FORUM TOPICS
SPEAKERS
  • Transformation of retail: Trends. Forecasts. Business strategy. Evolution of POS.
  • Changes in the retail sector in the light of new political and economic realities: the problem of creating new supply chains, optimization of pricing models, the problem of choosing the priority segments
  • Reduction of the retailers’ margins because of rise in prices: a concession to the market or investing in the future?
  • Cross-border online commerce: barriers, challenges of globalization
  • Multi-channel sales model: promising scenarios and tools
  • Omni-channel model in the retail sector: business models, case studies, forecasts, technical facilities for its implementation
  • The market of premium and luxury retail in the changed environment: purchase drivers, customer base, consumer patterns
  • Regional network retail, federal and international networks in the regions - problems of business niches and competitive model
  • Marketplaces on the Russian market: the experience of Russian and global online players
  • Loyalty programs, technology for offers targeting and personalization
  • Coalition loyalty programs: the current stage of development and its trends
  • Repositioning and rebranding of the network on a highly competitive market in the new environment
  • Online lending: new forms
  • Segmentation of the customer base to achieve an effective marketing communication: BI and CRM
  • Big Data at the present stage of development of the retail sector
  • E-commerce: technology trends, business models, legislation
  • Web-analytics as a retailer’s tool
  • Fulfillment: current trends and prospects of development. Effective management of pricing, product range, merchandising, inventory and retail space
  • Supply chain management and logistics solutions in retail
  • Optimization of the retailer’s back-office: technologies, tools, cases
  • Mobile applications as a sales and promotion channel. Location-based services
  • Social networks for the retailer: the data source, sales channel, marketing platform
  • Innovative payment solutions
  • POS-equipment and POS solutions
  • Self Checkout, vending and other self-service systems
  • Innovative solutions in the field of visual communications. Digital Signage. Navigation and interactive communication at the point of sale
  • Call-centers in the retail sector: inhouse vs outsourcing
  • IT in retail: CRM, ERP, BI-systems and others
  • Video Analytics: the spheres of application
  • Biometrics in the retail sector: the sphere of application, global experience
  • Security Issues in the retail sector
  • Personal data in the retail sector: problems of legal compliance and security
  • Cash collection and self-collection, cash handling optimization technology