BIG IDEAS SESSION

Managing Transformation Through the Integration
of People, Process & Technology
1:45 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 12
Room 3D08 on the EXPO floor

Join Scott Zucker, Vice President, Merchandise Operations, Family Dollar Stores, Inc., at the BIG Ideas session!

With more than 6,500 stores in 44 states, Family Dollar is one of the largest and fastest-growing retailers in the US. Since 1959, Family Dollar has offered quality brand-name and private-label products at value prices. Learn how this FORTUNE 500^® retailer is transforming its merchandising and supply chain operations with initiatives focused on developing a fact-based, collaborative culture.

 

BREAKOUT SESSION

Analytical Trends and Directions in Retailing*
10:15 - 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 11
Room Hall A, 1A 21/22

Because of its wealth of data, the retail industry has been one of the most aggressive adopters of analytical approaches to business. And according to research from Thomas H. Davenport, author and President's Distinguished Professor at Babson College, leaders who drive corporate strategies with fact-based decision making can outperform competitors, achieve up to double-digit growth and "wring every last drop of value from all (their) business processes."

Don’t miss this chance to hear the results of Davenport’s latest study of more than 30 retailers and retail experts on analytical trends in the industry. This best-selling author and renowned researcher will provide an overview of key trends and emerging practices that will affect your business in 2009 and well into the future.

*A full conference pass is required to attend this session.