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Drapers Ecommerce Conference 2012 is now over!
Thank you to all of our delegates, speakers, sponsors and media partners for establishing and contributing to what was a fantastic, very successful and informative event.
150+ attendees including:
Marks & Spencer/ Shop Direct Group/ eBay/ Links of London/ Reiss/ A Suit That Fits/ Fit Flop/ Topman/ Schuh/ BooHoo.com/ My-Wardrobe/ Farfetch.com/ The Dune Group/ Bench.co.uk/ Cloggs.co.uk/ LOOKK/ Brand Alley/ Republic/ Not Just A Label Ltd/ Style Compare/ Nuji/ Me_tail/ Donna Ida/ Upperstreet.com / Gorgeous Couture/ Harrods/ Mothercare/ Brastop Limited/ Mainline Menswear Ltd/ Joe Browns/ Fashion Direct Limited/ Bells Shoes/ JD Sports Fashion/ Motilo Limited/ La Petite Anglaise/ Fliplinx/ Leder&Schuh AG/ New Look Group/ S-Group/ Bravissimo Limited/ TJX Europe/ D B Apparel/ Little Black Dress/ Stylist Pick/ Ted Baker/ Arcadia Group/ Panache Lingerie/ Burberry Ltd/ Net-a-Porter / The Hut Group
Fashion retail experts speaking at the Conference included:
![]() | Susan Aubrey-Cound | ![]() | David Hathiramani Co-founder |
![]() | Caroline Rolfe | ![]() | Stefan Siegel Founder |

Why the Ecommerce Conference is vital for you and your online business:
- Be inspired by the latest insight from ecommerce leaders - learn how to drive more traffic to your site and improve conversion rates.
- With the huge growth of smart phones and tablets learn how consumers are shopping through different channels, and how to keep ahead of the technological revolution.
- Make your international mark by identifying the hot markets for growth and discover how to successfully penetrate foreign markets.
- With panel discussions, keynote presentations and roundtable debates delivered by a variety of retailers, the conference offers an opportunity to gain knowledge and share ideas with your peers.
- Differentiate your website from competitors among the hugely saturated online space to ensure market share and maintain customer loyalty
| “Benchmarking our business against our peers, and the businesses whose peer we aspire to be, is always a valuable exercise. The exchange of ideas is terrific – a worthwhile event.” Sean McKee, Head of Ecommerce, Schuh |
- Analysing the ever-changing consumer: Increasing loyalty and enhancing the customer journey
- Internationalisation of ecommerce: Driving profit abroad
- From browsing to buying: Turning mobile into a transactional channel
- Fall in ‘like’ with tweeting: Exploiting social media to your advantage
- Cross channel: Maximise the benefits of integrating online with bricks and mortar
| “A great opportunity to network across the industry and hear about how retailers are adapting to rapidly changing customer needs” Simon Forster, Director, Debenhams |
What the delegates are saying:
“Very well organised and extremely informative” Karen Campbell, Fenchurch
“Very informative and inspiring” Matthew Olds, John Lewis
“Informative and interesting” Edward Martin, Bells Shoes
“It is a very good event and I enjoyed taking part. The level of engagement with the audience was excellent, and it was interesting learning new things” Warren Bennett, A Suit That Fits
Sponsor or Exhibit at Drapers Ecommerce Summit 2012:
Would you like to position yourself or your service in front of leading fashion ecommerce leaders? We have both Sponsorship and Exhibiting opportunities available to give your organisation access to this key target audience. Whatever your organisation's marketing strategy, we are certain we can supply you with a solution to meet all your needs.
“I was very impressed with your conference, venue and attendees... It’s rare in my experience for events to get the balance right across a whole day and evening, however you achieved this and more. Drapers staff were polite, professional and I was pleased to see the efforts the whole team put into the show and connecting guests. I would recommend your conference to everyone.” Winston Hammill, The Technical People |
Get in touch
Contact: Julia Jones
T: +44 (0) 207 728 4637
E: julia.jones@emap.com
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