IN PHOTOS: World Retail Congress Asia-Pacific 2013
The World Retail Congress Asia-Pacific 2013 officially kicked off yesterday at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore. More than 500 global retail leaders are gathering at this two-day event to understand global trends, exchange knowledge, and tackle industry issues around four core themes: digital, consumer, market and retail.
Alex Silcox, MD of John Brown Media, kicked off WRC Asia with a breakfast briefing on the “new rules of engagement” in the content marketing space
Delegates register for the congress
Dato' Dr Jannie Chan Siew Lee, chairman of Federation of Asia-Pacific Retailers Associations, gives the welcome address
The plenary is chaired by Rico Hizon from BBC's Asia Business Report
Philip Clarke, Tesco CEO, talks about how Tesco is adapting to a new era of retailing that is local, individual and personal.
Dr Ira Kalish, global research director at Deloitte, addresses how global economic trends will influence the Asian market-place and its consumers
Andy Mantis, group head of business solutions at MasterCard Advisors Information Services, helps delegates better understand and connect with customers in emerging, developing and mature Asia markets
Shin Hasegawa, director and asssistant CMO at Rakuten, tells the story of how a small e-commerce company became Japan’s largest internet shopping mall
Ravi Thakran (left), group president of LVMH South & SEA & Middle East, Jim McCallum (left), CEO of Robinsons Group of Companies and head of Asia, Al Futtaim Group and Tesco's Clarke offer their visions for future
Delegates at the morning networking break
Delegates at the exhibition hub
Shaf Dewani (left), MD of Karen Millen Asia Pacific, and Robinsons' McCallum (middle) at a Business Stream session, chaired by Lorna Hall, head of retail and strategy, WGSN
Richard Perry (left), group business process director, Dairy Farm International, and Dhaval Buch (right), Unilever SVP for supply chain for Asia, Africa and Russia, at a Business Stream session, chaired by Paul Martin, MD of Planet Retail
Russell Berman (second right), CEO hypermarkets at Aditya Birla Retail, Somsak Hongsrichinda, executive VP of Charoen Pokphand Foods, Gavin Parker (second left), managing partner, and Rune Jacobsen (left), worldwide consumer retail sector leader from The Boston Consulting Group
Ian Mcgarrigle (left), chairman of WRC, Pierre Deplanck (middle), CEO of Guardian Health and Beauty, Singapore, and Tim Luce, country director of Court's Asia
