eTail Connect Spring 2025

25 - 26 February, 2025

Allianz Stadium, London

Gianfranco Cuzziol

Former CRM & Customer roles at Dr. Martens and Natura & Co

Day 1 | 25th February

12:15 PM FIRESIDE CHAT & ASK THE EXPERTS: How can you build a strong brand that fosters a loyal and devoted customer base?

Put your questions to the experts as this is your chance to ask whatever you’d like to know about brand building and loyalty, such as: 

  • How can you develop relationships with your customers to turn them into brand advocates? 
  • How important is it to develop loyal communities and strengthen customer advocacy? 
  • What internal strategies and tools can help develop customer loyalty? 
  • How can you balance hyper-personalisation with authenticity and trust? 

Day 2 | 26th February

10:20 AM LIVE POLLING & PANEL FEEDBACK: 10 back,10 forward: How has the retail ecommerce industry changed over the past 10 years, and how will it change over the next 10 years?

Join us for a special 10th anniversary as we reflect on how our industry has transformed over the past decade – from changed customer preferences, the rise of AI, and the rise of recommerce to the future of unified commerce, hyper-personalisation and robots doing the shopping for us – have your say on the future of retail.  

12:00 PM OXFORD STYLE DEBATE: Loyalty programmes are a sign of a weaker brand. Agree or disagree?

In this Oxford Style Debate, hear from our retail industry leaders as they go head-to-head to debate whether loyalty is the key to maintaining a strong base of brand love or a crutch for brands without inherent power to keep customers.

AGREE: Joshua Pearce, Group Head of Brand Performance, THG

DISAGREE: Ben Penrose, Retail Partnerships Director, Striqe 

Moderator: Gianfranco Cuzziol, CRM & Personalisation Advisor, Author, In Pursuit of the Trivial 

 

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Gianfranco.

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