This year H&P Expo has partnered with Retail Minded to redesign its education offering. The all-new programme has been developed in response to buyer feedback and will provide delegates with insights to help strengthen their store operations and retail efforts.
Visitors will be given the opportunity to learn from a number of retailer panel discussions and retail roundtables, led by Retail Minded’s Nicole Reyhle and held on the Haunted Trends Runway. Each experience is designed to strengthen retailer operations with achievable ideas and valuable advice.
Retail Roundtable And Panel Discussion Schedule
Friday 12 January, 11am
Panel Discussion – Brick & Mortar In-Store Experiences: Best Practices to Strengthen Customer Loyalty, Sales and More
A focus on the importance of creating an attractive retail environment. Industry leaders outline ways you can strengthen your in-store experience to help retain customers, strengthen sales and offer an engaging shopping experience.
Friday 12 January, 1pm
Roundtable – Retail Realities: Five Hot Topics Among Merchants Today
From omni-channel to competing against Amazon to leveraging community marketing and more, discover five hot topics in retail right now. Discover how you can maximize your efforts in each of these retail realities.
Friday 12 January, 3pm
Panel Discussion presented by Gantom – The Halloween Ecosystem: First Impressions in the Consumer Experience
Halloween is an ecosystem; from retail to food and parties to haunted houses, first impressions feed into the whole industry. This exclusive panel brings together experts from different areas of the Halloween business to discuss first impression best practices.
Saturday, January 13, 11am
Panel Discussion – Tech, Retail and Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid: Welcoming Technology into Your Retail Business
Discover which technologies can best support busy retailers while also hearing from industry experts on ways to strengthen your business operations, sales, shipping, marketing and more thanks to tech.
Roundtable – Maximizing Vendor Partnerships
Saturday, January 13, 1pm
Maximizing your vendor partnerships is critical for your business success. Industry leaders offer insight, answer questions and oultline how you can strengthen your existing relationships to help increase your store operations and overall success.
Sunday, January 14, 11am
Panel Discussion – Realistic Omni-channel Strategies for Brick and Mortar Retailers: An Industry Expert Panel
From in-store to online to selling directly from social media, today’s consumers are purchasing in a number of ways. Hear how you can strengthen your omni-channel experiences to help strengthen your store visibility and sales.
Sunday, January 14, 12am
Roundtable – Ask the Experts: All Things Retail
Questions about the current state of retail? Looking for ways to strengthen sales? Wondering about some fresh marketing strategies? Join this round-table discussion to ask your questions, hear from others and engage in a lively discussion on all things retail.
Sunday, January 14, 2pm
Panel Discussion – Across the Generations: Understanding the Woman Shopper
Retail Minded’s Nicole Reyhle leads a discussion on how to support and better understand women consumers. Consumer insight also helps retailers learn how to best support this important demographic.
Monday, January 15, 10am
Roundtable – Halloween: The Present & The Future
Curious what the future of the Halloween looks like? Join HIA’s Aneisha McMillian as she answers questions and discusses consumer spend patterns, big initiatives for 2018 and all things Halloween.
