Retail Week
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PROGRAMME

Tuesday, 13th May 2008

08:45
Registration and refreshments

09:15
Chairman’s opening address
 
Tim Danaher, Editor
Retail Week

09:30
Tougher times: Sustaining growth in a slower economic climate
  • Expanding your core business
  • Maximising your product offering to appeal to your target market
  • Defending market share in competitive market
  • Maintaining brand loyalty in an increasingly competitive economy
  • Encouraging discretionary spend
Rhys Iley, Director
Boots Ireland

10:00
Economic outlook: What does the future hold for the Irish retail industry?
  • Are we talking ourselves into a recession or is the market slowing?
  • Exploring changing consumer attitudes to discretionary spending
  • Examining the impact of the end of the SSIA Scheme
  • Identifying the opportunities and potential impact of the growth of credit
  • Predicting the winners and losers in the race for market share
Eunan King, Economist
NCB

10:30
Morning refreshments

11:00
Expanding outside of Ireland: Managing and maintaining growth in a new territory
  • Expanding out of Ireland: How do you choose your territory?
  • Engaging with new and diverse customers
  • Refocusing your brand proposition to appeal to your new market
  • Examining management structure: Delivering the right team to push forward your expansion
Eoin McGettigan, CEO
Lifestyle Sports

11:30
Utilising your differences to entice and engage the consumer: Differentiating your product offering to drive sales
  • The need to differentiate in a competitive market
  • Thinking differently about your aspirations and customers
  • Using differentiation to develop a strong brand identity
  • Assessing the Irish market: Identifying the challenges and opportunities for new and current retailers
Malachy Hanberry, Sales Director
BWG Spar

12:00
Putting the Irish retail markets into perspective
  • What products are currently the "Winners and Losers"?
  • How does the Irish retail market compare to the rest of Europe?
  • Where will the future growth come from?
  • What is the true cost of new technology, and who is the winner?
Anthony Norman, Business Group Director
GfK

12:30
Lunch

13:30
PANEL DISCUSSION
Who will be the winners and losers in the retail market in 2008?
  • Is it necessary to change your business model?
  • What is the best way to run your business in this changing market?
  • Will all areas of the market be impacted by the slowdown?
Gina Quinn, CEO
Dublin Chamber of Commerce
Nigel Blow, CEO
Brown Thomas
Torlach Denihan, Director, Retail Ireland
IBEC
James McDonald, Head of Contactless Payments
Barclaycard Business

14:15
Customer-Carrier-Customer – working together to create customer satisfaction in the new internet age
  • Gaining an insight into the complexities of the Customer-Carrier-Customer relationships and how the internet has redefined them
  • Discovering the importance of defining communication boundaries between Customer-Carrier-Customer relationships
  • Identifying how the Customer-Carrier-Customer relationship can be satisfied in the new internet age
Walter Blackwood, Chairman
Home Delivery Network

14:45
Question and answer session

15:00
Afternoon refreshments

15:30
Getting closer to your customer: Overcoming the challenges of developing customer insight in a changing population
  • Driving profitability through meeting the needs of a diverse consumer
  • Examining the key economic and macro-economic groups within the Irish population
  • Identifying the key population centres with consumer spending power
  • Addressing the potential impact of immigration on consumer trends
  • Identifying current consumer trends
Colin Gordon, CEO
Glanbia Consumer Foods

16:00
Building a world class retail sales & service culture
  • Understanding the mindset of companies that deliver ‘World Class’ sales and service
  • Creating a customer journey that delivers the ‘wow’ factor
  • Identifying and documenting your existing ‘Best in Class’ skills and behaviours
  • Establishing your non negotiable sales and service standards
  • Upskilling your employees on the ‘Best in Class’ skills and behaviours
  • Performance coaching to sustain the increased sales and service performance
Dennis Reid, Chairman
RPS Global

16:30
The human side of retail: Delivering growth through your people
  • The challenges of attracting the right people to deliver your brand message
  • Overcoming legislative challenges and working with the unions
  • Fostering employee engagement to motivate and retain effective staff
Mike McGinty, HR Director
Boots Ireland

17:00
Question and answer session

17:15
Chair’s closing remarks and close of conference

Brochure

Home Delivery Network

 

GfK

Retail Excellence Ireland

IBEC Retail Skillnet

 

 



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