The World Retail Congress will be held in Barcelona in March 2007 and will see retailers from across the world meet and discuss all the key issues facing retail businesses. Mohamed Alshaya, CEO of the AlShaya Group, is one of the leading retail figures pledging support for the World Retail Congress and he is a member of the Congress Advisory Board. He is also confirmed as one of the keynote speakers at the Congress along with top retailers such as Sir Terry Leahy, CEO, Tesco, Anders Dahlvig, President & CEO, Ikea Group, Motoya Okada, President, AEON and José Luis Duran, CEO, Carrefour.
Ian McGarrigle, Congress Director overseeing Content, and Ray Suitters, the Commercial Director, visited retailers and mall developers in Dubai last week.
'We see the scale and pace of development of retailing in Dubai and across the Gulf as one of the most exciting the world has ever seen' said Ian McGarrigle. 'This will be reflected at the World Retail Congress with special sessions dedicated to examining the opportunities for retail in the Gulf. We therefore wanted to meet with leading retailers and developers in the region to win their support for the World Retail Congress and invite them to take part. The reaction we received was extremely positive and encouraging'.
The directors visited Majid Al Futtain Group, Chalhoub Group, Damas, Paris Gallery and Istithmar Retail.
Francois de Montaudoin, CEO of Majid Al Futtain Group, Tawhid Abdullah, President of Damas, David Thurling, CEO of Istithmar Retail and Abdullah Al Fahim, Chairman of Paris Gallery have all confirmed that they will speak at the World Retail Congress.
It was also confirmed this week that Dubai-based Concept Media will represent the World Retail Congress as sales agents and Retail ME has become the media partner with the World Retail Congress across the Middle East.
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- United Arab Emirates: Saturday, September 16 - 2006 at 09:26
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Two senior directors from the recently launched World Retail Congress visited Dubai last week to meet senior figures from the retail sector.
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WORLD RETAIL CONGRESS:
Created in direct response to the demands of retailers in both developed and emerging markets, and supported by major international players including Marks & Spencer, Tesco, Carrefour, Ikea, AlShaya, AS Watson and Best Buy, the World Retail Congress will bring together the world's retail leaders for high-level debate with international policy makers. The aim is to drive growth in the global retail economy, promote the benefits of global retail excellence and gain sustainable, competitive edge in domestic and international markets. With thousands of key retail professionals and politicians expected to attend, the focus will be on discussing and influencing the issues for change.
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CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
Mohamed Alshaya, CEO, Alshaya Group
Kishore Biyani, MD, Pantaloon
Eric Broussard, VP, Amazon Services Europe
Ian Cheshire, CEO, B&Q
Anders Dahlvig, President & CEO, Ikea Group
Tony DeNunzio, Exec. Chairman, Maxeda, Formerly Vendex KBB
José Luis Duran, CEO, Carrefour
Pablo Isla Álvarez de Tejera, Deputy Chairman & CEO, Inditex
Isak Halfon, Executive Vice President International Expansion, Mango
Gilbert Harrison, Chairman, Financo
Stephen Hoch, Patty & Jay H Baker Professor of Marketing, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Andrew Jennings, COO & President, Saks Fifth Avenue
Bijou Kurien, President & Chief Executive-Life Style, Reliance Industries
Sir Terry Leahy, CEO, Tesco
John Lovering, Chairman, Debenhams & Somerfield
Terry Lundgren, President, Chairman & CEO, Federated Department Stores
Yazgan Mussainf, Principal Retail Industry Specialist, IFC, World Bank Group
BS Nagesh, Customer Care Associate & MD, Shoppers' Stop
Motoya Okada, President, AEON
Jim O'Neill, Head, Global Economic Research, Goldman Sachs International
Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary General, UNCTAD*
David Perdue, Chairman & CEO, Dollar General
Jorge Pont, Assistant to the Chairman, Director of International Affairs, El Corte Inglés
Alan Roberts, Chairman, Ethical Trading Initiative
Marian Salzman, Executive Vice President, JWT
Matt Rubel, CEO, Payless Shoes
Arvind Singhal, Chairman, Technopak
Ravi Thakran, Group Director, South Asia, LVMH
Lukas Casey, Co-Head, IFC Retail Hotels and Property Team, World Bank Group
Claudio Del Vecchio, Chairman & CEO, Brooks Brothers
Joseph Wan, CEO, Harvey Nichols
WORLD RETAIL CONGRESS ADVISORY BOARD:
Mohammed AlShaya, Chairman, AlShaya Group
David Bosshart, GDI
Anders Dahlvig, CEO, Ikea
Malcolm Dalgleish, Managing Director, CB Richard Ellis
José-Luis Duran, CEO, Carrefour
Xavier Durieu, Secretary General, Eurocommerce
Steven Goh, Chairman, Retail Asia
Gilbert W. Harrison, Chairman, Financo
Lawrence Hutter, Managing Partner Global Consumer Business, Deloitte
Maureen Johnson, MD, WPP The Store
Sandy Kennedy, President, RILA
Christopher Knee, International Association of Department Stores
Alfonso Merry del Val, Director, Telefonica and former Chairman Continente and President Carrefour Spain
Lucy Neville-Rolfe, DCA, Tesco
Stuart Rose, Marks and Spencer
Arvind Singhal, Chairman, Technopak (India)
Mark Olbrich, Chairman, Komex Ltd
David Shriver, Director Group Financial Communications, Carrefour
Dan Stanek, Executive VP, Retail Forward
Stephen Sunnocks, European President, Gap
Richard Traish, MD Europe, KSA
Ian Wade, CEO, AS Watson
Galen Weston, Chairman and President, George Weston Group
Bob Willett CIO, Best Buy
Posted by Lara Lynn Golden, News EditorSaturday, September 16 - 2006 at 09:26 UAE local time (GMT+4)
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