World Retail Congress has been the premier platform for in-depth research, content and events since 2007.Our annual Congress unites leaders from across the global retail industry for innovative, groundbreaking strategies and insights that drive success. It’s the unrivaled high-level forum for senior executives to learn, share insights, form powerful connections, and play a key part in shaping the future of retail. Each year, World Retail Congress curates a program that cuts to the core of key issues facing retail leadership, bringing together the brightest minds inside retail and out, including those from economics, academia, politics, and NGOs. With a new host city announced yearly, we are proud to announce that World Retail Congress will be taking place in Paris, France for 2024.

Postcards from Paris: Reflections on World Retail Congress 2024
World Retail Congress 2024 convened leaders addressing AI’s impact, geopolitical challenges, and the pivotal shift towards customer-centric strategies.

Stop Talking and Start Doing, Now and Faster
An Alert From World Retail Congress, 2017 By now, if anybody in the entire retail and consumer facing industries, from C-level executives down to the janitor working the night shift, is not aware of the fundamental earth-quaking changes going on across all of commerce, they