It’s Time to Stand Out in Retail SID MOOKERJI

SPI – The Right Retail Partner®

The Evolving World of Retail

SPI Conference 2016

Roadmap and Enhancement Sessions

Speaker Sessions – Industry Experts, Product Experts, Customers, Sponsors

Product Café

IN THE BASKET

SPI – The Right Retail Partner!• Experience serving Fortune

500 companies• IT Services capability• Products: Planning / Buying,

Vendor Collaboration, Analytics• 350+ Clients• 2,700 Employees• World Class Infrastructure• 11 acquisitions and mergers:

SoftVision 2016

RetailDigital

BPO / RAS

Consulting

IT Services

Products

Technology Provider of Choice for Retail

The Evolving World of Retail

• The largest retail companies have a digital CxO in elevated positions• Largest initiatives at all our retail clients are Digital: OC / Digital initiatives – SVI,

BOPUS, Stores - POS 2.0, Distributed Order Management• Mobility blueprinting initiatives at many SPI clients

Retailers are speaking Digital with their actions

Gartner: “Digital business creates a whole new science of shopping”

• MIT Sloan and Capgemini: Only 15% of CEOs are executing a digital strategy, even though 90% agree that the digital economy will impact them

• Early adopters of digital transformation are achieving 9% higher revenue creation, 26% greater impact on profitability, and 12% more market valuation

Digital transformation is no longer an option – it is the imperative

SPI in a Digital World

Digital Transformation

Front End Business Strategy

Back End Processes Integration

Edge to Core Strategy

Merchandise Planning Solutions Analytics Vendor Solutions

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Product Group Leadership

Product News• Gartner Merchandise Assortment Management Applications Magic

Quadrant – Just announced for the second year in a row• Release Highlights

• SPI Buyer Direct• Size Templates – Assign a default size template for products saving the time to build

them as customized for each product• Expedite Hot List in Suggested Purchase Order – See which orders need to be

expedited to reduce potential lost sales• SPI Buyer

User Interface – Significantly Improved experience and workflow process to make the software much more user friendly and effective

SPI Conference 2016 Roadmap and Enhancement Sessions

• SPI Buyer Roadmap• Mary Paulson, Product Owner, 10:30 a.m. Tuesday

• SPI Buyer Direct Roadmap• Ray Goodman, Product Owner, 3:00 p.m., Tuesday

• Enhancements Voting Session• 4:00 p.m. Tuesday

SPI Conference 2016 Industry Expert Speaker Sessions

• Mobile Loyalty: Determining When to Invest• Dave Massey, SVP/CIO Bealls, Inc., at 10:30 a.m. today in this room

• Bringing a High Touch Experience at Scale to Global Digital Retail

• Russ Moorehead, SVP Global Digital Operations and Strategy, Estee Lauder Companies, Inc., at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday

• Omni-Channel Retail: What's Next and How Do I Stay in Front of It

• Jim Mason, VP Product Development, SPI, at 2:00 p.m. Monday

SPI Conference 2016 Customer Speaker Sessions

• How Legendary Whitetails is Leveraging a Marketplace Sales Model to Expand “Beyond The Catalog and In-House Website” to Reach a Broader Audience and Drive Additional Revenue

• Tracy Brinkmann, Sr. Demand Planner, at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday

• How Uncommon Goods Leverages Artisan Vendors to Expand and Enhance Their Assortment

• Seth Walter, Senior Manager of Purchasing and Drop Ship, at 8:00 a.m. Wednesday

SPI Conference 2016 Product Sessions

• New Features in SPI Buyer Direct• Ray Goodman, Product Owner 2:00 p.m. Today

• Planning Essentials and Expert• Jeff Dillon, Sr. Customer Experience Consultant, 3:00 and 4:00 p.m.

Today

• See the NEW SPI Buyer Retail Assortment Planning, Allocation and Purchasing on Tuesday throughout the day

• SPI IQ• See our BI tool for retailers at either Monday at 1:00 p.m. or Tuesday

at 4:00 p.m.

SPI Conference 2016 Sponsor Speaker Sessions

• Retailers and Suppliers are Re-Tooling in Technology• ITK, In The Know, Susan Alvarez, CPA, Partner, Services Delivery and Jamie

Howell, Partner, Business Development

• Flash Storage Systems• Kevin Hall, West Team Lead, Flash and Converged Infrastructure, IBM

• Security in the Modern Retail Era• Kevin Beer, North America Security Leader for Communications, Consulting

Services and Utilities Industry, IBM

• How IBM Watson Powers Cognitive Retail• Keith Mercier, Entrepreneurial Senior Retail Executive, IBM

SPI Conference 2016 Other Events

• The Product Café• Your chance to work with product experts and learn about a new

feature or try out something you may have missed is in Veronese 2404.

• Monday Night• Join us at 6:00 p.m. tonight here in this room for an engaging group

activity and dinner. Don’t miss it.

Enter to Win

• Please submit your session evaluation using your smart phone, tablet or PC at http://www.spiconference.com/2016evaluation

• Submit six or more session evaluations to be eligible for a $100 AmEx gift card drawing

IT’S TIME TO STAND OUT IN RETAIL!!

Contact Me

•Sid MookerjiEmail: sid.mookerji@spi.comPhone: +1-770-904-5360LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mookerjiTwitter: @mookerji