BW Businessworld To Host BW Retail World Summit & 40U40 Awards

EE News Desk Mar 01, 2024

The second edition of Building Blocks of Retail Summit by BW Retail World is a conference designed for professionals and businesses operating within the retail industry. The summit aims to provide a platform for retailers, manufacturers, suppliers and service providers to come together and discuss the latest trends, innovations and challenges facing the industry.

The summit will feature keynote speeches, panel discussions and interactive sessions with industry experts, thought leaders and influential stakeholders. Topics to be covered include digital transformation, innovation in phygital retail, brand marketing, supply chain optimisation, customer experience, data analytics, sustainability and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain and 5G.

The event will also provide networking opportunities for attendees to connect with peers, exchange ideas, and explore potential collaborations.

The Indian retail industry is one of the fastest growing in the world. From 779 billion USD in 2019, it’s projected to grow to 1407 billion USD by 2026 and more than 1.8 trillion USD by 2030.

Over the past decade, the retail industry has seen the fast-paced growth of e-commerce, the advent of newer technologies and changing consumer behaviour. The pandemic has further disrupted many building blocks of retail substantially.

BW Retail World 40 under 40 Awards aim to recognise the hustlers, the innovators, the survivors and the agile adopters across all facets of retailing, be it e-commerce, D2C brands or be it transforming to become omnichannel and phygital. Excelling in warehousing, logistics, consumer experience or marketing and finding and implementing newer ways of merchandising or store designing.

The esteemed jury includes Sanjeev Agrawal, Chairman, MMG Group; Sangeeta Pendurkar, CEO, Pantaloons, Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail; Devndra Chawla, MD/CEO, Chief Driving Officer, Greencell Mobility; Anupam Bansal, Director Retail, Liberty Shoes; Rakesh Kaul, MD and CEO, Livpure; Dr Annurag Batra, Chairman & Editor-in-chief, BW Businessworld and Founder, exchange4media; Rajesh Jain, MD & CEO, Lacoste India; Kazem Samandari, Executive Chairman, L'opéra; Sahil Malik, CEO, Da Milano; Chef Sunil Chauhan, Founder, Fab Café Foods and Chefs United Foodtech; Deep Baja, Co-founder, Sirona and Pee Buddy; Benu Sehgail, CEO, Freeport Retail; Ved Shukla, Founder and CEO, Mylomart and Advisor BW Retail World; Noor Fathima Warsia, Group Editorial Director, BW Businessworld.