Brett Bone

Brett Bone

VP, Strategic Planning Simple Modern
Brett Bone

Monday, August 10: Summit Day

5:05 PM Retailer Only: Masterminds

Join fellow eTailers in a laid-back setting for roundtable discussions. Bring your biggest challenges and brainstorm solutions with others who get it. It's all about open conversations, sharing ideas, and helping each other tackle problems together.

  • Roundtable 1: Topic to be Determined
  • Kelly Parsons, GM, MakerPlace by Michael's Companies
  • Roundtable 2: Topic to be Determined
  • Laura Smith, VP, eCommerce Marketplaces, Sweetwater
  • Roundtable 3: Topic to be Determined
  • Christine Ciccone, Senior Director, Digital Marketing & Customer Experience, Brother 
  • Roundtable 4: Reshaping Retail Roles and Teams Amid Rapid Growth & Changing Customer Expectations
  • Kelsey Knight, Chief Commercial Officer, Slumberkins
  • Roundtable 5: Retail's Privacy Reckoning: How iOS 26 Is Shaping Data Strategies and Customer Experience
  • Roundtable 6: Manufacturing Moves Front-and-Center: How Changing Production, Rising Transparency, and New Retailer-Wholesaler Partnerships Are Protecting Brand Value
  • Roundtable 7: Creating with the Creators: How Brands Are Partnering with Creators to Launch New Products to Build in Audiences
  • Lauren McGuinness, VP, DTC, SharkNinja
  • Roundtable 8: Scale Your Story: How High-Volume Creative Production Drives Engagement
  • Brittany Csik, eCommerce Manager, Negative
  • Roundtable 9: Providing Personalized Experiences While Navigating Data Security Regulations
  • Brett Bone, Chief Strategy Officer, Simple Modern 
  • Roundtable 10: Leveraging Payment Providers: Optimizing Vendor Mix, Marketplace Integration, and Ancillary Revenue Streams for Sales Growth

Tuesday, August 11

2:30 PM Track E: C-Suite Retreat Panel & Roundtables

At eTail’s C-Suite Retreat, you will be surrounded by senior level retail peers who want to meet for open innovation. Hear a keynote panel discussion followed by interactive roundtables where executives can exercise their minds, build a brain-trust, and leverage those who truly have their pulse on the future of retail. Together, discuss retail’s current environment, and where you think areas of growth (or decline!) may be. Validate your ideas. Inspire others. Discover partnering opportunities. Get an “outside-in” unique point of view to discover diverse thinking that can transform your mindset—for both you and your business.

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Brett.

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