PROGRAM

27th of October Go to Day 2: 28th of October
7:45 – 9:00 AM  Registration
9:00 – 9:30 AM  Welcome
François Momboisse Vice President of EMOTA and Susanne Czech, Secretary General of EMOTA will open the second Global E-Commerce Summit.

Latest facts and figures
Before listening to the individual Companies’ perspective, let’s have a corporate view on the most recent numbers on e-commerce in Europe, with a special focus on France and on the fashion market: how did internet change the rules?

François Momboisse,
president FEVAD and Vice-President EMOTA
Director development international internet Fnac,

Susanne Czech,
Secretary General, EMOTA

9:30 - 10:30 AM Creating A Customer-Centric Organization
In 2005, a NRF Foundation/AMEX survey asked American consumers, Who gave them extraordinary customer service? Overstock.com did not appear among the top 150 American retailers.

In January, 2006 Overstock.com decided to make our company customer-centric by making Customer Care the senior department to the entire company, and putting our most hard-headed executive in charge of the department. Customer Care knew where all the bones were buried, and we let their knowledge drive our programs to fix various processes in the company. Overstock.com quickly moved from not scoring in the top 150 to scoring #4 two years in a row. In 2008, we became the #2 retailer in the USA for Customer Service and #1 in Customer Respect.

As we move into the future the customer is taking an even more important role within the company, driving the experience on the website and the products we source and sell.

Patrick M. Byrne,
Chairman & CEO Overstock.com

10:30 – 11:00 AM Networking Break
11:00 – 11:45 AM The Recipe on Online success - case Telmore
One of the most succesfull E-Commerce companies in Denmark reveals the Ingredients for their success online.
  • How we move customers from Retail to Online shopping
  • How we succeed to hasve the highest customer satisfaction measured in Denmark (both within Telecom, Banking and Insureance)

  • How we keep growing in a stagnant industry.
  • The importance of strong company values

Allan Christiansen,
CEO, Telmore

11:45 AM – 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 – 1:45 PM Global Brand Presentation: Building a True Global Brand
As the EVP of Global eCommerce Kate Terry will share how Tommy Hilfiger is building an organization and infrastructure to become a true global online brand and ecommerce success story. Kate will cover topics including:
  • Decentralize vs centralize
  • Successes and failures in implementation
  • Global product and pricing challenges
  • How to market locally and globally
Kate Terry,
EVP Global Ecommerce/Internet, Tommy Hilfiger USA

1:45 – 2:45 PM The Mobile Revolution
The future of online is in offline – making physical stores interactive via mobile. Applications that drive foot traffic to stores, make targeted offers and provide better in-store information to consumers. Mobile phones are the only interactive medium consumers carry with them in a non-interactive physical store.

Consumers are craving digital support. Offline retail influenced by online activity (i.e. look online, but buy offline) is 4 times larger than the entire e-commerce market combined (incl. Amazon.com); it’s an $800 billion market today, and is growing at 19% per year, while e-commerce is growing at 12% per year.

In 2012, 40% of all retail sales in the U.S. will be influenced by online activity. That is a very large opportunity for retailers that “get” it; but the more important insight is that mobile is a much more immediate online tool for offline shopping than the PC (who carries a PC into a store to do research?).

Cyriac Roeding will look at the mobile advertising market, and how that influences retail. After the presentation Brett Hurt will interview Cyriac Roeding.

Cyriac Roeding, co-founder of MOBshop
Brett Hurt, CEO and Founder Bazaarvoice

2:45 – 3:30 PM Networking break
3:30 – 4:15 PM The State of Retailing Online: A Global Perspective for 2009 and Beyond
Sucharita Mulpuru will provide an overview of the annual Shop.org State of Retailing Online surveys conducted by Forrester Research with details on retailer profitability, merchandising priorities and marking allocation.

She will also provide a global perspective on how online companies are employing tactics that effectively manage to drive sales, maintain profitability and build customer loyalty.

Sucharita Mulpuru,
Vice-President and Principal Analyst, eBusiness (Retail), Forrester Research

4:30 – 5:00  PM Roundtable Discussions
  A host will discuss a topic in a small group of maximum 15 people. This will be an informal interactive session where attendees learn form each other. The host will monitor this session and will bring in his/her expertise of the subject.
   
Room: Van Dongen E-commerce Strategies
"eCommerce was until recently an 'add-on' for many organisations. However, its growing importance means that it is challenging established notions of 'doing business'. Multichannel, cross-channel and m-channels all push the internal structures; social media, affiliate networks and publishers all challenge our approaches to customers and our brand, and never has the future and customer attitudes been more difficult to divine. In this context how do organisations set a strategy for eCommerce at the heart of their business? Who are the exemplars and what lessons can be learned?"

Ian Jindal,

founder of Ian Jindal Company & founder and head editor, InternetRetailing.net newsletter

Room: Van Dongen Multichannel retailing
The global digital economy works in a new multichannel landscape. Adaptability and efficiency are key for businesses to thrive in it – but what must they adapt to? This session will focus on the major trends in multichannel retailing, consumer confidence, cross-border opportunities; targeting for profitability; logistics; efficiency and the environment, emerging challenges, and the great opportunities online offers to reach consumers everywhere.

James Roper FRSA,
CEO, IMRG and Chairman, IMR World

Room: Van Dongen Online Payments

Michel Lieffering,
CEO Conrad Electronic International group

Room: Van Dongen Distance selling and VAT - planning for success
VAT is one of the most important issues (certainly the most important tax issue) that must be taken into account when selling goods to private individuals cross-border within the EU.

Paul Quigley,
Director - Meridian International VAT Consulting

Room: Auric Opinions and reviews: internet user's growing participation

Corinne Lejbowicz
,
CEO, Leguide.com

Room: Auric Business analytics expertise

  • Using Analytics to Optimize Your Online Business
  • What are the key metrics that every retailer needs to look at
  • What analytics are often misunderstood
  • How to avoid analysis paralysis?
Donna Darthuizen,
Operations manager E-commerce, Tommy Hilfiger Europe B.V.

Room: Auric Increasing debit cards secured online payment in Europe

Eric W. Tomlinson,
Group Head Debit Product Management, MasterCard
Room: Auric Platforms & Technologies

Troy Brown,

Retail Practice Leader, Demandware

Room: Auric Social Media: Rules & Regulation

Brett Hurt,
CEO and Founder Bazaarvoice
 

7:00 PM Networking Reception and Dinner

EMOTA and Shop.org are pleased to invite you to the exclusive dinner of the Global E-commerce Summit 2009.

Join us for a sumptuous dinner at the beautiful Salle des Palmiers in the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort. Salle des Palmiers has a wonderful seventies style wood-panelled decor and with its beautiful terrace overlooking the sea and magnificent sunset, a great networking dining experience.

Venue:
Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort

Salle des Palmiers
40 Avenue princess Grace
98000 Monte Carlo

Dress code: business casual

Go to Day 2: 28th of October
SPEAKERS
Patrick M. Byrne
pbyrne

Chairman & CEO
Overstock.com

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Allan Christiansen
achristiansen

CEO
Telmore

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Sucharita Mulpura
sucharita

Vice President,
Principal Analyst,
Forrester Research

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Paul Delaoutre
pauldelaoutre Chairman and CEO
Galeries Lafayette

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Bob Thacker
bthacker

Senior Vice President of Marketing and Advertising
OfficeMax

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Hiroshi Mikitani
hmikitani Chairman & CEO  
Rakuten

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Kate Terry
kate terry

EVP Global Ecommerce
Tommy Hilfiger USA

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François Momboisse
franciosmomboisse Directeur development international internet Fnac, President FEVAD,
Vice-President EMOTA

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James Roper FRSA
james_roper CEO, IMRG and Chairman, IMR World

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Michel Lieffering
michel lieffering CEO from the Conrad Electronic International group


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Paul Quigley
paul quigley Director of International VAT Consulting with Meridian Global Services

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Richard Last
Richard Last Vice President and Director, New Business Development, JCPenney President, JCP Private Brand Retail Holdings, Inc. Chairman of the Board Shop.org

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Sebastian Klare
Sebastian Klare Head of Distance Selling, s.Oliver

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Corinne Lejbowicz
Corinne Lejbowicz CEO,
Leguide.com

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Cyriac Roeding
Cyriac Roeding co-founder of MOBshop

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