For those of you we have met at SAPPHIRE that have returned to your offices and for those who were not able to join this year I want to offer a summary of the highlights from a Retail perspective as well as links to the essential replays:
The conference was an overwhelming success and SAPs retail customers were everywhere speaking about how they Run Simple with SAP Retail.
PGA Tour Super Stores ‘Laying the foundation for future growth’ – I would like to start with the compelling presentation of Stephen Donnold, CIO of PGA Tour Stores, introduced by Lori Mitchell-Keller, SVP and Global Head of Retail Industry Business Unit. Stephen McDonnold talked about PGA Tour Super Stores motivation to run their business on HANA and in the cloud and what they have achieved in the last months. To watch the replay click here.
Loblaw on Delivering Relevant and Exceptional Customer Experiences Anywhere at Any time. Loblaw shared their journey towards Omnichannel as well as their learnings and conclusions along the way. Main take-away was that there is really no finish line as the consumers continue to set the pace and drive the direction.
Consumer Industries Panel – The content for the day wrapped up with an impressive executive consumer industries panel which included adidas Group, Hallmark, Ingram Micro, Discount Tire. Pat Bakey Global general Manager Consumer Industries SAP moderated, as these four customers discussed how they engage their customers through omnichannel opportunities and provide a consumer experience that offers a single view of their brand across physical and online channels. Click here for the replay.
Walmart joined SAPs Member, SAP Executive Board, Products & Innovation Bernd Leukert on stage as Wal-Mart’s CIO, Karenann Terrell, Rob Enslin and Bernd Leukert discussed how Wal-Mart is leveraging SAP’s HANA Technology and the executives talked about speed, innovation and their people. Walmart later were awarded the SAP HANA Trailblazer Award.
To view the full keynote, click here , the session with Walmart's Karenann Terrell can be seem here .
Press coverage by Chain Store Age can be found here.
We also had set up a few interactive discussion around key transformational Retail topics:
- Ulta Beauty spoke on Why the Store is Now More Than a Store.
- Bestseller laid out how to Improve the In-Store Shopping Experience
- Tim Hood, Global Vice President, Strategic Technologies, SAP spoke about the Future of Competitive Marketing in Retail
If you would like to hear more about the session please get back to me:
Replays – a summary of Retail relevant replays from these presentations and other by Schwan's, Brookshire, Target and others can be found here - the presentation content can be accessed here.
And last not least to round it off here is Lori Mitchell-Keller, SVP and Head of Global Retail IBU, sharing her thoughts on what it takes to Run Simple for Retailers: Lori Mitchell Keller Video at SAPPHIRENOW - Lori’s Video here.
Watch out for more in-depth coverage of the sessions in the next days and week.
Indeed very exciting times in Retail: We hear from our customers they lookingfor new solutions that solve the complexity they face in addressing rising consumer expectations for integrated, digital and seamless experiences. By integrating proven world class core back office processes with advanced customer engagement tools to deliver rich, relevant and consistent customer experiences across all points of interactions, SAP Retail helps retailers Run Simple, rethink operations and reimagine the customer experience.
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Regards, Joerg
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