2017 Global Forum Recap: Shoppers Stop, India
2017 Global Forum Recap: Shoppers Stop in India As the Business Head of the Home Division at Shoppers Stop, Mr. Vikram Chitnis is responsible for merchandising and buying for the company’s HomeStop division. Mr. Chitnis is one of the team that started the importation of home products for Shoppers Stop, and he has been involved […]
2017 Global Forum Recap: Tendencias y Conceptos
2017 Global Forum Recap: Insights from Tendencias y Conceptos Mr. Meir Mareyna is the CEO of Mexican distributor Tendencias y Conceptos SA de CV and the founding director of Marketing Olfativo SA de CV. Much of his success with these two companies is attributed to his belief in the philosophies: “Make it great… constantly!”, “Service, […]
2017 Global Forum Recap: John Lewis, UK
2017 Global Forum Recap: John Lewis UK’s Retail Strategies Anna Berry joined the John Lewis Partnership as a graduate-trainee in 1988. Following several positions in branch management, Ms. Berry transferred to a buying in 1993 and has been responsible for purchasing across numerous categories including menswear, sporting goods, gifts, jewelry and most recently, premium beauty. […]
2017 Global Forum Recap: Venta Korea
2017 Global Forum Recap: Insights of Venta Korea Mr. Kim Dae Hyun, president of Venta Korea Co. Ltd., has managed the company for 28 years. Venta’s mission is, “We create a healthy and happy lifestyle with the world’s best products for the Korean people.” Prior to directing Venta Korea, Mr. Kim founded Jin-San, the corporation […]
2017 Global Forum Recap: IBC General Meeting
Highlights from the 2017 IBC General Meeting at the Global Forum On the second day of the 2017 Global Forum, Mark Adkison, IHA’s vice president of international, led the IBC General Meeting to update the membership on upcoming programs, awards and the IBC board of directors. With members earning credits for participating at educational sessions […]
2017 Global Forum Recap: EPA Latin America
EPA Latin America: 2017 Global Forum Recap Juan Francisco España joined EPA 20 years ago, after 10 years of experience in retail and wholesale of home center products. Mr. España began at EPA as a head buyer for EPA. Following his role as head buyer, he held positions of purchasing manager, sales manager, country manager. […]
2017 Global Forum Recap: Strategic Problem Solving 2
Second Strategic Problem Solving Session at the 2017 Global Forum The second Strategic Problem Solving Session at the 2017 Global Forum was as successful as the first with attendees further interacting with industry peers.
2017 Global Forum Recap: YUWA, Japan
2017 Global Forum Recap of YUWA Group of Japan Keiichi Kobayashi, president and CEO of the YUWA Group, co-presented this retail market overview with James Karani. Mr. Kobayashi leads YUWA, which was established by his father more than 50 years ago. He began importing consumer goods into Japan, primarily from Europe. Today YUWA is the […]
2017 Global Forum Recap: MercadoLibre
2017 Global Forum Recap: MercadoLibre’s E-Commerce Expansion Two managers from MercadoLibre, Carlos Cernadas, head of cross border trade and Maximo Bach, housewares buyer and category development manager, presented Latin America as a new growth channel through e-commerce. Mr. Cernadas joined MercadoLibre in 2016, after more than eight years of experience working with multinational corporations including […]
2017 Global Forum Recap: Strategic Problem Solving
2017 Global Forum: Strategic Problem Solving Session The IBC’s Strategic Problem Solving Sessions allow attendees to meet in peer groups to discuss questions and to find solutions to many of today’s exporting challenges. As in previous years, the networking sessions were once again a highlight and primary benefit of attending the 2017 Global Forum.
