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Finding Growth amid Covid-19: How Brands Tapped Alibaba’s 6.18 Shopping Festival for Digital Transformation

Amanda Baldwin, President at Supergoop! and Erick Haskell, President of International at Allbirds join Deborah Weinswig, CEO & Founder of Coresight Research and Tony Shan, Head of Americas for Alibaba’s Tmall Global and Kaola, to discuss key takeaways from Alibaba’s 6.18 Mid-Year Shopping Festival, China’s largest sales event since the outbreak of Covid-19 and with more than 100,000 brands having participated. As the retail industry around the world continues learning how to navigate through the disruptions caused by Covid-19, Allbirds and Supergoop! have been able to forge new digital engagements and growth opportunities for their businesses in China.

Transformation & Innovation: Staying Top of Mind with Consumers Post-Covid with Mindy Grossman, CEO, WW International (formerly Weight Watchers)

The current health crisis has dramatically affected consumers, shifting behaviors drastically from health and wellness habits to shopping and buying patterns. What are some of the changes that may leave a longer term impact on the retail and eCommerce industry? Join us for a conversation with WW (formerly Weight Watchers) President and CEO, Mindy Grossman, along with Coresight’s Deborah Weinswig & Marie Driscoll as they discuss strategies for pivoting business, transformation and innovation and how to stay top of mind, bringing customers together and fostering community.

Sustainability and the Future of Luxury Retail with Marie-Claire Daveu, Chief Sustainability Officer & Head of International Affairs, Kering

Deborah Weinswig, CEO & Founder of Coresight Research, welcomes Marie-Claire Daveu, Kering’s Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of International Affairs, and Marie Driscoll, Managing Director, Luxury and Fashion at Coresight Research, to discuss the future of sustainability in luxury retail. Learn about the benefits of a sustainability strategy and how you can measure your company’s impacts on the environment.

How To Leverage Data To Tackle Changing Consumer Buying Behavior: Buying More, Shopping Less

Retailers and manufacturers need a prescriptive approach to using data to meet the evolving demands of today’s consumer. Challenges around bulk buying, store operations and profitability are exacerbated by not having a timely and accurate understanding of data. To achieve this, retailers and manufacturers need to adopt an approach that often runs counter to traditional business models. Executives from Coresight Research, Shark Ninja, The O Alliance and Zebra Analytics will outline how retailers can leverage technology and analytics-driven insights to tackle changing consumer buying behavior and ensure the availability and accuracy of inventory.

Open For Business: Future of Retail and the Consumer with Chris Baldwin, Chairman of BJ’s Wholesale

Exploring how the coronavirus pandemic has affected warehouse-club retail, Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, will be joined by Chris Baldwin, Chairman of BJ’s Wholesale. They will discuss recent shifts in the shopping behaviors of BJ’s Wholesale customers and assess which changed habits may persist in the short term, before looking ahead to the permanent changes that Baldwin expects to see post crisis.

The Future of E-Commerce: The Importance of a Digital Retail Strategy in the Current Environment with Duncan Painter, CEO of Ascential

Join Deborah Weinswig, CEO & Founder of Coresight Research and Duncan Painter, CEO of Ascential plc to discuss how the pandemic is impacting eCommerce trends, the platforms to watch, and which insights will help the world’s biggest brands improve their digital retail strategy.

Coresight Research & Blue Yonder Present: Digital Transformation in Reaction to Covid-19– How Ulta Beauty Mobilized for Guests and Associates with Ulta CIO, Diane Randolph

Diane Randolph, CIO at Ulta Beauty, joins Deborah Weinswig, CEO & Founder of Coresight Research, and JoAnn Martin, VP, Retail Industry at Blue Yonder, to explore the future of the global/US beauty industry following the coronavirus crisis—from the introduction of new technologies to the implementation of stricter sanitary standards. Randolph will also offer insights into how Ulta quickly pivoted to meet both consumer and employee needs during Covid-19.

New Retail: The Importance of Partnerships & Technology with Charlie Cole, CEO of FTD

Charlie Cole, CEO of FTD, joins Deborah Weinswig, CEO & Founder of Coresight Research & Marie Drisscoll, Managing Director, Luxury & Fashion, to discuss the importance of partnerships and technology in new retail. FTD’s network of 30,000 florists worldwide are supported by an infrastructure comprising common technology, marketing and digital services, while providing same-day, local, market delivery.

Coresight Research & Blue Yonder Present: Planning for Retail Recovery & Restoring Consumer Confidence with Bjoern Petersen, President, Sensormatic Solutions

Bjoern Petersen, President of Sensormatic Solutions, joins Deborah Weinswig, CEO & Founder of Coresight Research, and JoAnn Martin, SVP, Retail Industry at Blue Yonder, to discuss how retail can adapt to a new reality and restore consumer confidence as stores reopen—looking ahead to the future of the in-store experience.

Tips from the Trade: The Future of Apparel & Footwear with Steve Lamar, President & CEO of AAFA

Deborah Weinswig, CEO & Founder of Coresight Research, welcomes Steve Lamar, President and CEO of AAFA, to discuss the future of supply chain and trade policy, as well as how the retail and apparel industries are dealing with their rescue, recovery and rebuild from the coronavirus pandemic.

Coresight Research & Blue Yonder Present: The Impact of Covid-19 on Traditional and Online Grocery with David Hardiman-Evans, SVP, North America at Ocado Solutions

David Hardiman-Evans, SVP, North America, Ocado Solutions, joins Deborah Weinswig, CEO & Founder of Coresight Research, and JoAnn Martin, SVP, Retail, Blue Yonder, to explore how COVID-19 has impacted grocery both online and offline, how the industry has had to pivot during the crisis and what it is doing to keep up with consumer demand.

The Future of Collaboration in Retail with Andrew Appel, President and CEO, IRI

Andrew Appel, President and CEO of IRI, joins Deborah Weinswig, CEO & Founder of Coresight Research, to discuss the key challenges and risks for CPG companies in the current environment, the opportunities it presents and the actions that these companies can take to stay relevant post Covid-19.

Tips from the Trade: The Future of the Drugstore with NACDS Leadership

Join Deborah Weinswig, CEO & Founder of Coresight Research as she welcomes Stephen Perlowski and Jim Whitman of NACDS – the National Association of Chain Drug Stores to discuss the current environment, the future of the drugstore and how traditional, grocery and mass retail pharmacies can expect the industry to look for the next 1, 3 and 6 months.

Coresight Research & Blue Yonder Present: Open for Business with Alex Gourlay, Co-COO, Walgreens Boots Alliance

Join Coresight and Blue Yonder’s discussion with CO-COO of Walgreen Boots Alliance, Alex Gourlay as they discuss the next steps from COVID19.

We’ll be discussing the transformations and innovations in the drugstore space, both in the physical store experience and the supply chain processes, and how to serve consumers and plan for changing demands.

Coresight Classroom: New World of Retail | What We Can Learn from China

Join Michelle Leung, Senior Vice President of Fung Omni Services , & Deborah Weinswig, CEO & Founder of Coresight Research