Taking on the Retail Industry's Next Big Challenges

Technology no longer supports Retail organizations; it enables Retail organizations. IT now plays a critical role in such important initiatives as customer data protection and storage, customer service, compliance and more.

The CIO Retail Summit is designed to provide technology leaders with a unique opportunity to interface with like-minded individuals in a relaxed, but focused business atmosphere. Discussion topics are chosen by IT end-users to ensure that critical IT issues and trends are being explored throughout the event. The technology summit is packed with one-on-one executive exchanges, CIO case studies and engaging keynote speeches.

The CIO Retail Summit three-day agenda also includes:

  • Interactive thought-leadership workshops lead by industry analysts and IT end-users (not vendor product pitches)
  • In-depth Q&A sessions with peers facing similar IT challenges
  • Thorough business discussions with solution providers and tiered, structured presentations

Open dialogue is promoted in an effort to encourage strategy and idea sharing. With this in mind, the CIO Retail Summit includes numerous networking opportunities, both formal and informal. This allows attendees to further develop new and existing business relationships with peers and colleagues, and provides the priceless information sharing that can affect decision making in years to come. Discuss IT issues and solutions during social events, cocktail receptions and coffee breaks.

10 Reasons to Attend the CIO Retail Summit

Invite-only Attendee List —The CIO Retail Summit brings together the best in the industry. That means you'll be speaking with your peers. They understand your challenges because they've been there. Learn and network with CIOs, SVPs and EVPs from leading companies in the North Americas.

One-on-One Executive Exchanges —Meet face-to-face with six solution providers throughout the three-day summit. They have the technology solutions that could potentially solve your expressed IT problems. You can ask questions and get answers. Then you can go back to your office and get things done.

Networking Opportunities —Industry leaders need to network with other industry leaders. It's that easy. The CIO Retail Summit will allow you to make new business contacts as well as catch up with familiar faces.

Intimate Environment —The CIO Retail Summit is designed to ensure that your voice is heard. You'll share your opinions and ideas, and have the chance to listen to those of your peers. Huge technology conferences have their place, but why become another face in the crowd?

ROI —In business, ROI is expected. The CIO Retail Summit is business and you'll get back more than what you put in. The event is designed to ensure that you leave with new ideas and new solutions. Nothing's more valuable than that.

Balanced Agenda —The CIO Retail Summit team wants you to be at your best. We won't inundate and overwhelm you with information. Instead, the CIO Retail Summit agenda is balanced with CIO executive visions panels and networking breaks, keynote presentations and four-course meals.

Productive Environment —The CIO Retail Summit includes one-on-one executive exchanges, thought-leadership panel discussions, CIO case studies and networking breaks. You may be away from the office, but you aren't on vacation. This is business. You'll be productive, while enjoying the luxury of a world class resort.

Learning Opportunity —To make the best decisions, you need to know about the latest IT trends. We sort through the hype so you can discuss the issues that matter.

Step Back —Step away from your desk and day-to-day tasks, and take some time to look at the big IT picture at your organization. The CIO Retail Summit will allow you to tackle the technology issues that matter.

Focused and Efficient —The CIO Retail Summit agenda is designed to keep you focused and productive. Technology moves fast, but you can be faster. Stay ahead of the curve. Discuss the latest IT issues with leading analysts and thought-leaders. Imagine what you could learn.

 

Case Studies

adidas Goes for the Gold in Customer Service adidas Goes for the Gold in Customer Service - adidas-Salomon AG, based in Herzogenaurach, Germany, is a global leader in the sporting goods industry, delivering high performance footwear, apparel and accessories to virtually every country in the world. To keep pace with rapid growth, the company's North American corporate unit, adidas America, hired UPS Supply Chain Solutions to help streamline and enhance its U.S. distribution operations.

2011 Shopper Experience Study: Taking the Store to the Shopper This edition of Cognizant's shopper experience study continues the work started last year between RIS News and Cognizant: exploring shopper likes and dislikes, the emergence of mobility and the drivers of retail loyalty.

Nearshoring: The New IT Services Frontier There is a common belief that businesses are better off if they turn over all of their non-core competency work to third parties. However, an alarming number of failed attempts at a 'one size fits all' approach have shaken corporate faith in the traditional outsourcing model.

AutoZone's Cloud BI Initiative A private hosted cloud BI solution helped AutoZone identify unproductive inventory, improve the returns process, and streamline its internal supply chain.

Storage System Targets Solution Providers Storage System Targets Solution Providers: As more and more business assets are tied to data, resellers are looking for ways to serve their customers' growing storage needs, while earning higher margins. For many businesses, data is their most important business asset, and it is the asset least likely to be adequately protected. They have insurance on their building, furniture, office equipment, etc., but are they safeguarding their businesses?

Whitepapers

Improving the in-store customer experience While it is generally the "brand" that brings retail consumers to the shopping environment, it is the retail "experience" that builds loyalty and keeps them coming back. Social media and mobile shopping initiatives may lure consumers into a retail environment, but digital in-store engagement must be at the heart of a retailer's strategic cross-channel--execution.

Taking an E-Commerce Webpage from Ticketpro.ca & RIM Consumers are shopping at record numbers online. If you don't make available what you're holding in stock, customers are going to walk right by. E-Commerce platforms deliver increased returns for online stores, as newer programs offer simplified set-up and added features.

The Future of Work Has Arrived: Time to Re-Focus IT As organizations slowly emerge from the global recession and re-examine every aspect of their businesses, they must address the unrelenting forces of globalization, demographic change, virtualization and cloud computing that are reshaping the corporate operating model.

Transform Data Into Insight: Business Intelligence Solutions SAP BusinessObjects comprehensive BI solutions enable your business users to access relevant, trusted information - the way they need it, whenever and wherever it's needed. Equipped with actionable insight, your users can make faster, better-informed decisions that increase productivity and improve performance.

BIG DATA ANALYTICS - This time it's personal 1010data delivers an interactive analytical capability that can be quickly implemented to access and analyze huge amounts of data, up to trillions of rows. We recommend that companies looking for an analytical platform, especially those that gather, accumulate and analyze large amounts of data, consider it as an option.

 
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