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2026 Speakers
Candan Erenguc
COO
Anthropologie
Patrick Walsh
COO
Knitwell Group (Ann Taylor, Chico’s, Talbots)
Stephanie Unwin
President
Veronica Beard
Ken Ohashi
Brand CEO, Brooks Brothers & Nautica
Catalyst
Tanya Golesic
CEO
Mackage
Jed Berger
Global President & CEO
Kenneth Cole Productions
Natasha Fishman
CMO
Marquee Brands (Martha Stewart, Isotoner, Stance)
Jeremey Tahari
CEO & Creative Director
Elie Tahari
Assaf Ronen
President HFG & CEO
HelloFresh
Hartmut Kraft
President
Silhouette
Mariam Naficy
Founder & CEO,
Arcade | Founder & Chairman, Minted
Sunny Jiang
CEO & President
Eyebuydirect
Carrie Gross
Chief Creative Officer & Co-Founder
Dr. Dennis Gross
Jess Burns
SVP, Global Marketing & Communications
rag & bone
Rene Federico
Head of Marketing, U.S.
Primark
Kiera Ganann
SVP, Head of Merchandising
The Children’s Place
Molly Delp
Chief Growth Officer
NuFACE
Katherine Kim Choroco
SVP, Digital & Marketing
Vince
Dan Manioci
SVP, Global Consumer Engagement & Digital Marketing
Parlux (Eilish & Paris Hilton Fragrances)
Andy Trojan
VP, Demand & Supply
Ariat
Rachel Lockett
VP, Marketing
MAC Cosmetics
Mike Jacobs
Chief Growth Officer
Consortium Brands (Draper James, Outdoor Voices, Jonathan Adler)
Carley Caldas
SVP, Marketing & Creative
eos Products
Colleen Waters
VP, Ecommerce
Steven Madden
Brett Bone
Chief Strategy Officer
Simple Modern
Mimi Ruiz
VP, Ecommerce
Columbia Sportswear
Neha Kovach
Global Head, Omnichannel CRM, CX, Clienteling, & Data Insights
David Yurman
Jack Jia
Founder & CEO
Musely
Joe McCambley
CMO
Saatva
Nilofer Vahora
CMO
amika
Katia Unlu
Chief Commercial Officer
Boll & Branch
Lisa Zlotnick
Head of Brand PR
SHEIN
Dave Knospe
VP, Marketing
New Belgium Brewing
Dina Fierro
VP, Global Consumer Engagement
K18 Hair
Kim Dao
VP, Marketing
Every Man Jack
Amy Sullivan
VP, Buying & Private Brands
Stitch Fix
Amy Barber
Head of Brand
Loop Earplugs
Brittany Meeks
VP, Ecommerce Retailers – Amazon & Pure Play
Olaplex
Victoria Vaynberg
CMO
Nanit
David Baker
CRO
Beekman 1802
Katie Omstead
President
Lo & Sons
Laura Cantor
VP, Marketing & Ecommerce
New York & Company
Andrew Bleiman
EVP, North America
Tractive
David Cost
CDO
Rainbow Apparel
Erwan Le Berrigaud
CMO
NEST New York
Carney Nir
VP, Global Ecommerce & Digital Experience
Orveon Global (bareMinerals, Laura Mercier)
Jake Galtere
CMO
Naturium
Ana Gerst
VP, Brand Marketing & Communications
Hiya
Chantel Arlyn Oh
Director, CX
Dolls Kill
Declan Duggan
SVP, Sales & Distribution
BERO Brewing
Willa Bennett
Editor-in-Chief
Cosmopolitan and Seventeen
Daniel Washburn
Director, Ecommerce
Pressed Juicery
David Katz
EVP & CMO
Randa Apparel & Accessories
Drew Cook
President, Business Ops & CFO
PACT
Adrianna Barrionuevo Brach
Executive Editor & On-Air Correspondent
NBC News
Dara Golush
SVP, Marketing
Quip
Manuel Neto
VP, Global Analytics & Data Science
John Scheer
Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer
Herman Scheer
Peter Stern
Chief Growth Officer
Horizon Sports and Experiences
Matthew Merrilees
CEO, North America
Global-e
Kristen Classi-Zummo
Executive Director, Apparel Advisor
Circana
Sonia Lapinsky
Partner, Managing Director, Head of Fashion Retail
AlixPartners
Tommy Kowalski
VP, Digital Commerce
HeyDude and Crocs
Meredith Diehn
SVP, Marketing
goodwipes
Simeon Siegel
Senior Managing Director
Guggenheim Securities
Bill Carrig
CEO
Little Words Project
Andy Chiu
CEO
Versed
Alan Smith
President
Ernesta
Ann Marie Ippoliti
SVP, Digital Commerce, Consumer Marketing, & Global Analytics
Michael Kors
Dana Hork
CEO & Founder
Beers With Friends
Elizabeth Coleon
VP, Go to Market
Photoroom
Josh Payne
Founder & CEO
Coframe
Blake Imperl
SVP, Marketing
Digioh
Paul Benigeri
CEO
Archive
Leigh Sevin
Co-Founder
Endear
Marie Driscoll
Adjunct Professor
The New School & FIT
Bharath Gaddam
CEO & Co-Founder
DATA POEM
Lee Sterling
CMO
Simon
Marko Bon
President
Domaine
Leslie Ann Hall
CEO & Founder
Iced Media
Colin Daniels
Founder
It’s Colin Daniels
Christine Russo
Creator
What Just Happened
Woodrow Levin
CEO & Co-Founder
Extend
Rick Watson
CEO & Founder
RMW Commerce
April Guidone
COO
SMAC Entertainment (Michael Strahan™, WEAR by Erin Andrews, Snoop Doggie Doggs)
Ann Gehan
Ecommerce & Retail Reporter
The Information
Richard Kestenbaum
Partner | Triangle Capital
Contributor | Forbes.com
Serge Moreau
VP, Technology
Tommy John
Jesse Goldstine
Chief Retail Officer
MoMA Retail
Jeremy Goldman
VP, Insights
RETHINK Retail
Jonathan Wu
CEO
Cavalry
Kevin Smith
Director, Digital Marketing
Melin
Ethan Cohen
GM
Proxima
Gaurav Pant
Chief Insights Officer
Incisiv
Melissa Rosenfield
Writer
In Fine Print
Jessica Binns
Editorial Director
Berns Communications Group
Jill Manoff
Editor-in-Chief
Glossy & Modern Retail
Glenn Taylor
Logistics Editor
Sourcing Journal
Seth Yassky
Head of Partnerships Marketing & Commercialization
Proximo Spirits (JOSE CUERVO, Bushmills, GRAN CENTENARIO)
Cathaleen Chen
Editor & Reporter
The Business of Fashion
Sheena Butler-Young
Senior Correspondent
The Business of Fashion
Zoe Soon
VP, Experience Center
IAB
Suzy Davidkhanian
VP, Content, Retail Practice Lead
EMARKETER
Arielle Feger
Senior Analyst, Media Content
EMARKETER
Laura Kennedy
Retail & Commerce Strategy Advisor
Brian Lange
Co-Founder & CRO
Future Commerce
Courtney Spritzer
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Entreprenista
Yiqi Wu
CEO & Founder
Aimerce
Aviv Frenkel
CEO & Co-Founder
Moonshot AIAimerce
Bryan Brennan
Sr. Account Executive
Vibe.co
Matt Skai
Operating Principal (Marketing, Consumer, Business Operations)
L Catterton (Birkenstock, iFIT, Tod’s)
Michael Janiak
Co-Founder
Pattern
Renee Halvorsen
CMO
Marine Layer
Jack Riker
SVP
ShopMy
Lauren Sherman
CMO
Ruggable
John Bourne
CEO
Holderness & Bourne
Eric Ford
Director, IT
Holderness & Bourne
Patrick Muyal
Chief Customer Officer, Retail & CPG
SAP
Jamie Burkes
Manager, Customer Success
Nosto
Julia Winn
Head of Product
Proxima
Anton Naumenko
VP, Engineering
ThredUP
Kristin-Marie Pernicano
Principal
KmP Consulting
Josip Begic
CEO
Lebesgue
Ian Patterson
Co-Founder
Remark
Haley Crawford
Marketing Correspondent
The Business of Fashion
Julia Waldow
Senior Reporter
ModernRetail
Michael Klein
Industry Marketing Director
Talkdesk
Danil Saliukov
CEO & Co-Founder
Insense
Jess Jacobs
CEO
Coterie
Kevin Gould
Co-Founder
GLAMNETIC
Bill Catania
Founder & CEO
OneRail
Corrin Silver
Vice President, Digital Commercialization
FedEx
Jamie Martin
Sr. Director, Operations
Boll & Branch
Mary Berko
Marketing Director
Kase
Heather Boesch
Partner
IDEO
Caroline Tell
Founder
Tell&Co
Maoz Lakovski
Chief Business Officer
Similarweb
Juan Carlos Peña
Sales Director
Insense
Samantha Critchell
VP, Corporate Communications
E.L.F. BEAUTY
Bryan Ginberg
Founder & CEO
Doze Bedding
Dave Haller
Founder
drugs for plants
Fiona Simmonds
Co-Founder
Pinkie
Jessica Davidoff
Founder
Cob
Alex Morel
Co-Founder
Andiem
Sarah Tam
Chief Merchant Officer
Rent The Runway
Mary Bemis
Founder
Reprise Activewear
Teja Urankar
Founder & CEO
Butter Be Kind
Kailin Noivo
Co-Founder & President
Noibu
Ciana Abdollahian
Head of Customer Marketing
Klaviyo
Tom Eschbacher
Head of New Business Sales
Intuit Mailchimp
Connor Swegle
Co-Founder and CMO
Priority Bicycles
Bryan Mahoney
Co-Founder & CEO
Chord
Daren Hull
COO
Sèchey
Sana Clegg
Co-Founder
Pinkie
Noah Maffitt
Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer
Product Genius
Dan Pelosi
NYT Best-Selling Cookbook Author and Food & Lifestyle Creator
Alicia Barreto
Director, CRM & Retention
Bogg Bag
Lynda Fisher
Chief Revenue Officer
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