Channel Conflict: eCommerce Edition

18:00 - 21:00
UK
18.10.2018
Dinner

Searcy's at the Gherkin, 30 Saint Mary Axe, London, England, EC3A 8EP

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Channel Conflict: eCommerce Edition

London

Dinner

October 18, 2018

Summary

Synchronise your channels through digital

Making your products as easy as possible for the end consumer to buy how they want is a winning strategy. In today’s world, combining online and offline distribution channels is a mixed blessing. Whilst there are more opportunities for a business to distribute and sell products and services into the marketplace, this also poses the challenge of conflict across channels.

Is it becoming a catch-22? If you don’t have a strong online presence, are you risking becoming irrelevant in an increasingly online world; if you do have a strong online presence, do you face even more aggressive price competition from online players and risk cannibalizing your own in-store sales?

At our Channel Conflict Dinner we addressed the recognised difficulties and opportunities that brands and retailers are facing with using digital platforms and tools to open new channels.

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At our Channel Conflict Dinner we covered some of the most pressing issues that brands are facing including:

  • How to grow your eCommerce sales with modest investment without cannibalising the sales from your other channels
  • Finding ways to alleviate potential conflict with retail partners both online and offline
  • Understanding where your customer is buying and choosing the right distribution channels to invest in
  • Connecting your wholesale and direct business through a single interaction with the consumer
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18:30
Arrival & Welcome Drinks
19:15
Guests Sit
19:20
Welcome
Commerce Futures
19:30
Opening Speech
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20:00
Starters
Topic One - Discussion at individual tables
20:20
Topic One discussed as a collective
20:40
Mains
Topic Two - Discussion at individual tables
21:10
Topic Two discussed as a collective
21:30
Desserts & Networking
23:00
Event Closes
18:30
Arrival & Welcome Drinks
19:15
Guests Sit
19:20
Welcome
Commerce Futures
19:30
Opening Speech
Guest Speaker
20:00
Starters
Topic One - Discussion at individual tables
20:20
Topic One discussed as a collective
20:40
Mains
Topic Two - Discussion at individual tables
21:10
Topic Two discussed as a collective
21:30
Desserts & Networking
23:00
Event Closes
08:30
Registration & Networking Breakfast
09:15
Welcome from Commerce Futures
09:25
Ryan Clark, STATSports & Jim Hingston, The Gym Group
Keynote
10:10
Hollie Weatherstone, Muc-Off
Keynote
10:35
Break
10:55
Multi-brand panel – Decathlon, Ellis Brigham, Helen of Troy
Keynote (Main Stage)
Speed dating for delegates
(Breakout Room)
11:50
George Huxford, Apidura
Keynote
12:15
Break
13:15
Rich Philip, Contested
Keynote
13:40
Marc Guisti, Veloforte
Keynote (Main Stage)
David Hanney, Alpkit
(Breakout Room)
14:35
Networking
15:00
Closing Remarks from Commerce Futures
18:30
Arrival & Welcome Drinks
19:15
Guests Sit
19:20
Welcome
Commerce Futures
19:30
Opening Speech
Guest Speaker
20:00
Starters
Topic One - Discussion at individual tables
20:20
Topic One discussed as a collective
20:40
Mains
Topic Two - Discussion at individual tables
21:10
Topic Two discussed as a collective
21:30
Desserts & Networking
23:00
Event Closes
18:00
Arrival & Welcome Drinks
18:45
Guests Sit
18:50
Welcome
Commerce Futures
19:00
Opening Speech
Guest Speaker
19:30
Starters
Topic One - Discussion at individual tables
19:50
Topic One discussed as a collective
20:10
Mains
Topic Two - Discussion at individual tables
20:40
Topic Two discussed as a collective
21:00
Desserts & Networking
22:30
Event Closes

AGENDA

18:00 Arrival & Welcome Drinks

18:20 Welcome
Commerce Futures  

18:35 Introduction
Dan Mahoney - Head of eCommerce & Customer, Whittard of Chelsea

18:55 Starters (Topic one - Discussion at individual tables)  
Pricing by channel, policing, communication with wholesale and retail partners alike when running online promotions

19:25 Topic one discussed as a collective  

19:55 Mains (Topic two - Discussion at individual tables)  
Globalisation / International trade across channels. How do you avoid competing with yourself and your partners across the new channels (marketplaces / franchises)

20:25 Topic two discussed as a collective  

20:55 Desserts (Topic three - Discussion at individual tables)  
The options, tactics and feasibility for segmenting your product range across different channels

21:25 Topic three discussed as a collective

21:55 Final remarks / Networking  

22:15 Event close  

09:00
Registration & Networking Breakfast
09:30
Welcome & Partner Introductions
09:40
Panel Discussion with Q&A
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10:20
Networking Break
10:40
Workshop at tables
11:00
Group Discussion - Moderated
11:20
Final Comments & Networking
11:30
Event Closes
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Venue

Searcy's at the Gherkin, 30 Saint Mary Axe, London, England, EC3A 8EP

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