Future State Dinner
The Beekman, a Thompson Hotel, 123 Nassau St, New York, NY 10038, USA
New York
Summary
Digital strategy amid customer chaos
Commerce Futures has always focused upon what is coming next. Those of us struggling to realise a digital ambition in a world crowded with uncertainty and competition sometimes need to take a breath - stop and think.
How do you plan in an environment where channels evolve at their own pace, where customers switch so easily and where world events seem to cause extremes in pricing, consumption and timescales.
Future State was an opportunity to stop - to think about 2023/4 and to apply some structure to your planning. Curated by those who spend their time in the “What’s next” space, we encouraged you to come and learn, to come and share.
We spent our time discussing:
- Budgeting for the unknown and unplannable
- Understanding your customers’ behaviour amongst the chaos
- Getting ready for the “flexible” tech stack
- Becoming faster to respond - everywhere
Andrei Rebrov
CTO & Co-Founder
ScentbirdRead Full Bio →
Andrei Rebrov is the CTO and co-founder of Scentbird, subscription service for perfumes and colognes, and has helped it to grow from 0 to more than 400,000 active subscribers. As part of working for Scentbird, Andrei was responsible for building early versions of the platform, growing remote engineering team and making sure that company has technology advantages in every department from marketing to operations. He is also a startup adviser in various industries from aerospace to video games. Prior to Scentbird Andrei was working as an agile engineering coach helping various companies with their technology departments. Prior to that he was working in a capacity of a software engineer for UBS Investment Bank and Avis UK.
Raymond Dupoux
Formerly Flagship Store Director Fifth Avenue
DOLCE&GABBANARead Full Bio →
Raymond Dupoux has a lifetime understanding of retail business. Before his two-decade long career in the luxury sector, Raymond fostered a unique perspective and foundation of retail through his upbringing in family-owned European sport & street wear stores. He most recently held the role of Flagship Store Director with Dolce&Gabbana where he worked in developing the Sales Team towards excellence in client experience. Raymond promotes a culture of awareness and inclusivity of clients’ expectations, client advisors’ motivations & individual development as well as retail market evolution, creating an effective workplace and meeting store business plans.
AGENDA
18:30: Arrival & Welcome Drinks
19:15: Guests Seat
19:20: Welcome - Commerce Futures
19:30: Opening Speech - Andrei Rebrov, CTO & Co-Founder at Scentbird
20:00: Starters (Networking at tables)
20:20: Insights & Stories from Raymond Dupoux, Former Flagship Store Director Fifth Avenue at DOLCE & GABBANA
20:40: Mains (Topic discussion at individual tables)
21:10: Topic discussed as a collective
21:30: Desserts and Networking
23:00: Event closes
Andrei Rebrov
CTO & Co-Founder
ScentbirdRead Full Bio →
Andrei Rebrov is the CTO and co-founder of Scentbird, subscription service for perfumes and colognes, and has helped it to grow from 0 to more than 400,000 active subscribers. As part of working for Scentbird, Andrei was responsible for building early versions of the platform, growing remote engineering team and making sure that company has technology advantages in every department from marketing to operations. He is also a startup adviser in various industries from aerospace to video games. Prior to Scentbird Andrei was working as an agile engineering coach helping various companies with their technology departments. Prior to that he was working in a capacity of a software engineer for UBS Investment Bank and Avis UK.
Raymond Dupoux
Formerly Flagship Store Director Fifth Avenue
DOLCE&GABBANARead Full Bio →
Raymond Dupoux has a lifetime understanding of retail business. Before his two-decade long career in the luxury sector, Raymond fostered a unique perspective and foundation of retail through his upbringing in family-owned European sport & street wear stores. He most recently held the role of Flagship Store Director with Dolce&Gabbana where he worked in developing the Sales Team towards excellence in client experience. Raymond promotes a culture of awareness and inclusivity of clients’ expectations, client advisors’ motivations & individual development as well as retail market evolution, creating an effective workplace and meeting store business plans.
Venue
The Beekman, a Thompson Hotel, 123 Nassau St, New York, NY 10038, USA
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