Peers share innovative strategies on leveraging and adapting their product portfolio to form a barrier to entry for competitors.
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Peers and thought leaders share their observations of new trends and changing consumer behaviors allowing members to respond proactively.
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Peers and technology solution providers share latest strategies to leverage data and collectively discover and evaluate new retail technologies.
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Peers and innovators share successful, innovative models for integration and leveraging of online and offline retail channels.
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What is a Transformation Studio
The Retail Transformation Studio is a peer-to-peer collaboration working group convening the leading experts on the retail technology, strategy, and operation of today with those of tomorrow to accelerate the path towards a more visible, agile, resilient, and sustainable retail future.
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The Studio Approach
Facilitated Actionable Peer-to-Peer Collaboration – The Retail Transformation Studio was founded by a group of leading retail and merchandising executives in collaboration with CHi Studios. The purpose of this community is to accelerate – and de-risk – their efforts to digitize retail operations.
Our Retail Studio Vision
The Retail Transformation Studio will lead the path into the future of retail operations, where technology, consumer behavior trends, and optimized portfolio strategy enable optimal levels of agility, resiliency, efficiency, and productivity, giving us all a lasting competitive advantage;
The Future of Retail
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How
Frictionless Digital-First Engagements
Retail Transformation Studio expert facilitators lead our members through a bespoke series of engagements with their peers, academic thought leaders, and technology providers.
While in-person gatherings can never be replaced, the Retail Transformation Studio recognizes the importance of a digital-first approach through latest collaboration technology, which allows for greater flexibility and agility in times of rapid change.
Monthly Studio Roundtables
Bespoke, expert-facilitated, virtual executive roundtables with 25-50 Retail Transformation Studio members split into breakout groups of 5-9 members.
Sessions last 90-120 minutes governed by the Chatham House Rule and free of competitors to allow for an open and collaborative environment.
Discussion topics are provided by select, spotlighted members to address their latest supply chain goals and challenges.
Member-to-Member Connections
Retail Transformation Studio facilitators are expert social engineers providing an ideal environment for collaboration and peer-to-peer connections.
They track member-needs and priorities and suggest relevant 1-on-1 introductions to create new, meaningful relationships that result in the open exchange of ideas.
On Demand Access
The Retail Transformation Studio applies the latest AI-powered collaboration technologies to analyze, organize, and disseminate relevant insights to its membership.
Through these tools, members can connect with fellow Retail Transformation Studio members, stay on top of upcoming events, exchange ideas, challenges and solutions with each other, as well as participate in polls and share updates and news.
Executive Summits
Exclusive, invitation-only, annual executive summits hosting special guests including top supply chain executives, academia and government thought leaders as well as entrepreneurs and technology providers.
Attendees count is capped to ensure an optimal member experience during the informative moderated panel discussions, breakout sessions, and working group meetings.
Participants
Practitioners
Organizations: Leading companies seeking to accelerate and de-risk the digitization of online and offline retail
Individuals: Merchandising Executives and their teams
Objectives: Learn, coordinate and share insights; de-risk and accelerate the digitization of their retail operation
Solution Providers
Organizations: Providers of technology/solutions for next generation online and offline retail
Individuals: Heads of R&D or Product Development and their teams
Objectives: Learn from practitioners and horizontal partners; evolve together, minimize mistakes, and accelerate
Thought Leaders
Organizations: Leading academic and research institutions
Individuals: Known professors, researchers and think-tank professionals
Objectives: Learn from practitioners and technology partners, facilitate content collection and synthesis, and share thought leadership from the worlds of academia
Investors
Organizations: Leading venture capitalists, private equity funds, investment banks and commercial banks
Individuals: Leading investors, industry analysts and researchers
Objectives: Learn from practitioners, technology providers and thought leaders; validate investment theses; find growth-stage investment opportunities
Hosts
120+ Years of
Retail Operation Experience
Board of Advisors
Representing over 120+ years of retail experience, The Visibility Council’s Board of Advisors represents a huge strategic advantage.
Operating Team
The Retail Transformation Studio Operating Team is designed to ensure productivity, superior Member experience, and maximum value add for Members, and will initially include the following professionals.
Tim Harden
Former President, Supply Chain and Fleet Operations AT&T
Tim Harden led AT&T’s global supply chain, distribution and fleet management operations
Frank Jones
Former SVP Intel Corporation
Frank Jones led Intel’s global supply chain operations; co-led Intel’s IoT business unit; 29 year career in supply chain management
Maria Nieradka
Former SVP Global Supply Chain, Biogen
Maria Nieradka led supply chain operations for Biogen; 30-year career in pharmaceutical supply chain operations, including J&J, Merck, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Bill Read
Former SMD Supply Chain, Accenture
Bill Read led Accenture’s supply chain and products industry practices; 35 year consulting career, focusing on technology and supply chain
Ben Bellamy
Managing Partner
Former Managing Director and Group Leader over World 50’s Strategy 50 community
Florian Selch
Operations Director
Former Silicon Valley Space Business Roundtable MD; former NASA PM
Rachel Haisfield
Member Engagement Director
Former Membership Services Manager and Chief of Staff for World 50’s Supply Chain 50 and Strategy 50
Chris Bellamy
Finance Director
Former Senior Director and investment banker, JMP Credit, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey