• Branding, Retailing & Marketing • Consumers & Markets • Sourcing & Merchandising • Supply Chain & Logistics • New Formats and Concepts • Real Estate & Locations • Retail Design & VM • Technology, Security & Support • Communication & Services • Human Resource & Training

Passionate exchanges of opinions and experiences, driving an atmosphere of knowledge sharing in retail’s best practices. After all, retail’s innate dynamism necessitates an endless exchange of experiences and innovative strategies.

Ideas, debates and talking points coalesce at Retail Theatre, in a coming together of national and international denizens and thought leaders in the business of retail. It is a time, unlike any other, to be enriched and enhanced by knowledge exchange and intellectual dialogue, right in the midst of the most inspiring of global retail stories.

Modern retail in India is finally poised for real, sustainable growth. Retailers have learned their lessons from the reckless expansion of the past and are now inspired by the robust economic growth and increasing consumption trends. However, though potentially very lucrative, the market remains complex and unpredictable, and profitability is still an elusive goal for many.

Perhaps that’s why retail leaders are signing up in record numbers for India Retail Forum 2011 – the ultimate location for innovative idea’s, business connections and live learning about the dynamic Indian marketplace. With a strong focus on outstanding content and a number of new session formats and innovative delivery, IRF 2011 is more relevant for you and your team than ever before.

To make IRF 11 sessions more relevant with extensive interactions among the captains of the industry – IRF 2011 agenda will incorporate CEOs round tables discussing key issues – identifying problems and possible solutions through collaborative efforts. This will be in addition to the IRF plenary sessions with world visionaries, Q&A sessions, case studies from across the globe, and evenings with motivational speakers.





1. Kishore Biyani, Future Group • 2. Peter Lau, Giordano Int. • 3. Adi Godrej, Godrej Group • 4. Dr. James Damian, Best Buy • 5. B S Nagesh, Shopper’s Stop • 6. Ireena Vittal, Mckinsey & Co. • 7. Thomas Varghese, Aditya Birla Retail • 8. Ian Duffy, Ikea • 9. Viney Singh, Max Hypermarkets • 10. Vinod Sawhny, Bharti • 11. Brendan Dorrian, Global Retail Network • 12. Vivek Mehra, PricewaterhouseCoopers • 13. Louis Spillard, LGD, UK • 14. Rodney Fitch, Fitch • 15. Bob Pritchard, Marketforce One Inc • 16 V Ramachandran, LG India • 17. Jonathan Banks, The Nielsen Company, UK • 18. Barbara Wold, Int. Speaker, Author & Business Strategist • 19. Hital Meswani, Reliance Industries • 20. Douglas Baillie, Unilever • 21. Ramanathan Hariharan, Landmark, UAE • 22. Cliff Crosbie, Nokia • 23. Krish Iyer, A.S. Watson • 24. David Bray, JDA • 25. Vinay Nadkarni, Globus • 26. Salil Chaturvedi, Provogue (India) • 27. Bijou Kurien, Reliance Lifestyle Retail • 28. Vishal Mirchandani, Prozone • 29. Sumantra Banerjee, RPG Entp • 30. Ian Watt, Retail Xpressions, SA • 31. Vikram Bakhshi, Mcdonald’s • 32. Anand Kripalu, Cadbury India • 33. Karen Eidsvik, Subway, Singapore • 34. Patrick Hanley, Harvey Nichols • 35. Kamal Nath, Govt. Of India • 36. Tarun Joshi, Crew Republica • 37. Mazher Pappar, Geant • 38. Ravinder Zutshi, Samsung India • 39. Shishir Baijal, Everstone Investment • 40. Dinesh Dayal, L’oreal • 41. Ravi Thakran, LVMH • 42. Simone Tata, Trent • 43. Simon Woodroffe, Yo! Sushi • 44. Partha Dattagupta, Swatch India • 45. Harshvardhan Neotia, Ambuja Realty • 46. Aaron Boey, Levis Asia Pacific • 47. Bhaskar Bhat, Titan Ind. • 48. Ravi Raheja, K. Raheja Corp. • 49. Noel Tata, Trent • 50. Arun Nanda, Mahindra & Mahindra • 51. Rex Mehta, My Dollar Store • 52. Meg Lustman, Mosaic Fashions • 53. S. Siva Kumar, ITC Int. Business • 54. Francis Mcauley, Debenhams, UK • 55. Pradeep Dhoot, Videocon Retail• 56. Steve Gilman, Big Idea, UK • 57. D Shivakumar, Nokia India • 58. Anuj Puri, JLL • 59. Kevin Moss, General Growth Properties • 60. Bernd Hallier, European Retail Academy • 61. Ajjay Bijli, PVR • 62. Arvind Singhal, Technopak • 63. Dipali Goenka, Welspun Retail • 64. Doug Hargrove, Torex, UK • 65. Gordon Reid, Tesco • 66. Hemant Bakshi, HUL • 67. Niren Chaudhary, Yum! • 68. Robert Stoker, Wal–Mart • 69. Rohan Vaziralli, Estee Lauder • 70. Sunil Kapur, Blue Foods • 71. Xavier Bertrand, Chanel