Programme ( Expand all | Contract all )

• 11.00 -11.30   

  
  

  • London 2012: last minute merchandising opportunities for the games
    Speaker from LOCOG
  
  

• 12.00 -12.30   Special Guest Speaker

  
  

  • How to profit in a tough economy
    Dr Tim Denison, Director of Retail Intelligence, Synovate
  
  

• 13.00 -13.30   The business of retail

  
  

  • Translating your brand - ensuring a consistent experience, replicating your brand values, creating an engaging offering
    Arabella Hastie, Associate Partner, Circus
  
  

• 14.00 -14.30   

  
  

  • Pattern, Design and Colours: how vintage is back in vogue!
    SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER
    Nicky Albrechtsen, Designer
  
  

• 15.00 -15.30   Fashion and Foresight

  
  

  • Peak Trading – Homewares Performance
    Andrew Phipps, Business Group Director, Homewares, GfK
    
    Homewares across the key Christmas and New Year trading period: GfK will highlight key sales patterns across the Homewares market in the run up to Christmas and through the traditional January sales period. Looking at a breadth of product areas and the relationship between these will demonstrate the opportunities that exist across the Homewares market, not just within the traditional seasonal market.”
  
  

• 16.00 -16.30