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Drew Koven

CEO
The Beach People

Drew Koven is globally regarded as a leader in Omnichannel retail, consumer lifestyle businesses and eCommerce. His range of experience includes: start-ups, large private, publicly held global organizations. Drew's executive leadership positions include: current CEO of The Beach People, a global brand of luxe seaside essentials and Managing Partner of LDR Ventures which invests in fashion and healthful food businesses. Past positions include: Vice President of e-commerce and Omnichannel retail for Guess Jeans, President of eCommerce & customer experience for Steve Madden, CMO of Melissa & Doug toys and CMO of FreshDirect. He was recognized as a Top 25 Retailer by Apparel Magazine, Top Three Mobile Marketer in the world by Mobile Marketer Magazine, Boston Business Hall of Fame Inductee, Virgin Atlantic Entrepreneur of the Year, 40 under 40 award recipient, YEO charter member & 2 Chapter President. He serves on the Men’s Leadership Council of the Stuart House in Los Angeles.

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Main Conference Day One - Tuesday Feb. 23rd

Thursday, November 2nd, 2017

09:25 Keynote Panel Discussion: Competing In The Digital World Of Today By Becoming An Agile eCommerce Organization

Being able to have a more flexible business model, especially during high growth periods, is key to being a successful retailer in today’s market. Looking to understand how others are keeping pace with the rate of change? This kick-off session looks both internally and externally at how retail is changing, and how your organization can become more adaptive as a result.

• How do you increase velocity as your organization grows?

• How can you keep pace or outpace your ability to produce value to your customers?

• How can you layer on different aspects of the e-commerce experience, to meet the demands of technology change today?