her involvement includes master planning of projects ranging from institutional campuses and hotels to detailed design of museums and commercial spaces. Her expertise in research and concept design contributes in the development of original and innovative solutions that had been the hallmark of SNK over the past four decades. The inclusion of local Indian arts and crafts into contemporary works is another important aspect that Nandini continues to support and encourage within the firm. She has also been coordinating varying international collaborations of SNK with reputed foreign firms for various projects and represents the next generation that carries forward the work of SNK into the future.
Rishu believes in sustainable design and materials, trends that never go out of style. Since he is an ardent believer of green living, he tries to incorporate green spaces in his projects.
Apart from his design practice, He currently holds the position of Chairman Elect at Delhi Chapter of Institute of Indian Interior Designers.
Amit is a TEDx speak of Simsree Chapter. He’s being recognized as one of Top 50 Designers by IGen 2018 & Top & Most Creative Interior Design Firm of the year by National Architecture and Interior Design Excellence Award, 2020.
Amit is professionally affiliated with British Institute of Interior Designer as well as Indian institute of interior design.
She is an economics graduate from Delhi University and later went to NIFT New Delhi to get a design qualification.
She firmly believes that CX is not just science, it is art and science both.
In the year 2019 – he was Awarded Designer Dozen, and recognized as a retail revolutionary by VMSD/ ST media during International Retail Design Conference (IRDC) in Boston. The first such recipient of the award of Indian nationality. Amongst others he was also recognized as the Leader of the Year at Lifestyle in 2020. Which speaks of the way he has developed, enabled and empowered the team working with him.
He is currently working on innovate projects and infusing digital/ interactive elements to enhance customer experience.
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Jamshed Soli Daboo is currently the Managing Director at Trent Hypermarket Pvt Ltd, a Trent-Tesco joint venture. Prior to joining THPL, Jamshed was Head - Consumer Finance and Advisory Business at Tata Capital Limited. He has also served as Chief Operating Officer of various divisions at Indian Hotels Co. Ltd. As Chief Executive Officer at Tata Quality Management Services, he spearheaded the Tata Business Excellence Model, a group-wide initiative aimed at business excellence. He has also worked at Titan Industries Limited in various functions. Jamshed joined the Tata Administrative Service in 1986 and has been with the Tata Group for over 30 years. Married with 2 children he enjoys tennis and reading.
Darwinian Retail : Decoded
Bijou has been associated with marquee brands in the fast moving consumer products, consumer durables and retail industry in India for over 32 years. His association with the development of Indian retail is over 25 years. After earning his spurs at Hindustan Unilever Ltd., he joined the founding team at Titan Industries, where he helped build powerful brands in the Watch and Jewellery Industry like Titan, Fastrack, Sonata, Tanishq etc and also create India's largest exclusive brand retail chains. In his stint with Reliance Retail, he was at the forefront of one of the most ambitious retail ventures ever which dramatically transformed the Indian retail landscape. Currently, he is an independent consultant and member of the Strategic Advisory Board of L Capital, Asia (a part of the LVMH Group), an independent director on several listed and unlisted companies, advises select consumer product companies and mentors a few start-ups.
Bijou has been associated with the India Retail Forum & Retailers Association of India and has significantly contributed to its development. In addition, he is also a member of the World Retail Congress since its inception, as a member of its Advisory board as well as the Grand Jury for selection of the World Retail award winners.
in addition to retail industry fora, he is the Mentor of the FICCI National Retail Committee, member of the Advisory Council of the RAI and Governing boards of various academic institutions. He has also received several acknowledgements including Retail CEO of the Year (2013) by ET Now, Asia Pacific Retail Leader of the Year (2012) by the World Retail Congress etc
Fine-tuning International Retail Design ID for India
A retail virtuoso, Vineet Gautam is currently the Chief Executive officer (CEO) & Country Head of BESTSELLER India; the leading Danish clothing company which operates largely throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Canada. In India, BESTSELLER is present under the brand names: JACK & JONES, ONLY, VERO MODA, SELECTED Homme, JUNAROSE and ONLY & SONS.
Mr. Gautam joined BESTSELLER in January 2010 and is leading the business and strategy for the brands in India. In a short span of 8 years Vineet has been able to take the company from 15 doors to 1000+ doors. The fashion retail industry is competitive and a place to display strength and power complemented with understanding and foresight, qualities which Mr. Gautam excels at.
His forte includes, Sales Operations, Marketing, Brand Management and Business development. Mr. Vineet envisions BESTSELLER to be the largest fashion retailer of the country by 2020.
Prior to assuming his current role, Mr. Gautam led the team at United Colors of Benetton and handled retail and business development for all brands under UCB. He also headed the retail vertical for Idea Cellular where he had implemented the complete retail strategy for the telecom giant. He has also worked for Wills Lifestyle, Café Coffee Day, Domino’s Pizza and Nirula’s. A Hotel Management Graduate from IHM-Delhi; he has 19 years of experience in the Retail and Marketing sector.
In his free time, Mr. Gautam loves to indulge in photography, adventure sports and formula 1.
Connecting the Dots: Telling Culture Stories through Visual Merchandising
Pavitra is the lead designer, the director of visual merchandising and head of content and creative strategy at Good Earth, India’s iconic luxury lifestyle brand. As part of the founding creative team, she has played a significant role in establishing the distinctive creative footprint of the brand. She is also the founder and creative director of Pavitra Rajaram Design, an award winning interior design firm. A long-time believer in the power of design led thinking in brand strategy; Pavitra also advises India’s leading paints and wallcoverings company Asian Paints on their décor strategy. Since 2017, Pavitra has been involved in setting up and managing a not for profit arts and culture archive called Sarmaya that focuses on experiences and programming both offline and online to engage younger audiences in the art of the Indian Subcontinent.
Pavitra is a recipient of the INTACH award for space restoration, the EDIDA award for product design, and is on the prestigious AD100 list of the 100 best architects/interior designers in South Asia. Pavitra has a degree received magna cum laude from Smith College, USA.
The Store Makers Retail Fixture Trends 2019
Starting his career as an advertising professional, Kirchmair was involved in various sales, marketing and leadership roles at companies like Internorm Fenster AG, Time Manager International, Constantia Industries AG and HOERBIGER Group before joining umdasch Store Makers management as CEO in 1993. umdasch -- The Store Makers is one of the leading shopfitting concerns in Europe, with a staff of about 1,400. The corporate headquarters is in Amstetten, Austria. With some 20 branch locations in Europe and the Middle East, umdasch and its four operative divisions Lifestyle Retail, Food Retail, Premium Retail and Digital Retail manage over 7,000 shopfitting projects and 100 general contracting projects every year.
Every Customer is Unique : Let’s Face it with Experiential Retail
Gearhart joined Sleep Number 17 years back after holding leadership positions with a number of retail design agencies, specialty and big box retailers. Her multidisciplinary expertise includes: retail store design, construction, in-store merchandising, agency management, strategic brand marketing, and multi-channel marketing integration. Sleep Number consistently ranks among the top 10 most productive retailers in the U.S. She has been honored with the 2016 Retail Innovator Award by Retail Touchpoints and the 2015 Design Influencer Portfolio Award from design:retail Magazine.
Rural FMCG Consumption outpacing Urban one : Which categories to watch out for in 2020?
With over 25 years of experience in various senior management positions, Rajat has worked extensively in the areas of agriculture, retail, and consumer goods. Rajat has helped develop and support the implementation of Route to Market (RTM) and distribution strategy for leading Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) brands in Africa, South-East Asia, Europe and India. Further, he has conducted detailed RTM benchmarking exercises across prominent brands in India, with a focus on channel coverage and leading practices. He has exhibited his proficiency in category management, joint business planning and Point of Purchase (POP) activation in leading CPG companies.
Specifically, Rajat has managed the EMEA business of a global cosmetics company, through its affiliates and distributors across 30 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Central and Eastern European countries (CEE), Scandinavia and Israel. He has also set up a top-line sales and distribution organisation in India to launch a leading cosmetics brand through department stores and modern retail formats, while also managing the international business in Canada, the U.S. and Latin America. Further, he has aided another global cosmetics company across Russia and Eastern Europe.
He holds prestigious membership with various FMCG, Retail and Agriculture councils under CII and FICCI.
Green Printing: Balancing cost and benefits - Are we missing the big picture?
Puneet Chadha leads Marketing for HP’s Graphics Solutions Business (GSB) in the Asia Pacific and Japan region. In his current role he is responsible for marketing strategies to promote the growth of GSB across the region for all segments.
Puneet brings more than 20 years of experience in the Printing industry to his role as Director, Marketing Graphics Solutions Business. Joining HP in 1998, Puneet has had the opportunity to work across multiple business units including Enterprise Printing and Supplies. He was the first Market Development Manager for HP’s Large Format business in India and after a successful stint in the country he relocated to Singapore to manage the Large Format design business for Asia Pacific and Japan as a Business Unit Manager.
He has been at the forefront of new marketing at HP, working with brands, and has overseen the development of applications such as HP’s Wall Art, which is now a mainstream growing business globally. Puneet’s passion for the business and people consistently translates into strong relationships with partners and brands across the glPuneet is an engineering professional with a strong creative and technical background in one-on-one communication, 3D modeling and animation, motion video and related special effects.
Cashier-less Retail model : Cost-Effectiveness and Scalability
S Subhash S is the CEO and Cofounder of Watasale, India's first fully autonomous retail store, which found their first address in Kochi already and is now ready for a national rollout. Before starting his entrepreneurial journey in 2016, Subhash also co-founded Oranz Software Pvt Ltd. A fintech company in Bangalore called Better Tomorrow Online Pvt Ltd. Subhash holds an Electronics Engineering Degree and has an experience of 8 plus years as an entrepreneur. He has developed various futuristic products and is interested in cutting edge technologies like AI, Computer vision & Deep Learning. A calm person by nature, ardent reader and a true visionary Subhash loves to keep him updated with latest technologies.
The Secret Sauce of Impulse Buying in FMCG
Paru has over 23 years of work experience in market research. She started with Qualitative research and has donned the hat of both: Qualitative and Quantitative for nearly two decades. She started her career with ORG-MARG [Now Nielsen], then went to head research in Synovate India [now IPSOS] and joined KANTAR IMRB in 2015.
She has worked across sectors from FMCG to Automotive. Her core work involves working on a wide range of studies that include Exploratory understanding, Need Gap elicitation, U&A, Segmentation, Brand Equity, Concept, Product and Packaging development and testing, Communication Development and Evaluation.
Her dual experience allows her to focus on client business issues irrespective of methodology. In KANTAR IMRB, she leads the design thinking team which enables the client journey from insight to outcome.
Why Euroshop - World's No.1 Retail Trade Fair - Is A Must!
Anchor, VM Challenge
Nuno Rosa, is a Portuguese, Senior Creative Head of Visual Merchandising with more than 25 years of Global International experience in the areas of Fashion Retail, Luxury Gifts, Leather Goods and Travel Retail Accessories, will host the much anticipated event, 7th edition of VM Challenge at In-Store Asia, 2019. VM Challenge is the one-of-a-kind Window Display contest for the VM Community, which invites visual merchandisers to put together on-spot VM schemes with given props and materials within 60 minutes. The competition is judged by a special jury comprising some of the experts from the design fraternity on the basis of lighting fast ideation and skillful execution amidst the twist and turns.
With work achieved across 3 Continents in markets has London, Mexico, Dubai, India and Portugal (including both Island of Azores and Madeira), he has dedicated his passion of Visual Merchandising and travel on this beautiful journey, achieving success in some of the most iconic global brands in emerging markets. Nuno Rosa has driven to perfection is goals, increasing sales performance and support the brand DNA, growing his visibility on the different business channels they trade.
Nuno is also a social media influencer in the world of visual merchandising with his Facebook page, FASHION VISUAL MERCHANDISING, and has about 6200 followers on that page.
Panel Discussion : "Macy’s Holiday Windows – Magnificent, Effective and ROI-proof"
Roya Sullivan joined Macy’s in 2012 and was named National Director of Window Presentation in 2014. Prior to her time at Macy’s, she was the Visual Design Director at Bloomingdale’s. Roya attended the Corcoran School of Art for her B.A. and received her M.F.A. from the Pratt Institute. She is the recipient of several prestigious industry awards from design:retail , WindowsWear and 2018 Clio as well has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, USA Today, Entrepreneur and more. Roya was born in Iran and grew up in Germany, and later Connecticut. She lives in New York City with her husband and two sons.
Panel Discussion : "Macy’s Holiday Windows – Magnificent, Effective and ROI-proof
Scott joined Macy’s in 2013 as the Group Vice President of Merchandise Execution and was named Senior Vice President of Visual Presentation in 2017. Prior to his time at Macy’s, he was the Vice President of Visual Merchandising at Lord and Taylor. Scott attended Rutgers University where he received his B.A. He is the recipient of several prestigious industry awards from design:retail , Windowswear and 2018 Clio as well has been featured in publications such as USA Today, VMSD, Contract Design and more. Scott grew up in New Jersey. He lives in New York City and is an avid runner as well as a global traveler.
Moderator to Panel Discussion : "Digital to Physical - The impact of social selling, remote inventory and customization…is it still a store?
Works internationally with responsibilities that include client liaison and project strategy. Knowledge and entrepreneurial insights into the consumer are integrated into conceptual development and strategic image positioning for retail operators, manufacturers and brand marketers.
Clients
American Museum of Natural History, Big Bazaar, Blue Nile, Cacau Show, Disney, El Palacio de Hierro, Five Below, Fantasy World, Godiva Chocolatier, Hershey’s, H&M, Mayo Clinic, Museum of Arts and Design, Nashville Zoo, Paradies Lagardère, Sleep Number, The North Face, Warner Bros., Whole Foods Market
Education
Bachelor Degree in Architecture
University of Cincinnati
Recognition
“Retail Luminary” and “Retail Influencer” by design:retail Magazine Editorial Board for design:retail Magazine Inducted into the Retail Design Institute Legion of Honor, recognizing his outstanding career achievement in the field of retail store design. Asia Retail Leadership Award – Honored at the Asia Retail Congress in Mumbai, India.
Panel Discussion : "Digital to Physical - The impact of social selling, remote inventory and customization…is it still a store?
Tejinder Singh is a business leader with over 14 years of experience. Starting his career with consumer durable brands, he managed sales for electronic major Samsung. He has worked in strategy and operations roles with Times Internet and grew to become the E-Commerce Head. In fashion and apparel, he has owned customized clothing brand “CREYATE”. Tejinder is the COO of Arvind Internet, Asia’s largest Omnichannel enablement company.
He received an MBA from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) – Bangalore. He has also received a Bachelor of Business Studies from SSBSC, Delhi.
South India Shopping MallsPanel Discussion : “Regional Retailers : The Home Heroes who made it Big
An MBA in Marketing from London, Suresh joined his family retail business, South India Shopping Malls, in 2013. What started as 8 years back with one store in Hyderabad is today 20-store strong with presence across Telengana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka and the Group Company is a 1700 crore retail business. Suresh, in his tenure opened around 13 stores across major regions of South India and has a vision of achieving 2000 crore turnover by 2020 and being the topnotch retail destination in the entire south market.
Panel Discussion : “Regional Retailers : The Home Heroes who made it Big
Akshay joined his family’s retail business at an early age of 17 and started operating through a single store for initial 2 years. For next several years, he has been instrumental customer-centric buying, merchandising and connected store experiences. Presently, being one of the leading multibrand retailer company, Kapsons has presence through 23 stores across 17 locations and is slated to double the number of stores by end of next year. Akshay looks after the operations and marketing for the entire group.
Harish joined his family bakery business karachi Bakery, which was founded way back in 1953. Armed with a specialized degree in Bakery Management from the UK, Harish opened Karachi Bakery’s first flagship store in 2007 at Hyderabad’s posh locale, Banjara Hills, nearly after 53 years after the inception of business. Over following several years, he along with his family and team members was instrumental in building a robust retail network of more than 25 stores across NCR, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Chennai. In his statement, Karachi Bakery’s expansion plan was emulated by many in the business. Harish’s vision is to strengthen their global retail presence in next 5-10 years while in India, while the focus back home will be to become a neighbourhood name not only in metros but at non-metro locations as well.
Moderator : 'The Rise, Growth and Plateau of India’s Retail Design Industry
Aanchal believes in transformational ideas and disruptive innovation as a key proposition in the business of brands. At Futurebrands Consulting, she leads the brand strategy and transformation projects for entrepreneurial brands like Lenskart, Biba, Zivame, Sleepwell, Upgrad and many more. Futurebrands consulting builds insights-led strategy for businesses, which conceptualises brand success from consumer point of view. Aanchal has led several successful projects with her team to discover unique successes for her brands and implement them flawlessly.
She started her career with Domino's Pizza with their 100 store launch roller-coaster year in 1999. She then joined Tanishq. She was part of the team which experienced the turn-around at Tanishq. Aanchal led significant initiatives in retail, product, marketing and was Head of Brand in her last role at Tanishq.
Panel Discussion : “The Rise, Growth & Plateau of India’s Retail Design Industry
An alumni of CEPT, Ahmedabad and Domus Academy, Milan, Sanjay started his design career in Retail and Branding design from Singapore in 1998 and since then has been involved in some key Iconic designs in Retail Environment and brands in India and abroad. Post his decade-long career with ITC Ltd, he cofounded FRDC in 2007 and today, the firm is s a top award-winning firm with major Indian and International awards for Retail Design projects serving to retail clients like Tata International, Color Plus, Raymond, Godrej, Biba, Arttdinox, Samsung, Delhi Airport, Mumbai Airport, Hyderabad Airport, Marks and Spencer, Godrej, Uniqlo, TVS Motors, Pepsico and many others. FRDC works internationally in strategic partnership with JGA, Detroit with responsibilities that include client liaison and project strategy.
Surprisingly, Mridumesh’s journey with the brand Ruosh hit the road as a customer and today, the man captains the ship as the President- Group Office Sara Futura. Currently as Group President with Sara Futura group, Mridumesh is leading their Lifestyle and F&B initiatives, which includes brands like Ruosh, Attilio, Florsheim and Onesta Pizzeria. Samar Lifestyle, Group’s management entity into Lifestyle retailing has a couple of other international brands signed up and ready to launch business in India in 2019.
Mridumesh is a passionate Fashion Retail professional, who seems himself into Consumer Psychographic Business. During his two decades of experience, Mridumesh spent his stints with brands like GAP, The Children’s Place, Next, Debenhams, Park Avenue and Globus, which have provided him exposure across Indian, European, and American markets. His last association was with Raymond Limited as Business Head.
A keen observer of consumer behavior and retail trends across the globe during his travel, Mridumesh considers himself a student of retail and believes consumer behvarious across the globe are more similar than people normally tend to believe.
As the captain of the Sales and Marketing team for Jockey, Mr. Cariappa lives by the mantra that, “a team of Champions will never beat a Champion team.” Business targets aside, his relentless pursuit to motivate team members to live less out of habit and more out of intent is exemplary. Over the years, Mr. Cariappa has encouraged his team in Jockey to enhance perception skills, foresee problems, resolve them, and above all, tweak their own competence.
Under his leadership, brand Jockey has evolved into one of the most sought after lifestyle brands among the millennials in India. On one hand, the distribution network has become more robust and Jockey’s presence in multi brand retail has grown exponentially across the country. His focus on expanding the footprint of Exclusive Brand Outlets in the new International Retail Format, has given a new definition to consumer experience of innerwear, leisurewear and sportswear through product range representation and visual merchandising. Today brand Jockey has 575 EBO’s across the country
Shyam Sunder K is the Founder & Managing Director for 4D. Coming from an educational background of architecture, he brings with him a rich experience of 20 + years of Retail Planning, Technical Detailing and Design. He currently handles Strategy & aligning design to customer & functional needs. He has worked & realized projects to many known Indian Brands & international brands from categories like Fashion to Technology to Home improvement & Specialty Stores.
Panel Discussion : “The Rise, Growth & Plateau of India’s Retail Designers
Shravan is a qualified Civil Engineer and an Interior Designer, who has transformed his passion for arts into a thriving design agency with a constant quest for fresh, artistic vision with every project. Shravan is passionate about design and has deep knowledge in how the retail industry works. Shravan’s award winning practice has executed a wide variety of retail projects across multiple cities in India. Some of the elite clients include RoopKala, Kora, Neeru’s Aishwarya Design Studio, DressLine, Steve Madden, Hakim’s Aalim. Working with retailers so closely, Shravan has gathered a deep understanding of how the market and the retail
In-Store Displays : The Buying Evolution & Market Scenario
Mathias has held senior leadership roles in sales, marketing & business development in Fortune 500 companies, across India & Asia-Pac in Consumer Goods, Telecoms and Technology. Until June 2017, Lloyd was the marketing head of HP's Consumer PC business across Asia Pacific & Japan, based out of Singapore. In previous corporate roles, he held senior roles in brands like Tata Docomo, Pepsico and Motorola mobile phones
He has been Chairman of MRUC, the publishers of the Indian Readership Survey IRS, Co-Chair of the Device Strategy Council of the Worldwide Mobility Development Group and Asia Board Member of the CMO Council.
Lloyd is a science graduate from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai; has an MBA from the University of Bombay and completed a Senior Executive Program at the London Business School. In 2007 he named among the world’s top 15 marketers, by International list magazine – a list that celebrates those international marketers behind outstanding cross border campaigns.
Panel Discussion : “In-Store Displays : The Buying Evolution & Market Scenario
Aditya heads Category Planning & Activation at Mondelez India and is an experienced Consumer, Shopper and Customer Marketer. He has led Brand P&L, Brand Equity & Innovation, Channel Management & Activation, Channel Program Development & Shopper Marketing in his 13 years at Mondelez International.
An advocate of Laws of Growth, Aditya believes in the immense role that Mental & Physical Availability play in driving brand growth and continuously pushes the envelope on impactful in-store displays which leverage distinctive brand assets.
Divya comes with hard-core procurement experience of over 10 years, having worked across sectors ranging from hospitality, beverages and FMCG. Her experience cuts across both direct and indirect procurement in country, regional and global level sourcing roles. She leverages her entrepreneurial mindset with her management degree in marketing in her current role as Trade marketing spend-lead for Asia and Middle East Africa, focusing on Point of Sale items and Global premiums.
With a penchant for strategic negotiation, Divya has delivered robust cost savings along with enhanced process efficiency in the spends she manages. She is extremely capable in developing strong and trusting relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, which is visible in her sustained track record. In her current role, she has been instrumental in introducing the “Managed Service Provider” model as a strategy for sourcing Brand activation spends for the first time. This has been touted as an example for operational excellence and innovative never before approach within Mondelez.
Amita has a broad experience in client management, strategic consultancy, digital transformation, new business development and revenue generation.She has worked in multiple capacities as a marketing communication leader and as media agency head. Belonging to the dynamic world of media and communication she has constantly evolved herself by handling challenging assignments with leading companies like IPG,Dentsu Aegis network , Samsung, and Reckitt Benckiser. Her experience spans across wide range of categories like FMCG, Luxury Cars, Smartphone, Consumer Durables and Technology brands to name a few.
Panel Discussion : “In-Store Displays: The Buying Evolution & Market Scenario
Post his small stint with a Private Offset pre-press company, Amit Shah started out on his own as a first-generation entrepreneur to form SPECTRUM SCAN PVT LTD in Jan 1988 providing basic pre-press services to offset printers in Mumbai.
This made him slowly but surely diversify into digital printing and screen printing for the commercial advertising, display and POP / POS services. He is credited to having introduced a number of firsts in the Print and Retail industry especially in the FMCG, Telecom and Financial Sector. Spectrum’s state-of-the-art facility in Vasai, Mumbai, are testing new horizons like Plastic Packaging; backward integration via extruding its own Plastic sheets for HIPS, ABS and PP. the company has now invested in additional machinery and has entered into Corrugated Retail Displays and Furniture business.
Spectrum is awarded The Best quality Printing by National and International Graphic Associations like SGIA, FESPA, ASGIA, POPAI, BMPA, SPAI, Print Week and many more. As of today Spectrum has to its credit more than 115 international and 150 national awards for excellence in printing and POP / POS.
In-Store Displays : Buying Evolution & Market Scenario
Paul Khoury Specialises in client relations - Marketing services specialist - Omni channel media services consultancy and handles relationships in 'Client Services' across Australia, NZ, India, Japan and South East Asia – AMEA. He has experience in marketing and professional services consultancy - including traditional channels through to modern (Remote and onsite) including the ability to lead and represent commercial, operational and financial management
He is also experienced with 'Brand integration' - media and at managing, recruiting and developing teams from implementation to BAU - the strategy for each team I have built is always focused on customer requirements and each team differs from one another. He has handled management of end to end campaigns including creative design, digital design services (Agency), supplier management and campaign distribution as well as management of end to end MM video production services and other media channel outputs (Radio, TV)
He has built corporate customer experience across Mondelez, Ford, Target, ANZ, NAB, Dept. of Defence, Delonghi, Crown Casino, SEN Radio, the Nine Network and Fremantle Media.
Ragesh is the cofounder of Renam Retail, India’s leading display and fixture company, that partners the country’s largest retailers and several global brands. He currently looks after design, international clients, and several strategic client partnerships. With over 20 years in the industry, he has gained wide ranging experience that includes print, design, POSM, in store merchandising, and fixtures
After a brief stint in printing and advertising, he went on to cofound REX Group in 2001, which grew from a print company to a full service retail agency before being merged into Renam in 2016.
He has served POPAI India (A part of the Shop! Global network) on the board and as Chairman. He also represents India at the Global In-Store Comm. He loves to experiment with technology in retail and is passionate about promoting India as a manufacturing hub for retail fixtures and displays.
Moderator, Panel Discussion: "Evolving trends in Shopper Marketing to the Connected Indian Consumer
Panel Discussion: “Digitizing the Store Experience in India
Panel Discussion: “Managing Scale of Rollouts”
"Evolving trends in Shopper Marketing to the Connected Indian Consumer”
"Reimagining the store"
“Multi Sensory Branding in Retail - Specialty Dining”
Jamshed Soli Daboo is currently the Managing Director at Trent Hypermarket Pvt Ltd, a Trent-Tesco joint venture. Prior to joining THPL, Jamshed was Head - Consumer Finance and Advisory Business at Tata Capital Limited.
"Needs for brands on shelves to collaborate with store environments to deliver effective shopper marketing today"
Moderator, Panel Discussion: “Managing Scale of Rollouts”
“The Art of integrated VM in omni channel stores”
Evolution of Grocery Retail
Panel Discussion: "Evolving trends in Shopper Marketing to the Connected Indian Consumer”
“Creative Disruption - How to differentiate in a crowd”
Panel Discussion: "Digitizing the Store Experience in India"
Moderator, Panel Discussion: “Digitizing the Store Experience in India
New- Age Consumer Insights
Panel Discussion: “Managing Scale of Rollouts
The growth of beauty across offline & online channels in India
Panel Discussion:“Challenges of managing the delivery of Shopper Marketing Communication to multiple stores in regions and languages"
Panel Discussion:“Re-presenting an Icon - the Royal Enfield Story
V M Challenge - A Window Display Competition at Expo Floor
New Role of the Store in new age retailing
“How Shoppers Make Decisions: The Truth About Their Behaviors”
"Design Thinking and its impact on retail brand valuation and profitability”
“The Art of delivering Lifestyle Shopping UX in new age phy-gital Environments”
"The New Age India Retail - Executive Health Check Report"
“EuroShop 2017: Seven Dimensions of Success. How the No1 Retail Trade Fair reinvents itself and charts out New Courses for the Future.”
"Global New Age Trends in Consumers' Retail Experience Expectations and Retail Environments"
“Against all odds - Trend busting Shopper Marketing Strategies”
"Building an Omni-Channel Brand" - The Lenskart story
“Decoding new age shoppers in growing Tier 2 and 3 Cities in India”
Panel Discussion:“Re-presenting an Icon - the Royal Enfield Story"
Panel Member:"Evolution in role of the New Age Retail Experience Designer”
"The Importance of Narrative in Retail Design”
"The changing experience expectations of the New Age Indian consumer"
Sudhir, Founder of Nurture Ideaz holds an Architect’s degree from University of Mumbai, Specialization in Project Management, Certification of Design Thinking from Stanford University, Climate Action Plan Accessor from CII and Sustainable Architecture. He has spent over 3 decades as an enterprising leader and a successful project professional across Retail, Commercial, Industrial, Warehouse and Residential industries bringing efficiencies & modularity for exponential growth of the organizations by implementing project management best practices. As a passionate leader, he had demonstrated Sustainability principles in Textile & Retail industries; aligning stakeholders with a unified vision and executing roadmap to reduce organization’s CO2 footprint. Sudhir has been recognized for his contribution in various fields like retail design, environmental initiatives and is a sought-after speaker who has addressed many respected groups in the industry and B-Schools. He has contributed to esteemed organizations like Raymond, Shoppers Stop, Tata AIA, and Bovis Lend Lease.
Building a perfect shopping experience for new age expectations”
Special Workshop for Jewellery Retailers: Add Shine To Your Jewellery Retail Business "Jewellery Retailers Workshop on Modern Retail Strategy"
Panel Discussion:Growth Prospects & Strategies of Retail Formats: "Family Managed Retail / Modern Retail / Online Retail "
"Beyond Marketing"
Panel Discussion:"Creating New Retail Experiences In Times Of E-Com Explosion"
Panel Discussion:"Understanding Indian Consumers In The Social Media Era"
"Using Innovation For Profitable Growth"
Panel Discussion:"Crafting Clutters-Breakers In A Crowded FMCG Retail Environment"
Inauguration & Address by Chief Guest
Exclusive Workshop for Regional/Independent Retailers: "The Power Of Retail Brands, And How To Develop Yours"
Welcome Address by Conference Director
Getting It Done: "Best Practices That Ensure Budget, Time & Quality Compliance in Project Delivery"
Panel Discussion: "Driving Design Innovation With New Materials"
Panel Discussion:"The In-Store Experience: The Next Frontier For Revenue Growth & Profitability"
Panel Discussion:"Grand Finale: The Retail Store Of The Future"
Panel Discussion:"Building Visiblity For Brands In The Tradional Retail Space"
Driving Growth From Shopper Insights
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