Forthcoming events

RETAILtech Congress
17-18 September 2008; Expo XX1 Warsaw International Expocentre, Poland
The retail sector in Central & Eastern Europe has undergone rapid and phenomenal change. Customer behaviour, influenced by large-scale, widespread changes in income and lifestyle, continues to contribute to this growth. While many of the trends can be described as a fast-track version of global retailing patterns generally, the precise changes bear the hallmark of the local environment. As development continues unabated, those retailers who invest in analysis and evaluation of retail patterns and cutting edge technologies, will emerge as the dominant retail players in the region.

Retail Gift Cards Europe
23-24 September 2008; London, UK
Gift cards, or electronic vouchers, are revolutionising the way retailers are selling choice-based gifts to consumers and business customers. The 3rd annual Retail Gift Cards Europe conference is the only conference to unite all sections of the European retail community in a discussion of the opportunities, challenges, and next steps for gift card implementation and strategic development in the retail industry across Europe.

KioskCom Self Service Expo Europe
1-2 October 2008; Olympia, London UK
The international KioskCom exhibition, the self service industry’s showcase event since 1995 and first arriving in the UK in 2006, has already filled two thirds of the available stand space for 2008. Amongst the leading names confirmed for the event, which this year sees the launch of the all new European Digital Signage Show, are 3M Touch Systems, Dicoll, Ingenico, Key Technology Kiosk Solutions, NIT, Protouch, Rittal and Star Micronics. Alongside these exhibitors will be a whole host of other key players in the self service and digital signage worlds, all demonstrating to visitors how the latest frontline technology can improve customer service, increase revenue and cut costs.

The CIES Future Leaders Congress
5-7 October 2008; Washington, USA
An event for future leaders of the food business to analyse the competitive dynamics in the grocery sector and to enable future leaders to further develop their potential and enhance their contribution to the business. The theme for the event is "Winning - Insights from a fiercly competitive environment."

Internet Retailing 08
7 October 2008; Hammersmith, London, UK
Now in its third year, Internet Retailing 08 will feature over 1,000 of the UK’s leading e-retail and multi-channel retailers at a premium learning and networking event. Presentations will include: Chris Poad, head of e-commerce, Otto UK on Rich Customer Experience; Peter Callaway, ecommerce director, House of Fraser on the Fast Track To Success; and Neil Saunders, consulting director, Verdict Research on Cross-Channel strategy.

Retail Loss Prevention Europe
7-8 October 2008; London, UK
At the 4th annual Retail Loss Prevention Europe conference, you will learn how to revolutionise your loss prevention strategies and deliver immediate profits on your bottom line. The focus is on minimising employee and supplier fraud, beating customer theft and tackling procedural failure to make a real difference to your shrinkage figures.

The CIES Supply Chain Conference
9-10 October 2008; Vienna, Austria
The CIES Supply Chain Conference brings together CIES members for an educational exchange of top-of-mind issues in supply chain in the retail sector to provide opportunities for supply chain senior executives and logistics directors to network and debate the issues. At the event, practical case studies based on real experiences are presented by the speakers representing retailers and manufacturers.

Sixth Annual Retail Technology Summit
October 15-16, 2008; Steigenberger Hotel, Berlin
This intensive educational programme features retail practitioners and experts who share their knowledge and insights on topics that are global, relevant and forward thinking. Summit delegates will learn about the latest in retail technology, supply chain execution, and international IT standards. Additional educational workshops are available at the termination of the Summit.

Retail Pricing Summit USA
15-16 October 2008; Chicago, USA
The 5th annual Retail Pricing Summit will provide you with the answers to your biggest retail pricing questions. Whether it’s how consumers are reacting to the weakening economy and how this affects your pricing strategies, how to innovate your promotions and markdowns management or how to integrate pricing with your wider business objectives – you can be sure that you will learn from the success stories from across the US retail industry.

Merchandise Management for Retail
21-22 October 2008; London UK
The Merchandise Management for Retail conference will focus on the planning and execution of merchandising strategies in large-scale retail. The event will focus on demand planning and forecasting to get the right goods in the right stores at the right time to meet customer demand. In addition to this, we’ll have expert sessions specifically chosen to help you improve sales of your goods once they’re in store and how to guarantee the best margin on all purchases. In short, this will be the only event you need to attend in 2008 to address the challenges and take advantage of new opportunities in category management, space and range planning, allocation and replenishment, pricing and promotions and the whole realm of merchandise management in European retail.

The Retail Business Show
28-29 January 2009; Olympia, London, UK
The fourth annual Retail Business Show brings together the very best in multi channel retailer software, services and IT. It showcases the very latest developments available to the modern retailer, and all presented around a series of free-to-attend high end conferences including retail fraud, e – retail, mobile retailing, digital signage and in store media, plus on the main stage The Bigger Picture, featuring some of the biggest celebrity names from the world of retail.

Retail Fraud 2009
25 March 2009; Novotel, London, UK
Retail Fraud is one of the hottest topics for retailers today, and features high on their agenda. Why? Quite simply because by tackling fraud in all its complexities, retailers can see immediate bottom line savings. There is no doubt that fraud, whether physical, electronic, organised or casual from staff or customers, is one area that has traditionally been paid little more than lip service. Retailers now simply must invest in systems and solutions that will combat fraud and loss and by doing so, save themselves millions of pounds. And so, after another successful event in 2008 with around 400 delegates in attendance, the Retail Fraud conference will be returning to the Novotel, London West, but this time with a refreshed format featuring extended master class sessions and more focused conference content.