Returning for its second year in 2023 as an in-person event, the ARA Leaders Forum is the retail industry’s preeminent major Australian sector conference, bringing together the boldest ideas, greatest minds and most visionary future thinkers of Australian retail into an epic one-day event.
Meet your leadership peers at the 2023 ARA Leaders Forum – network with the largest gathering of retail executives from across Australia to explore the future of retail and the most important issues facing you and your teams.
For event information and ticketing enquiries, please contact events@retail.org.au.
Cathy Tolpigin, founder of The Green Edit is thrilled to announce Australia’s clean beauty and wellness event is locked in for a third instalment on Thursday, March 16 2023 at 12-Micron in Barangaroo, Sydney.
The next event for The Green Edit has been created as a direct response to the needs heard from brand founders as well as feedback received from media, influencers, retailers, spas and clinics. The new format provides brand founders with more opportunities for connection, inspiration and the opportunity to gain key industry insights. This evolution features two industry events on one day at 12-Micron:
Event 1: The Beauty Breakfast Summit Event – All beauty brands welcome.
8am – 12:30pm
Beauty and wellness brand founders, their PR and marketing teams may purchase a ticket to attend a beautiful breakfast together with other founders for a morning of connection, inspiration and insight. Guests will gain knowledge from three curated industry panels featuring 12 key media, retailer and industry experts on the trends and insights influencing beauty brands and the clean beauty industry in 2023. Panel speakers include
- Elle Halliwell – Journalist at The Australian
- Sally Hunwick – Beauty Director at Marie Claire
- Elysha Sullivan – Head of Merchandising Sephora Australia
- Erin Hawkin of Nourished Netherlands
- Elise Wilson – Category Beauty Editor at Are Media and more.
Early bird tickets are now available from $395 at www.thegreenedit.com.au until the 30th of November 2022.
Event 2: The Green Edit PR Showcase Event – Exclusively for clean beauty and wellness brands.
2pm – 5pm
A highly edited, curated, limited by-invitation-only event featuring 20 beauty and wellness brands who will showcase their products and connect with a curated guest list of key media, decision making beauty retailers, spas and clinics, looking for the best in green beauty. All brands meet our “Loved By” The Green Edit stamp criteria. Guests have the opportunity to experience the latest clean beauty and wellness launches and meet the founders behind the brands. Exhibitor spaces have already been secured by Retreatment Botanics, Edible Beauty, Ipsum Skin, Clemence Organics, Angove Family Winemakers, OPTY.NC and Serene Body Health.
Mumbrella’s Retail Marketing Summit is Australia’s leading summit for top retail and FMCG marketers to explore the biggest issues and opportunities in the industry.
The way retail brands communicate with consumers has fundamentally shifted – don’t miss your chance to discuss the cut-through solutions and ideas, and network with your industry peers.
The summit will take place on 23 March at Sofitel Wentworth and will feature 2 streams of content and over 20 top retail leaders with the likes of MECCA, Catch, Nestle, Lion, Goodman Fielder, Rebel and many more speaking on various themes including maintaining customer loyalty, reimagining the omnichannel experience, retail media, embracing commerce in the metaverse and so much more.
This is your opportunity to navigate the path towards a new future of retail.
As a special offer, Retail Beauty readers are entitled to 20% off on tickets. Use this code at checkout: RETAILBEAUTY23.
Coming off the success of last year, Online Retailer Conference & Expo returns this July with a can’t-miss slate of international and local speakers, exhibitors, and workshops. Australia’s most recognised e-commerce and retail expo will be held in-person at the ICC Sydney Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney on July 19th, and 20th, 2023.
With a focus on the future of tech in retail, this year’s conference will feature the who’s who of the industry coming together across two days to talk about the sector’s hottest topics, including AI, sustainability and circularity, and the rise of marketplaces in retail.
The conference itself, which will be ticketed, will have 12 conference tracks catering to all business sizes, access to over 110+ speakers, and unlimited tech, trends, and networking events to explore.
The highly anticipated event will feature more international speakers than ever before, with keynote speeches from some of brightest global names in retail business, including Carney Nir, VP, Global eCommerce and Digital Experience from Orveon Global (bareMinerals and Laura Mercier), Jamie Crummie, Co-Founder, Too Good To Go, and Matheus Stancati, Co-Founder, Serendipity Furniture and Sunken Blimp.
Local speakers will include Lydia Bertini, Head of Customer and People at Miss Amara, Nick Blatt, Head of Ecommerce & Digital Customer Experience from Chemist Warehouse, and Pathum Wanigasekara, Head of Performance Marketing from Booktopia.
Each morning’s keynote speech will be free to attend along with the Expo.
Online Retailer Event Director, Matt Smith said, “We’re so excited to return this year and explore the fascinating topic of innovative, cutting-edge new technologies and the role they will play in the future of online retail. We have developed an exceptional roster of talent to speak to some of the most hot-button issues in the industry. No matter which stage of business each retailer is at, and the level of their own individual career, we are certain there is a panel discussion, workshop, or networking opportunity of tremendous value to them.”
Attendees will have the chance to hear from leading brands and strategic partners on how they are navigating this ever-changing industry – conference highlights will include:
- Customer retention post-pandemic: Hear from international keynote speaker, Carney Nir of Orveon Global — the company behind cult favourite beauty brand bareMinerals. Carney will discuss strategies on investing in your customers to become brand advocates and powerful word-of-mouth marketing tools. She will also discuss achieving customer retention through omni-channel excellence and why sometimes going back to customer basics produces the best results.
- The rise of marketplaces: We’re currently experiencing a marketplace revolution, where brands who have limited resources are being provided with an alternative model to show up in the online retail space. Guests will learn more about why marketplaces are dominating the online retail industry, with panel experts sharing how to create emotional and personalised customer experiences on these platforms.
- Driving resilience through technology and innovation: At the heart of this year’s conference, this topic explores the array of tech solutions, software, and tools available in today’s market, and how retailers can leverage the appropriate technologies to stay relevant, resilient, and responsive to an evolving landscape. Join in this panel discussion to gain insights on how consumer behaviour is predicted to change over the next year and how tech can help retailers adapt to these shifts.
Following the success of last year’s B2B stream, a new conference track will be available to B2B retailers looking to learn from industry experts on how to help grow their enterprise. Key areas of discussion in this stream will involve topics like digital transformation, thinking like a B2C to achieve B2B success, and B2B marketplaces.
Gathering the widest array of ecommerce technology and solution providers in Australasia, the coinciding free-to-attend expo will host 140+ exhibitors set to showcase the newest technologies and innovations, with the express purpose of giving online retailers a leading edge over the competition.
Held on the final evening of Online Retailer, the Australia Post Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAS) rounds off the event with a bang. The ORIAS has established itself as Australia’s leading retail awards program that celebrates the excellence of Australasia’s vibrant and innovative multichannel and online retailing visionaries.
Dream Ball will be held on Friday, 03 May, 2024
An incredible array of prizes will be up for grabs.
Your generosity is needed now more than ever to ensure thousands more cancer patients across Australia can face their diagnosis with confidence.
Secure your tickets today in support of the Look Good Feel Better program.
Look Good Feel Better is a free national community service program, dedicated to teaching cancer patients how to manage the appearance-related side-effects caused by treatment for any type of cancer.
Run by the Cancer Patients Foundation – an independent not-for-profit organisation, not affiliated with any other cancer charity or support service – Look Good Feel Better receives no government funding.
It is the generosity of the community through financial contributions, product donations and time that allows for the service to be provided to cancer patients free-of-charge.