Tuesday
July 11
11:00 am–12:00 pm
Palos Verdes Terrace
Expert-Led Think Tanks
Join our handpicked group of subject matter experts to discuss future-forward ideas. With three separate opportunities to engage, NRF’s Expert-Led Think Tanks allow attendees to dive deep into a single topic or explore three different topics for a broader perspective. Join your peers and be inspired during these insightful share-and-learn “group thinks” held on Terranea’s gorgeous lawn. Topics include:
- AI/ML use cases in retail
- Consumer trends 2025 and beyond
- Customer data platforms and CRM capabilities
- Web3 and Metaverse: Promise or Perfidy
- Live and social commerce - next-gen affiliates, influencers, TikTok
- Marketplaces - strategies and opportunities
- Mobile and ecommerce technologies
- Optimizing your first-party data strategy
- Privacy impacts - retail tech and marketing
- Robotics and automation technology
- Unified commerce/seamless commerce
- Updating your tech stack
Our Experts:
* Adding a session to your calendar does not provide access to or admission to this event. You must register to attend this session.
Rachel Bonsignore
Vice President, GfK Consumer Life
GfK
Ananda "Andy" Chakravarty
VP, Research, Merchandising and Marketing Analytics, IDC Retail Insights
IDC
Leslie Emmons Burthey
Consultant / Fractional CMO
Formerly WeightWatchers / GoodRx / FabFitFun / Winc
Karen Etzkorn
Chief Information Officer
Qurate Retail Group
Pascal Finette
Co-Founder
be radical
Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg
Chief Commerce Strategy Officer
Publicis Groupe
Neel Grover
CEO
Shop Premium Outlets
Jeff Hanson
SVP Ecommerce
Floor & Decor
Michael Klein
Principal
Klein4Retail Consulting
Lee Peterson
Executive Vice President, Thought Leadership and Marketing
WD Partners
Ben Pivar
SVP and CIO
Carter's
Christopher Thomas-Moore
Chief Digital Officer
Domino's Pizza LLC