CommerceNext, a community, event series and conference for marketers at retail and direct-to-consumer brands, today announced the final agenda of its in-person conference scheduled for June 21-22, 2022, at the New York Hilton Midtown. The event will feature a dynamic community of trailblazers and change-makers, including 1200+ attendees and over 100 confirmed speakers from leading retailers, DTC brands and innovative technology companies, including American Eagle, Old Navy, Gopuff, Olaplex, Tapestry, Neiman Marcus and many more. This year’s conference will spotlight the future of digital commerce and discuss the latest strategies for ecommerce acceleration across more than 50 sessions, including 11 keynotes, four power panels, 32 breakout sessions on marketing tactics and one award show honoring industry leaders.
“Explosive growth and the rapid adoption of digital strategies continues to define ecommerce,” said Veronika Sonsev, Co-Founder of CommerceNext. “We are thrilled to be able to return in person for this year’s conference at the end of June to talk about these defining moments in our industry and understand the strategies that will help retailers seize the next wave of growth.”
Investment in digital has come to the forefront lately as the retail industry figures out which strategies are worth implementing to keep up with steep e-commerce demand. According to CommerceNext’s fourth annual benchmarking report, The Ascension to Digital Maturity, brands are mainly concerned with how to properly leverage first-party data, and they’re turning to long-term growth strategies like enhancing loyalty programs and expanding community engagement tactics.
“As retailers try to establish which digital tactics are best suited for their needs, specifically with regards to retention and acquisition, it will be invaluable to hear from executives who’ve successfully tapped into customer data and optimized key marketing strategies,” said Scott Silverman, Co-Founder of CommerceNext.
Featured retailers and brands speaking at CommerceNext 2022 include:
Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Samir Desai, EVP, Chief Digital & Technology Officer
Adorama, Hani Batla, CIO
American Eagle Outfitters, Craig Brommers, Chief Marketing Officer
Beachbody, Sunil Kaki, EVP of Marketing
Brilliant Earth, Beth Gerstein, Co-Founder and CEO
Brinks Home, William Niles, CEO
Camuto Group, Stephanie Urban, VP, Direct to Consumer
Care/of, Craig Elbert, Co-Founder and CEO
Clorox DTC, Vivian Chang, VP Growth
Dylan’s Candy Bar, Flo Dessen, Senior Vice President, Ecommerce & Digital
E.L.F. BEAUTY, Ekta Chopra, Chief Digital Officer
Eddie Bauer, Angela Gow, Director, Digital Merchandising
EXPRESS, Brian Seewald, SVP, eCommerce
FTD, Charlie Cole, CEO
HelloFresh, Cezanne Huq, VP, Growth
Hot Topic, Javier Marimon, VP Digital Products
J. Crew, Sanjeev Tanugula, SVP, Head of Digital Technology and Innovation
Jenni Kayne, Alexa Ritacco, Chief Marketing Officer
Kate Spade, Amanda Bopp, VP, North America Marketing
Lands’ End, Sarah Rasmusen, EVP, Chief Customer Officer
Lord & Taylor, Arin Sweeney, Director of Ecommerce
Made In, Chip Malt, CEO
Movado, Behzad Soltani, President Commercial & CTO
Neiman Marcus, David Han, VP, Product
Nespresso, Shannon Stokes, Head of DTC Ecommerce
NEST New York, Andrea Moore, SVP Digital, E-Commerce and Consumer Insights
Olaplex, JuE Wong, CEO
Old Navy, Jamie Gersch, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Otherland, Sayyid Markar, Co-Founder
Our Place, Emily Chan, Director of Affiliate Marketing
Parachute Home, Ian Yung, VP, Growth
Patagonia, Angela Clark, Head of Digital Studio
Qurate Retail Group, Brian Beitler, SVP, vCommerce Ventures
REVOLVE, Lucy Zhu, Director of Retention Marketing
Ro, Will Flaherty, SVP, Growth
Rowing Blazers, Scott Geftman, President
Solo Brands (former Reebok), Marco Fazio, Head of Ecommerce, Europe
Spiceology, Chip Overstreet, CEO
Tailored Brands, Carolyn Pollock, Chief Marketing Officer
Tapestry, Noam Paransky, Chief Digital Officer
Ten Thousand, Inc., Jason Nickel, Senior Vice President, Marketing
The Farmer’s Dog, Kendra Prasad, Head of Acquisition
Vera Bradley, Daren Hull, President
Walmart, Sarah Henry, VP, Head of Content, Influencer & Commerce
Walmart, Terryn Lance, Sr. Director Media Strategy & Planning
For more information on the agenda, including the various tracks, visit the CommerceNext agenda page.
About CommerceNext
CommerceNext is a community, event series and conference for marketers at retail and direct-to-consumer brands. Now in its fourth year, CommerceNext has grown to include webinars, industry research, a podcast and an online community, in addition to the annual CommerceNext summit and the esteemed CommerceNexty Awards. Inc. magazine named the CommerceNext Summit one of the Top 5 e-commerce conferences for 2019/2020. To learn more about CommerceNext, visit https://commercenext.com.
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