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FT: Future of Retail

FT: Future of Retail

We are excited to be the lead sponsor this year’s summit.

Bain & Company is proud to be the lead sponsor of the Financial Times’ Future of Retail event, which will analyze and examine the key challenges and opportunities facing the retail industry in 2021. Below you can explore our curated thought leadership for retail executives.

Bain Speakers

Marc-André Kamel Partner Paris

Using Partnerships to Develop Retail Ecosystems

Bain partners and leaders from insurgent brands discuss how companies can improve customer experience and engagement.

Personalization in Retail

Bain's Melanie Sanders and Grégoire Baudry share how retailers can use personalization to connect and engage with customers.

How Social Selling Is Building the Next Generation of Retail

Bain experts and retail industry leaders discuss the impact of social selling.

The Future of European Grocery Retailing: Strategy after the Lockdown Surge

Incumbents gained a four-year reprieve in the pandemic. Here’s how to use it.

The Future of Retail: Winning Models for a New Era

Absolute scale, rapid innovation and data-analytics expertise are now as important as local leadership.

The Sustainable Retail Revolution

Bain experts and retail disruptors discuss how environmentally conscious solutions can help companies meet global needs and consumer demands.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Retail: Breaking Down the Task Ahead

Faster DEI progress is more than a social duty. It’s a strategic imperative.

How Department Stores Can Thrive in the Future of Retail

Bain experts discuss the opportunities and trends that can help retailers succeed in the rapidly changing industry.

Private Brand Groceries: Getting Ready for a Post-Pandemic Surge

Own-label products are rising in popularity with shoppers, but many grocers have yet to exploit their full strategic value.

Navigating the Challenges in Online Grocery

Bain experts share the focus areas for grocers in their fight to win online, profitably.

The Future of Retail in Asia-Pacific: Digital Leaders, Fast Modernizers and More

Segmenting Asia-Pacific countries by digital disruption and market maturity can make sense of a disparate industry’s likely evolution.

LuxCo 2030: A Vision of Sustainable Luxury

We predict what a sustainability champion might look like in a decade—and how brands can get there.

How Retailers Can Use M&A to Excel

Bain partners discuss how M&A can help retailers quickly build scale and unlock new capabilities.

How Covid-19 Has Reshaped Retail M&A

In an industry that has undergone multiple years of digitization at warp speed, it will take more than scale to succeed.

Winning on Purpose

A must-read story and your indispensable guide for inspiring customer love within your own teams and utilizing Net Promoter to achieve both personal and business success. Available for pre-order now!

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