Retail Day - The Disruption of Retail was an all-day conference on the retail industry and its exciting future.
Students taking part in this day had the opportunity to hear from some of the the top players in retail as well take part in a unique case competition in collaboration with Nespresso.
Date & Time: Friday, March 23rd, 2018 from 8:30 am to 7:00 pm
Location: Armstrong and Bronfman Buildings, McGill University
Speakers
Keynote speakers
- Marie Josée Lamothe, MD Consumer Products & Automobile - Canada and MD Quebec, Google
- William George, VP, NextXP & Retail Transformation, McKesson
- Jamie Armstrong, Head of Retail Sales and Partnerships, Shopify
Nespresso Case Competition
Nespresso Canada animates a unique live case model.
Panels
The Career Roundtable
Moderated by Anna Martini, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, Club de Hockey Canadiens Inc. et Evenko
Martina Gimenez-Comas, Director, Omnichannel Strategic Projects, ALDO Group
Jared MacKay, Vice-President & Chief Retail Officer, L'Oréal Canada
Jony Tabuteau, National Marketing Manager, Kiehls, L'Oréal Canada
Christine Boivin, Marketing and Communications Director, Bonlook
The Entrepreneurship Panel
Hosted in collaboration with the award-winning McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship
Moderated by Nick D'Urbano, VP & GM, International, Spring
Sophie Boulanger, CEO, BonlookChristophe Bourque, Principal, WhiteStar Capital
Chris Magnone, CEO, Temple Lifestyle
Shonezi Noor, Co-Founder & CEO, Will & Zack
Guillaume Racine, Co-Founder & CEO, Return Magic
Schedule
| Time | Activity/Speaker & Topic | Location |
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| 8:30 - 9:00 am | Registration & Breakfast | Donald E. Armstrong, 3rd Floor 3420 McTavish Street |
| 9:00 - 9:30 am | Welcome to Retail Day Dean Isabelle Bajeux, Desautels Faculty of Management Aldo Bensadoun, O.C., C.Q, Founder of the ALDO Group |
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| 9:30 - 10: 00 am | The Transformation of Retail Marie Josée Lamothe, MD Consumer Products & Automobile - Canada & MD Quebec, Google |
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| 10: 00 - 10:20 am | Disruption: A Major Retailer's View William George, VP, NextPx & Retail Transformation, McKesson |
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| 10: 20 - 10:30 am | Nespresso Break | |
| 10:30 am - 12:30 pm |
Live Case Presentation by Nespresso and Case Crack Students will be assigned groups and work rooms. |
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| 12:30 - 2:00 pm | Lunch and Case Presentations Student groups will be assigned specific times and rooms to present. |
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| 2:00 - 2:20 pm | The View from a Disrupter Jamie Armstrong, Head of Retail Sales & Partnerships, Shopify |
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| 2:20 - 2:50 pm | Careers in Retail Roundtable Moderator: Anna Martini, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, Club de Hockey Canadien Inc. et Evenko Martina Gimenez-Comas, Director, Omnichannel Strategic Projects, ALDO Group Jared MacKay, Vice-President & Chief Retail Officer, L'Oréal Canada Jony Tabuteau, National Marketing Manager, Kiehls, L'Oréal Canada Christine Boivin, Marketing and Communications Director, Bonlook |
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| 2:50 - 3:20 pm |
Disruption in the Food Retail Industry
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| 3:20 - 3:30 pm | Nespresso Break | |
| 3:30 - 4:00 pm | Retail Entrepreneurship Roundtable Moderator: Nick D'Urbano, VP & GM, International, Spring Sophie Boulanger, CEO, Bonlook Chris Magnone, CEO, Temple Lifestyle Shonezi Noor, Co-Founder & CEO, Will & Zack Guillaume Racine, Co-Founder & CEO, Return Magic |
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| 4:00 - 4:30 pm | Nespresso Case Finals Finalist teams will be called upon to present. |
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| 4:45 - 5:00 pm | Announcing the New BCom Retail Management Concentration Professor Saibal Ray, Academic Director, Bensadoun Retail Initiative |
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| 5:00 - 7:00 pm |
Cocktail & Prize Awards |
Samuel Bronfman Building, 2nd Floor McGill University |
Registration is now closed
Registration was free but there was limited space.
This event was open to all BCom students. McGill students from other programs who registered were placed on a waiting list.
