The Invitation-Only Forum For Omni-Channel, Digital Marketing and eCommerce Leaders from the UK’s Top Retailers

09/20/2023

eTail Connect Autumn is the Invitation-Only Forum for Omni-Channel, Digital Marketing and eCommerce Leaders from the UK’s Top Retailers. We provide high-level networking through a VIP, closed-door experience, supplemented by pre-qualified 1-1 meetings with hand-picked solution providers.

In September 2023, over 2 days we brought together 90+ eCommerce, Digital Marketing and Omnichannel leaders from the top UK Retailers to the luxury venue, Sopwell House in St Albans! We hosted 20 engaging sessions to encourage benchmarking and learning from these senior peers. In addition, we offered 9 stand-alone 1-1 meeting slots; resulting in a total of 318 pre-qualified 30 minute meetings. Not just this, we also had networking experiences from our Retail Therapy Roundtables to our End of Summer BBQ! Our senior attendees represented some of UK Top Retailers, such as:

AO, Beauty Bay, Carrefour, Clarins, Clarks, Co-op, COS, Deckers Brands, Dixon Carphone, Dyson, Ebay, Emma, Feel Unique, Fig Leaves, FitFlop, Footasylum, Foyles, Halfords, Hello Fresh, Interflora, JD, Jimmy Choo, Lego & Liberty London

The audience breakdown at eTail Connect Autumn read as follows:
  • CEO - 4%
  • Chief - 3%
  • Director - 23%
  • Executive - 10%
  • Head - 33%
  • Lead - 5%
  • Manager - 19%
  • VP - 3%

View the full list of attendees here.

“We feel it’s so important to sponsor in the future, so much so that we’ve already booked onto all the events in 2024; Connect Spring, Connect Autumn and Retail CIO Connect.” - Mike Fantis, VP Managing Partner at DAC


Our Retailers Investment Priority

The Senior-Level digital, marketing and eCommerce leaders that attended eTail Connect Autumn were the top decision makers and budget holders who are actively seeking new solutions. All our attendees had a minimum annual revenue of £10 million, with 45% of these having an annual revenue of £1 billion+. Each attendee had a minimum personal budget of at least £250,000, with 43% having a personal budget of £5 million+.

With the extensive profiling and marketing campaign that happens in the lead up to the event, you can guarantee that deals were made across the 2 days.

Here is a look at the solutions our eTail Connect Autumn digital, marketing & eCommerce leaders were looking to invest in, within the following 12 months:

  • Personalisation - 92%
  • Loyalty & Retention - 92%
  • AI & Machine Learning - 88%
  • Data Analytics, Data Mining & Data Management Platforms - 86%
  • Conversion Rate Optimisation - 86%
  • Apps and Mobile Technology - 85%
  • Customer Experience - 85%
  • Omni-channel Solutions - 85%




An Unrivalled Speaker Faculty

Under Chatham House Rule, our 34 speakers hosted a mix of high-level strategic case studies and interactive discussions focused on the industries biggest growth priorities. Our audience were able to engage in high-level strategic case studies and interactive discussions to benchmark their eCommerce and digital marketing plans. Our packed agenda of 20 sessions covered pressing industry topics, from Optimising Customer Experience & Driving Loyalty to Maximising Marketplace Potential & Harnessing AI.

  • Stephen Langford, Director of Online, Marks and Spencer
  • Lucy Tallon, Chief Product Officer, Coop
  • Pinki Choudhury, Head of Product Marketplace, Kingfisher Group
  • Richard Burrow, Head of Digital Products, Boots
  • Molly Dobson, Managing Director, Currys
  • Ruben Bell, Head of Digital Delivery, Vodafone
  • Gianfranco Cuzziol, Head of Personalisation, Avon
  • Emilie Mouquot, VP of Marketing, Not on the High Street
  • Daryl Wilkes, Director of Customer Care, ASOS
  • Stuart Jones, Head of Digital Product, Dominos

These are just a handful of the brilliant speakers we heard from at eTail Connect Autumn 2023

Take a look at the full speaker line up and topics discussed by downloading our agenda here.

“A fantastic opportunity to reconnect and learn from peers, retailers with innovation and development at the forefront of all discussions.” – Ben Byrd, Account Executive, Acoustic

Social Media was Buzzing

There was a great buzz on social media whilst eTail Connect Autumn was taking place. Here’s a look at some of our favourite posts on LinkedIn:

Júlia Barcs, Global Partnerships Manager, Runtastic – “Huge thanks to WBR for organizing and running such a well-executed event. It was a pleasure to share insights and engage with some excellent speakers. Looking forward to more opportunities like this in the future! 🙌”

Stephen Quinn, eCommerce Trading Lead, KBF Enterprises – “Brilliant time had this week attending the eTail Connect event in St Albans. Feeling inspired by the event content, and fellow attendees conversations and talks. Lots of talk and ideas regarding Loyalty, Personalisation and AI to name a few topics..”

SAVE THE DATE

eTail Connect Autumn: 24th - 25th September, Sopwell House

eTail Connect Autumn 2024 is already starting to take shape. Sponsorship opportunities are available now. If you want the chance to be introduced to your next client – get in touch with our team!

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