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Join your peers for a roundtable style conference filled with invaluable insight, networking, and the chance to hear ecommerce leaders share their experiences. Delegates will have the opportunity to share knowledge and discover best practices with every retailer in the room.
Fashion Connect provides an open space for you to voice any shortfalls in the market while considering the methodological approaches you can use as a fallback. There will be a particular focus on the findings of 2022, and plenty of actionable insight to future proof your business for the coming months and years.
We’re uniting the industry to reflect on and discuss the difficulties being faced amid the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. Expect unique IMRG data derived from a brand new and improved Digital Dashboard, retail panel sessions, and retailer workshops.
Connect with your peers and navigate your way through the opportunities and challenges presented by the current market.
Agenda
Wednesday 08 February - In-Person Event (The Royal Horseguards Hotel, London)
Entry badges and complimentary breakfast
Why is the fashion category outperforming the market?
Online retail has become quite complicated since 2020, to say the least, with many categories experiencing big wobbles. Not for fashion though!Take a look at the fashion category with us to find out whether it gives us a truer, more accurate look at where we are in the market today.
Andy Mulcahy, Strategy and Insight Director, IMRG
What does the cost conscious consumer need from brands in 2023?
Chris Cairns, Business Development Director, EpsilonHow does fashion site navigation compare with the total market?
Join IMRG’s presentation on fashion site navigation, and see how your customers’ navigations compare to the total marketWhat percentage of people use site navigation functions, and do customers navigate fashion sites in a different way than they would for the rest of the market?
Matthew Walsh, Retail and Data Director, IMRG
Retailer workshops
Get involved in a series of insightful debates where you can hear about your peers’ strategic approach across a range of areas, rotating between tables to discuss a range of topics specific to fashion performance, including:
- Optimising inventory through smart merchandising and omnichannel retailing
- Balancing profit and growth in marketing efforts
- Controlling delivery-related costs in 2023
- Why product display sequencing is your secret weapon
- cross-border expansion strategies
- Using product experiences to turn browsers into buyers
- The role of payments in conversion
- Delivering powerful personalised experiencesCross-border expansion
- Navigating global market changes through cross-border ecommerce
Coffee break and general networking
How does the fashion customer funnel compare with total market?
From view a product page, add to basket, checkout, to payment, find out whether customers of fashion are following a similar path to the total market. Is this path more smooth, and is it keeping the low riptide of overall market conversion afloat?Matthew Walsh, Retail and Data Director, IMRG
Retailer Workshops
Get involved in a series of insightful debates where you can hear about your peers’ strategic approach across a range of areas, rotating between tables to discuss a range of topics specific to fashion performance, including:
- Optimising inventory through smart merchandising and omnichannel retailing
- Balancing profit and growth in marketing efforts
- Controlling delivery-related costs in 2023
- Why product display sequencing is your secret weapon
- cross-border expansion strategies
- Using product experiences to turn browsers into buyers
- The role of payments in conversion
- Delivering powerful personalised experiencesCross-border expansion
- Navigating global market changes through cross-border ecommerce
Lunch and general networking
Retailer workshops
Get involved in a series of insightful debates where you can hear about your peers’ strategic approach across a range of areas, rotating between tables to discuss a range of topics specific to fashion performance, including:
- Optimising inventory through smart merchandising and omnichannel retailing
- Balancing profit and growth in marketing efforts
- Controlling delivery-related costs in 2023
- Why product display sequencing is your secret weapon
- cross-border expansion strategies
- Using product experiences to turn browsers into buyers
- The role of payments in conversion
- Delivering powerful personalised experiencesCross-border expansion
- Navigating global market changes through cross-border ecommerce
Forecast for fashion 2023
Great expectations: Find out how the online fashion category is expected to perform in 2023, using IMRG’s forecasting model.Matthew Walsh, Retail and Data Director, IMRG
Coffee break and general networking
Retailer hosted strategic roundtable sessions
Join top retailers at our topic-based roundtables, where they encourage open discussion around industry opportunities and challenges. Tables hosted by:
- Jack Dennison, Sigma Sports – How can retailers break the discounts cycle?
- Sarah Shakery, Cambridge Satchel Company – How can retailers combat increases in media costs?
- John Cossey, Jigsaw – What strategies can retailers use around returns?
- Eralp Bayram, Awesome Shoes – What impact does BNPL have on sales, AOV and returns?
- Sarah Bull, EMEA, Deckers – The role of loyalty schemes in retention
- Chris Moores, New Look – How to manage customer data in a privacy-centric world
- Paul Walker, Vivo Barefoot – Topic TBC
Hosted drinks reception to end the day
Keynote Speakers
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Chris Moores
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Eralp Bayram
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Jack Dennison
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John Cossey
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Sarah Bull
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Sarah Shakery
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