Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Hawkins Strategic Announces Retail 3.0 Virtual Conference & Expo

Los Angeles, CA: Hawkins Strategic today announced the upcoming Retail 3.0™ Virtual Conference and Expo, to be hosted in coordination with Retail TouchPoints on April 21, 2010, from 11am to 6pm EST. Gary Hawkins, CEO of Hawkins Strategic, will be keynote speaker at the event. To learn more and register, please click here.



The Retail 3.0 Virtual Conference & Expo will bring together a comprehensive view of the next generation of retailing. The online conference will feature real-world case studies highlighting next generation strategies leading retailers are deploying to: engage with customers on new platforms such as mobile and social media; raise customer service levels and provide a consistent customer experience across channels; increase operational efficiency of associates and inventory; enhance collaboration across retailers and suppliers; drive revenue in-store and across direct channels with new and improved touch points; and, measure engagement and conversions both in-store and via direct channels.



The Virtual Expo and 10-Minute Digital Demos will provide a holistic model for building out a next generation retail ecosystem, featuring the latest innovations in digital marketing, in-store media, checkout/payment, CRM/loyalty, workforce management, cross channel commerce, and the networking solutions that enable advancement in wireless and mobility across the enterprise.



Addressing retailer’s growing interest in eco-friendly business practices and limited time to travel to physical events, the Retail 3.0 Conference will provide the next generation platform for networking with peers and solution providers. The Unisfair virtual event environment is intuitive, easy to navigate and does not require users to switch applications or click through multiple pop-ups. The platform provides easy to access data on peers attending, matchmaking capabilities and integration with popular social media networks such as Twitter.



The Unisfair environment also removes physical boundaries, allowing retailers from around the globe to review next generation solutions and share challenges and successes with retailers from around the world. As you build plans and strategies to transform your business with next generation strategies and solutions, start out by transforming the way you network by participating in a next generation event.



Hawkins Strategic’s Retail 3.0™ concept has received widespread coverage in industry press, and its latest paper installment, The Retail 3.0™ Organization, may be found here. To register for this event and learn about Retail 3.0™ from Gary Hawkins himself, visit www.nextgenretail.com.






About Hawkins Strategic: Hawkins Strategic is leading the genesis of Retail 3.0™, a new industry ecosystem driven by relevant marketing to the individual shopper, supported by realtime marketing and supply chain synergies, and built on the foundation of shopper-identified transaction data. From launching one of the first loyalty programs in the U.S., to advising some of the world’s largest and most progressive retailers and manufacturers; from founding the world’s first truly personalized retail communication platform, to partnering with world-class enabling technologies; Hawkins Strategic is ideally and uniquely positioned to move the industry to this next level through thought leadership, strategic guidance, value creation, and its Center for Advanced Retail Technology.


About Retail TouchPoints: Our mission at Retail TouchPoints is simply to provide executives in customer-facing roles with relevant, insightful content across a variety of digital mediums. By providing content in formats that are easy to access and share with peers, our goal is to create a platform that connects retail executives together with peers and solution providers who have unique knowledge into specialized areas of customer service, customer experience and marketing measurement.




For more information:

Hawkins Strategic, LLC: Berkeley Hawkins | berkeley.hawkins@hawkinsstrategic.com |

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