Retail Re-imagined: How the Regions Leaders Are Reacting to Disruption & Innovation

With the rise of omni-commerce and changing consumer behaviors shaping the future of retail, it has never ever been more important for industry players to innovative to remain competitive. These trends will certainly be the emphasis of conversations between retail executives in the center East when they collect in Dubai for the Retail Leaders Circle MENA.

Held on March 27th-28th 2018 at the Four Seasons Hotel at Jumeirah Beach, the Retail Leaders Circle MENA will certainly bring together 300 significant and visionary industry leaders to review the future of the developing retail landscape.

This year, Retail Leaders Circle MENA has actually partnered with the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and industry leaders such as Microsoft and the Chalhoub Group. The occasion will certainly be held under around the theme of Re-imagining Retail in Middle East: Innovation and Disruption.

For his part, H.E. Hamad Buamim, President and Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said: "Retailers all over the world are increasingly concentrating on developing initial and personalised consumer experiences and integrating modern technology and harnessing information to engage customers at every touchpoint. It is crucial that stores in the UAE and Middle East and North Africa adjust to such fads and straighten their approach with the evolving expectations of their customers."

H.E. Buamim added: "Dubai Chamber is honoured to extend its support The Retail Leaders Circle MENA as an Event Partner, as this top occasion will certainly supply a powerful platform for magnate to discuss pressing challenges, discover new growth possibilities that are being developed by innovative and turbulent modern technologies and obtain important insights about key patterns that are improving the global retail industry."

Dubai Chamber's President and Chief Executive Officer kept in mind that Dubai is an excellent setting to hold the occasion as the emirate continues to be the leading retail destination the region, while it has actually likewise continuouslied attract global merchants, expand and boost its retail offerings to travelers and residents alike.

Ramy Fares, Head of Retail, Traveling, and Hospitality, Microsoft Middle East and Africa, commented: "The retail industry is undertaking seismic changes fed by swift and unmatched modern technology innovation. At the Retail Leaders Circle MENA we will certainly discover the possibilities birthed by digital transformation, and just how Microsoft can assist merchants reimagine their companies, to not just endure, yet flourish in today's affordable environment."

Dealing with an audience of magnate within retail, innovation and real estate, the summit will certainly focus on appropriate and timely themes, including The State of the Retail Industry, Digital Transformation, The Developing Role of the Shopping Centers in the Future, Industry Investments and The Changing Customer Behaviour. It is readied to provide an invaluable 360-perpective, serving as the launching pad for numerous industry research studies and critical insights from the US-based Wharton School, Accenture, PwC, FITCH, McKinsey & Company, Google and Bain & Company, to name a few.

Key speakers at the Retail Leaders Circle will certainly consist of Faraz Khalid, Chief Executive Officer of Noon.com, Tim Greenhalgh, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer of FITCH, Barbara Kahn, Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and Vijay Talwar President of Digital for Footlocker, among others.

" The global retail industry is currently in a state of change. With customers in the driver's seat, merchants locate themselves in the hot spot, not only to keep these customers engaged, but to streamline their shopping trip and offer tailored client experiences," stated Panos Linardos, Chairman of Retail Leaders Circle MENA. "This year's Retail Leaders Circle MENA will be the meeting point for a few of the sharpest minds in the industry to attend to a shift in consumer buying behaviour that is compeling firms to re-imagine exactly how business is done. We are thrilled to partner with the Dubai Chamber of Business and Industry to host this effective two-day summit which will feature 40 motivational speakers from three continents."

To learn more, see: www.retailleaderscircle.com/uae/