World Retail Congress, Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai 2017

The Congress was founded in 2007 in response to retailers seeking a platform for senior leaders to come together to discuss the major issues and trends affecting the industry. In delivering this agenda, the Congress has welcomed thousands of senior retail speakers, from some of the world’s biggest, to the newest businesses, as well as leading industry stakeholders from global economics, politics, finance and NGOs. In 2015, the World Retail Congress programme took as its theme: Transforming retail today, tomorrow and beyond. It summed-up the feeling of the retail industry that no-one can afford to standstill and that to survive in this disrupted age, retailers have to transform everything they do. The retail mood as we look forward to 2017 and beyond, is centred on consumers and how to best connect with them. It will be placed at the very centre of our theme: Attracting and engaging with tomorrow's consumers. The 2017 event will be held in Dubai for the second time on 4-6 April at the Madinat Jumeirah.