Programme

Thursday, 12th June 2008

08:30 - Registration & refreshments

09:00 - Chair’s opening remarks

Lorna Hall, Executive Editor
Drapers

09:15 - Measuring the impact of online retail in the fashion market

  • Is web selling working well for the fashion market?
  • The progress of online fashion retail: arriving at Web 2.0
  • Forecasting the future growth of online traffic
  • Predicting the next generation’s preferences and the next steps for online fashion

Dawn Bebe, Managing Director
OSOYOU.com

09:45 - Gathering data for profit and personalised sales

  • Profiling the customer through data acquisition
  • Inviting feedback and using testimonials positively
  • Tracking, logging and understanding every customer journey
  • Recognising the repeat customer
  • Segmenting data to achieve personalised, direct marketing

Steve Robinson, CEO
M and M Direct

10:15 - Building trust through customer communication

  • Getting over the customer ‘invisibility’ issue
  • Structuring the right online customer service system
  • Seeing the website as a line of communication as much as a selling store
  • Engaging with the customer across multiple channels: Email/call centre/online help/live chat
  • Assuring potential customers of online purchasing security

Alan White, CEO
N Brown Group

10:45 - Question and answer session

11:00 - Morning refreshments

11:30 - Panel Discussion

Exploiting the wider web and extending your reputation.

Panel Speakers, click for speaker details

12:15 - Online Photography: Maximising revenue through photography

  • Exploring the capture options for visual imagery
  • Model or mannequin?
  • Using 360 degree imagery, zooms and video features
  • What's working in image content investment?
Lee Whitehead, E-Commerce Merchandising Manager,
New Look

Lee Friend, CEO and Technology Director
Fashshot.com

12:45 - Question and answer session

13:00 - Lunch

14:00 - Mastering search engine optimisation and advanced search marketing

  • Ranking high up on Google search page one
  • Building SEO into the structure and background of your site
  • Implementing a key word strategy: What will your potential customer search for?
  • Optimising for hits on all search engines - MSN, Yahoo, Ask

Kristine Kirby, Head of eCommerce
Lipsy

16.30 - Chair’s closing comments

16.40 - Close of conference