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The Amazon-Walmart Showdown
The Strategic Clash of Retail Giants
Speakers
As consumers prefer omni-channel (combination of online and offline retail) shopping, firms have been forced to follow. Yet, the gig economy is unprofitable, most retailers find online sales to be earnings dilutive, and even Amazon’s online retail operations continue to be loss making after 30 years.
The presentation articulates the challenges of online sales, when ecommerce can be profitable, and the general 4P (people, planet, profits, and privacy) problems facing the last mile delivery models.
Based on the book Clash: Amazon versus Walmart, this session will explore what the prognosis is for two of the largest companies in the world.
Speakers
Nirmalya Kumar
Nirmalya Kumar is Lee Kong Chian Professor of Marketing at Singapore Management University and Visiting Professor at Cambridge Judge Business School. Prior to this, he headed strategy at Tata Sons and taught at Harvard Business School, IMD (Switzerland), London Business School, and Northwestern University.
As a consultant, Nirmalya has worked with over 50 Fortune 500 companies in 60 countries and served on twelve boards of directors. Author of ten books, he is considered one of the world’s leading thinkers on strategy and marketing – frequently appearing on lists like Thinkers50, 50 Best B-School professors in the world, and 50 most influential Business School professors.
Neeraj Chandra
An alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad and an electrical engineer from IIT Kanpur, Neeraj started his career with 20+ years at Unilever, and has held leadership roles including Regional Brand Director, Lux/Lifebuoy for Asia, VP & COO for Britannia and CEO for Emami Consumer Care.
He has a passion for branding, innovation and building businesses with go-to-market models. Neeraj has shaped large brands like Fair & Lovely, Lux, Pond’s and led Brand Britannia to nationally acknowledged leadership. And has initiated creation of several new categories in Personal Care and Foods.
Neeraj is fascinated by the epochal changes comprehensively re-imagining our world and has co-authored a book on this ‘dance of disruption and creation’. Today, he works with promoters and funds to help create large new markets, and transform companies for exceptional growth.
Subha Hari
Subha is a marketing professional with over three decades of work experience across Asia. She is a co-founder of Shift Partners, a Singapore-based brand strategy and design consultancy that works with ambitious global and regional brands.
Prior to starting Shift, she was brand strategy lead for Landor Asia. She has also worked in marketing at Kellogg and Britannia, in market research at Cathay Pacific, and in advertising at Bates.
