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Successful companies depend on strong leaders prepared to tackle daunting strategic challenges today and in the future. The Retail CEO Forum helps retail leaders enhance their leadership, strategy, and executives skills to address new growth opportunities for their companies.
Executive sessions are designed to create engaging, collaborative conversations about the issues critical to the growth and success of the retail industry. Experts from across the retail and non-retail space will present on the challenges CEOs are facing, followed by discussion on how these challenges can be changed into opportunities for growth.Check back for updates throughout the year.
There’s nothing else that I go to that I can get that opportunity to be in an intimate setting, to get to know some of my peers and competitors.

Mary Dillon
- CEO
- Foot Locker, Inc.
Featured Speakers
Corie Barry
- Chief Executive Officer, Best Buy
- Chairwoman, RILA
George W. Bush
- 43rd President of the United States & Founder of the George W. Bush Presidential Center
Ann Davison
- City Attorney
- Seattle City Attorney's Office
Ted Decker
- Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
- The Home Depot
Mary Dillon
- Chief Executive Officer
- Foot Locker
Brian Dodge
- President
- RILA
Ken Hicks
- Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Academy Sports + Outdoors
Tim Ingrassia
- Co-Chairman, Global Mergers & Acquisitions, IBD
- Goldman Sachs
Janet King
- Executive Director
- J.P. Morgan Asset Management
Lisa LaBruno
- Senior Executive Vice President, Retail Operations
- RILA
Michael Lasser
- US Equity Research Analyst - Consumer Hardlines
- UBS Financial Services
Hal Lawton
- President & Chief Executive Officer
- Tractor Supply
Kathryn McLay
- Chief Executive Officer
- Walmart International
Erik Nordstrom
- Chief Executive Officer
- Nordstrom
Vishaal Rana
- Managing Director, Cross Markets Consumer Retail Group, IBD
- Goldman Sachs
Courtney Reagan
- Senior Retail Reporter
- CNBC
Jeff Reisig
- District Attorney
- Yolo County District Attorney's Office
Russell Weiner
- Chief Executive Officer
- Domino's
Learn about the Executive Leadership Sessions
The invitation-only event for CEOs from the most recognized retail brands hosts Executive Leadership Sessions led by industry thought leaders, showcasing different perspectives, leadership strategies, and a forward-thinking approach followed by in-depth breakout discussions.
AgendaPast Attendee Companies Have Included
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Circana
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Knitwell Group
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L.L.Bean
- 3M Company
- Abercrombie & Fitch
- Academy Sports + Outdoors
- Advance Auto Parts
- Altar'd State
- At Home
- AutoZone
- Beall's
- Bed Bath & Beyond
- Best Buy
- Blain's Farm & Fleet
- BlueYonder
- C&S Wholesale Grocers
- Chico's
- Coca-Cola
- Cracker Barrel
- CVS Health
- DICK'S Sporting Goods
- Dollar General
- Energizer Holdings
- FGX International
- Five Below
- FleetPride
- Foot Locker
- Gap Inc.
- Hudson's Bay
- Hy-Vee
- Icahn Automotive Group LLC
- Ideavillage Products Corp.
- IKEA North America
- Intel
- JCPenney
- JOANN
- Kohl's
- Kroger
- Lands' End, Inc.
- Levi Strauss
- Lidl US
- Lion Brand Yarn
- Lowe's
- Meijer
- Microsoft
- New Balance Athletics
- Nordstrom
- Party City
- Petco
- PetSmart
- PUMA North America
- Radio Systems Corporation
- REI
- RILA
- Sally Beauty
- Shurtape Technologies
- Signet Jewelers
- Southeastern Grocers
- Target
- The Home Depot
- Tractor Supply
- Ulta Beauty
- Unilever
- VF
- Walgreens
- Walgreens Boots Alliance
- Wegmans