Retailers Association of India (RAI) & Retailers Association's Skill Council of India (RASCI) are hosting its 6th Annual Retail Industry HR Conclave - "Manning Modern Retailing - MMR 2012" at Mumbai on 4th October 2012 at Hotel Hyatt Regency Andheri (E), Mumbai.

The central theme of the conclave is "Building The Enabling Culture in Indian Retail: Reconciling Business Imperatives and Human Values". The objectives of the conclave are to identify and deliberate the cultural issues that impact the Indian Retail Industry, explore innovative ways of reconciling business objectives and organizational values, interact with business leaders about cultural expectations and exchange perspectives on culture building by multiple stakeholders including CEOs, CPOs, Academia, Thought Leaders and Operating Managers.

Key Speakers at Manning Modern Retailing - MMR 2012:

Ahtesham Siddiqui, Head - HR, Trent Hypermarket Ltd
Ajit Joshi, MD & CEO at Infiniti Retail Limited
Aquil Busrai, CEO Aquil Busrai Consulting, Ex ED HR - IBM & Past President National HRD Network
Arun Vishwanath, GM - Organisational Learning & HR, Infiniti Retail Ltd.
B S Nagesh, Vice Chairman, Shoppers Stop Ltd. & Founder, TRRAIN (Moderator)
Basab Banerjee, Head Stds & QA, NSDC
Deodutta Kurane, Group President, Human Capital Management, YES BANK
G R Venkatesh, Head - People Office, Future Value Retail Ltd.
Ganesh Raja, Director, ITM Global Leadership Centre
Guruprasad Srinivasan, Business Head - Staffing Solutions, IKYA Human Capital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Himanshu Chakrawarti, CEO, The Mobile Store
Karthik Dave, Associate Professor-Marketing and Retail Area, BIMTECH
Kshitija Krishnaswamy, Lead, India Corporate Citizenship, Accenture
Marcel R Parker, Chairman, IKYA Human Capital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Meera Shenoy, Founder- CEO, Youth4Jobs (presentation)
Mike Wallace, CEO, Australian Retail College
Mukul Rastogi, Vice President, ITC Ltd. (LRBD)
Muralidhar Rao, CEO, Future Learning
Nihar Ranjan Ghosh, Executive Director - HR, Retail Sector, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group
Ramesh Mitragotri, Chief People Officer, Aditya Birla Retail Limited
Riju Vashisht, Executive Vice President - People, Bharthi Walmart
Sadashiv Nayak, CEO, Future Value Retail Limited
Sajan Varghese, Head - HR, Cafe Coffee Day
Shanti Raghavan, Founder, Managing Trustee, Ashoka Fellow (presentation)
Sujatha Sudheendra, Head-Human Resources, Aditya Birla Finance Limited
Thoman Xavier, Marketing Delivery Manager, Shell Retail India
V Govindraj, Vice President - Integrated Retail Services, Titan Industries Ltd
V Nagaraj, Senior VP & CPO, Arvind Brands
Venkataramana B, President - Group HR, Landmark Group India

Contact Details for association opportunities with "Manning Modern Retailing - MMR 2012"

Delegate registration Contact:
Western Region :   Paresh K. Jadhav, +91 9870644290, paresh@rai.net.in
                            Poonam Shinde, +91 9987511013, poonam@rai.net.in
Northern Region :   Kapil Mishra, +91 9818066041, kapil@rai.net.in
Southern Region :  A. Christopher, +91 9677630686, christopher@rai.net.in

Partners Opportunities Contact:
Lawrence Fernandes, +91 9029089915, lawrence@rai.net.in
Amit Agrawal, +91 9819751375, amit@rai.net.in

Speakers and Media Opportunities Contact:
Nilima Ghosh, +91 8879434268, nilima@rai.net.in

Retailers in New Delhi witnessed a networking opportunity by Retailers Association of India on 14th Sep 2012 at The Lalit. The Meet was attended by key retailers. Mr. Vikram Bakshi, Managing Director & JV Partner of McDonalds India was the key note speaker at the Meet. He addressed the retailers at the Meet and spoke about the key activities of RAI which includes advocacy, retail training and learning activities and industry creation activities.

The retailers also got an opportunity to interact with Caroline Papadatos, Senior Vice-President at LoyaltyOne and a senior loyalty leader, with deep expertise in brand, marketing, CRM and customer management. LoyaltyOne hosted an interactive session Turning Retail Footfalls into Financial Gains at this Meet. LoyaltyOne - global leader on consumer insights & strategy, loyalty marketing and customer experience management. LoyaltyOne aims to transform the landscape of the Indian loyalty industry by creating value through customer centric marketing, retail analytics, customer lifecycle management, data privacy and usage.During the session, she interacted with the retailers and highlighted key points like Driving Consumer Behavior Change through Data, Respect for Relevance, Customer Profit & Loss and investment forecast, Measure and track for improvement and The logical approach to segmentation. Caroline can be approached at cpapadatos@loyaltyone.com for more information about the CRM solutions of LoyaltyOne.

The meet was attended by over 100 companies and Loyalty One and IGA were key partners. Retailers Association of India would like to thank its members for attending the Meet.

RAI is delighted to welcome new members. The names of the members who have recently joined the association are as follows:

Core Category:
Kaveri Super Market Pvt. Ltd., Tamil Nadu
Apex Ltd., Chennai
Future Consumer Enterprises Ltd., Mumbai
Imco Mechel Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai

Associate Category:
Citixsys Technologies Ltd., New Delhi

Academic Category:
EMPI Business School., New Delhi

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