Exploring areas of retail transformation

NYCU Media successfully presented the second edition of Retail Revolution seminar on 30 June at the Four Points by Sheraton in Singapore, which focused on the theme of Retail Transformation – Delivering Value, Convenience, and Seamless Shopping.

Attendees were treated to insightful presentations from Anson Bailey, Partner, Business Development - KPMG; Lim Yu Xian, Analyst at Euromonitor; and Simon Ong, Deputy Chairman and Co-founder, Kingsmen Creatives who covered relevant topics such as the future consumer, global trends and retail transformation. Following that, Thomas Fell, Senior Vice-president, Diebold Nixdor joined the speakers for an engaging panel discussion on future of retail facilitated by Kenneth Tan, Partner of NYCU Media.

The second part of the seminar in the afternoon saw deep-dive sessions where Andrew Phay, Senior Vice-President, Retail, Diebold Nixdorf; Franck Paduch, Regional Business Development Manager, Systems and Automation, Schaefer Systems Asia; and Anthony Chan, Head of Strategic Products & Experience Consulting, Greater Asia, Sitecore shared key insights on revolutionising checkout to drive seamless retailing, automating to better meet demands, and the different omni-channel engagement scenarios with customers.

The speakers then launched into a deep-dive discussion on Disrupt Ourselves Today for Tomorrow and took some questions from the participants.

The Retail Revolution seminar 2017 ended on a high note with a lucky draw where three lucky attendees walked away with attractive prizes.