USA TODAY and Argyle Executive Forum host senior marketing executives in daylong session on marketing challenges and trends in Retail and Consumer Goods & Services
MCLEAN, Va., Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The economic implosion of the past year has brought with it a severe slowdown in retail sales and massive changes in consumers' consumption habits, making the job of a Chief Marketing Officer in the retail and consumer goods verticals that much more difficult.
On September 15th, Argyle Executive Forum, in partnership with USA TODAY, presents its 2009 CMO Spotlight Forum: Retail and Consumer Goods & Services event, taking place in New York City. Approximately 120 CMOs and direct reports will participate in candid discussions around various topics, including achieving distinction in a crowded market space, going global as the world shrinks and utilizing social media.
Scheduled speakers include:
- Marshal Cohen, Chief Industry Analyst, The NPD Group
- Mike Dominy, Director, Retail Industry Strategy, Oracle
- Jeri B. Finard, Senior Vice President & Global Brand President, Avon Products
- Robert J. Gfeller, Jr., Senior Vice President of Marketing & Advertising, Lowe's Companies Inc.
- Christina Gloriosa, Vice President, Marketing Partnerships, MTV Networks
- Dave Hogberg, General Manager, Pet Products, Tyson Foods, Inc.
- Mike Indursky, Chief Marketing & Strategic Officer, Burt's Bees
- Ann Kennedy, Vice President Product Innovation, InfoGROUP
- Abby Klaassen, Digital Editor, Advertising Age
- Howard Lindsay, CEO & President, VyaTek Sports, Inc.
- John Long, Partner, Kurt Salmon Associates & Chair, Global Innovation Council
- Tim Oakhill, Executive Vice President - Marketing, Simmons Company
- Jayne O'Donnell, Reporter, USA TODAY
- Gary Parisi, Senior Vice President, Business Development, infoUSA
- Jacqueline D. Parkes, Chief Marketing Officer, Major League Baseball
- Laura Petrecca, Reporter, USA TODAY
- Jeff Rohrs, Vice President, Marketing, ExactTarget
- Jennifer Rooney, Editor of CMO Strategy and Talentworks, Advertising Age
- Jennifer Sacco, Director of Branding, Nautica
- Bev Thorne, Chief Marketing Officer, Century 21 Real Estate LLC
- Tom Wyatt, President, Old Navy
More information about the 2009 CMO Spotlight Forum: Retail and Consumer Goods & Services event can be found at www.argyleforum.com/cmoretail2009.
Argyle Executive Forum is the premier provider of professional conferences for senior operating executives and Board members of private and public firms, investment professionals, as well as for policy makers. The events provide an uncommon opportunity for industry leaders to share ideas and insight amongst their peers. Argyle Executive Forum produces more than 40 industry-specific, by invitation only executive forums each year, as well as offers sponsored research and customer solutions to its clients. Learn more about Argyle Executive Forum by visiting: www.argyleforum.com.
USA TODAY was founded in 1982 with a mission to serve as a forum for better understanding and unity to help make the USA truly one nation. Through its flagship newspaper and popular Web site, USA TODAY engages the national conversation and connects readers online through social media applications. USA TODAY, the nation's top-selling newspaper with a total average daily circulation of more than 2.1 million, and USATODAY.com, an award-winning newspaper Web site which launched in 1995, reach a combined 5.8 million readers daily. The USA TODAY news and information brand also includes: USA TODAY Education, USA TODAY LIVE, USA TODAY Mobile and USA TODAY Sports Weekly. USA TODAY is owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI).
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