Retail 3.0 is the next-generation retail industry ecosystem driven by relevant marketing to the individual shopper, realtime marketing and supply chain synergies, built on the foundation of shopper-identified transaction data. RetailConnections is the ideal interactive forum through which industry members can work through their evolution to the new ecosystem together.
"RetailConnections and Retail 3.0 are a natural fit. We look forward to together creating several new activities to add value in the industry and to working with a team I have known and respected for many, many years," said Marc Millstein, President of RetailConnections LLC.
“Given how much industry education occurs in dialogue with fellow retailers, it is only logical to bring the Retail 3.0 concept home to where the best of that dialogue takes place. I’ve been attending RetailConnections events for years and never fail to walk away impressed. Marc’s unique talent for bringing together a wide variety of high level industry executives will help the Retail 3.0 concept to develop organically across the supply chain” says Gary Hawkins, President of Hawkins Strategic. “Needless to say, the opportunities for collaboration are tremendous.”
About RetailConnections: RetailConnections was founded by longtime retail industry insider Marc Millstein. The company creates and hosts innovative peer-to-peer events to bring together an unusually diverse range of retailing companies and senior management executives. RetailConnections' events span a wide variety of formats designed to offer the highest quality opportunities for networking, brainstorming and thought-leadership presentations and discussions.
About the Center for Advanced Retail Technology: The Center for Advanced Retail Technology at Green Hills brings the Retail 3.0 vision to a live retail environment. Its mission: to enhance industry learning through retailer visits with hands-on, behind-the-scenes views into new and forthcoming technologies and discussion focused on changing business practices. A live retail operation, CART supports extensive data collection across products and shoppers, providing retailers quantitative views into featured technologies' impact. CART is a service of Hawkins Strategic, LLC.
About Hawkins Strategic: Hawkins Strategic is leading the genesis of Retail 3.0, a new industry ecosystem driven by relevant marketing to the individual shopper, supported by realtime marketing and supply chain synergies, and built on the foundation of shopper-identified transaction data. From launching one of the first loyalty programs in the U.S., to advising some of the world’s largest and most progressive retailers and manufacturers; from founding the world’s first truly personalized retail communication platform, to partnering with world-class enabling technologies; Hawkins Strategic is ideally and uniquely positioned to move the industry to this next level through thought leadership, strategic guidance, value creation, and its Center for Advanced Retail Technology.
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