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WWD Summit: Guardians of theIndustry on StageThe upcoming WWD Apparel & Retail CEO Summit is stacked with highprofile retail leaders.
BUSINESS / RETAIL
By David Moin on July 23, 2018
In a period of blistering change across brick-and-mortar stores,
digital selling, technology and consumer spending habits,
retailers must quickly adapt their businesses — and they’ll
explain just how they’re doing it at the next WWD Apparel &
Retail CEO Summit.
Set for Oct. 30 and 31 at The Wagner at the Battery in
Manhattan, the WWD CEO Summit has a speaker lineup stacked
with leading innovators; design forces; industry veterans —
such as Gildo Zegna, chief executive officer of Ermenegildo
Zegna; Mike George, president and ceo of Qurate Retail Inc.;
Spencer Fung, group ceo of Li & Fung; Antoine Arnault, ceo of
Berluti, and Ulric Jerome, ceo of Matchesfashion.com — and the
new guardians of retail, among them Jeff Gennette, ceo of
Macy’s Inc. since March 2017; Geoffroy van Raemdonck, Neiman
Marcus Group ceo since February; Michelle Gass, ceo of Kohl’s
Corp. since May, and Fran Horowitz, Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
ceo since February 2017.
There will also be a strong representation from the design
community, with Virgil Abloh, artistic director of men’s, Louis
Vuitton, and founder of Off-White; Olivier Rousteing, creative
director at Balmain; Paul Smith, chairman, ceo, chief designer
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and founder of Paul Smith; Gabriela Hearst, designer at Gabriela
Hearst, and Eileen Fisher, founder and chairwoman of Eileen
Fisher, set to address the industry audience. Executives from
Mastercard and McKinsey will also participate.
True to form, the two-day summit will tackle many of the most
pressing topics, like how modern luxury is embracing
inclusivity and collaboration. It’s also about the convergence of
all channels of selling, creative influences shaping the next
generation of fashion design, sustainability, and the rise of
women entrepreneurs redefining business culture. The summit
is themed “The Consumer Age: Deciphering the New Codes.”
Beyond the formal presentations on the WWD stage and the
chance to learn from the experiences of others, the summit
provides networking opportunities to establish new business
connections and rekindle old ones. And for the third year in a
row, individuals with standout creative vision and business
leadership will be recognized during the WWD Honors award
ceremony, on the evening of Oct. 30. Leonard A. Lauder,
chairman emeritus of The Estée Lauder Cos. Inc., will receive
the third annual John B. Fairchild honor, named after WWD’s
legendary late chairman and editorial director. The remaining
2018 honorees will be revealed in September.
Other industry luminaries in the summit lineup are:
• Libby Wadle, president of Madewell at the J. Crew Group.
• Tyler Haney, founder and ceo of Outdoor Voices.
• Steve Hasker, ceo of Creative Artists Agency Global.
• Gene Manheim, managing director of Herbert Mines
Associates.
• Greg Petro, ceo and founder of First Insight.
• Julie Rice, chief brand officer of WeWork.
• Heidi Zak, co-ceo and cofounder, ThirdLove.
• Yael Aflalo, ceo and founder, Reformation.
For more information, contact Alexis Coyle at
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