Bess Anderson Director, Visual Strategy Chute Gerdeman

With more than 20 years’ experience in the design industry, Bess Anderson has been responsible for strategic visual planning, design and... (more)

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Tom Beebe

Tom Beebe is a creative consultant/stylist who has worked at Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, Paul Stuart (where he spent 14 years as... (more)

Maureen Boyer Gensler

Maureen Boyer, AIA, has more than 25 years of professional experience and has worked nationally and internationally on a variety of commercial,... (more)

Values-Based Design: The Aesthetics of Social Responsibility
Bonnie Brooks President & CEO The Bay

Bonnie Brooks is the President and CEO of the Bay, operating 94 stores across Canada. She has spent more than 25 years building prestige retail... (more)

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Peter Burgoyne Creative Director CBX Retail

Peter Burgoyne plays an active role in programming, concept creation, and design development for all CBX retail projects. He has more than 12... (more)

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Daniel Butler NRF Retail Industry Briefing NRF

Dan Butler, a retail veteran with over 26 years of experience in retail management, operations, merchandising, sustainability and human resources... (more)

Alison Carr Gensler

With more than 22 years of experience, Alison Carr’s work spans retail, hospitality, showroom and branded workplace design through... (more)

Values-Based Design: The Aesthetics of Social Responsibility
James Damian

James Damian is senior vice president, Enterprise Design Group, at Best Buy. Joining Best Buy in 1998, he evolved and scaled the store... (more)

Visual Merchandising Symposium
Kim Draper President Nautica Retail USA

Kimberly Draper is responsible for 100 Nautica outlet stores as well as Nautica.com.  Before Nautica, she was the senior vice president of... (more)

The New Wave of Outlet Stores
Robert Fernandez Director of Project Development C.J. Segerstrom & Sons

Robert Fernandez graduated with a degree in architecture from California Polytechnic University at Pomona. He was hired as the in-house architect... (more)

The 17-Year Itch: The New Shape of Retailing for Gen X and Y
Paul Filek Managing Partner BURDIFILEK

Paul Filek has more than 20 years of experience designing retail environments, the last 17 of which he’s spent alongside his business partner,... (more)

Retail Trends Across Canada
Richard Hamori General Manager, Store Planning, Design and Construction The Hudson Bay Co.

Richard Hamori is responsible for the creative development and evolution of The Hudson Bay Co’s 500-store brand lineup, inclusive of The Bay,... (more)

William Herbst William Herbst is a 30-year veteran in retail store planning, design and visual presentation, working for Saks Fifth Avenue, Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s... (more) Ask the Experts: Department Stores
Jay Highland Director, Brand Communication Chute Gerdeman

Jay Highland leads teams that create and design brand communications programs for retailers, restaurateurs and consumer goods manufacturers. His... (more)

Keeping Up Appearances: C&A Department Store Renovation, Brazil
Les Hiscoe Vice President Shawmut Design & Construction

As head of Shawmut’s National Business, Les Hiscoe leads the $200 million Hospitality and Retail group, drawing on years of experience building... (more)

The Light at the End of the Tunnel: Be Prepared
Claudia Horbert Dir. Research Store Planning & Design EHI

Claudia Horbert is director of research store planning & design at EHI Retail Institute in Cologne/Germany. EHI is a scientific institute of... (more)

European Design Trends
Brett Horton Director of Store Design Guess? Inc.

Brett Horton is the director of store design for Guess?, Inc. He began his retail career with Guess in 2002 after completing his master’s degree... (more)

The 17-Year Itch: The New Shape of Retailing for Gen X and Y
Lori Kolthoff Director/Resource Design FRCH Design Worldwide

Lori Kolthoff is responsible for the development of all interior and exterior resources, international and domestic, at FRCH. The continual... (more)

The Full Spectrum of Green Design Today
Sharon Lessard VP, Store Design Services SuperValu

Sharon Lessard is vice president of store design services SuperValu, Inc. with design oversight of all Corporate, Wholesale and Save-a-Lot Retail... (more)

Ask the Experts: Grocery
Pam Levine Levine Design Group

Pam Levine is president and creative director of Levine Design Group (LDG), a visual merchandising and branding firm with expertise in retail... (more)

The New Age of Luxury Retailing
David Lindsey VP, Store Planning Nordstrom

David Lindsey is corporate vice president of Nordstrom, Inc. Prior to joining Nordstrom, Lindsey was president of Callison Architecture,... (more)

Ask the Experts: Department Stores
Chris Lund CEO Perennial Inc.

Since becoming Perennial Inc.’s CEO, Chris Lund has expanded the company’s client base throughout North America and into China and India.... (more)

Ask the Experts: Grocery
Calvin McDonald Executive VP -Marketing, Customer Relationship MBMT Loblaw Companies Limited (more) Ask the Experts: Grocery
David Milne VP of Architecture & Design Carlson Restaurants

David is vice president, architecture + design, for Carlson Restaurants Worldwide in Carrollton, Texas. He is responsible for the strategic design... (more)

The 17-Year Itch: The New Shape of Retailing for Gen X and Y
Ray Murray VP Creative Services Nautica Retail USA

Ray Murray leads a team of designers and directors to create and maintain a consistent brand identity for Nautica. He has been with Nautica for 15... (more)

The New Wave of Outlet Stores