As the economy continues on its winding road to improvement, the retail industry is slowly improving as well. With retail sales and manufacturing posting month after month gains, retailers and investors are looking for the right time and opportunity to “get back in the game.” On September 16, Argyle Executive Forum will host its 2010 Leadership in Retail and Consumer Products Forum to discuss how the retail landscape has changed and how these changes will affect leadership and investment strategies. The Forum, to take place in Manhattan, will bring together 100 - 115 CEOs and board members of public and private large and mid-cap retail and consumer product corporations, complementary areas of executive leadership, select founders/senior managing partners of investment firms, as well as representatives from the event’s underwriters.

Please note that the limited seating for members of the advisory community is offered first to those that are supporting the event as sponsors. Participation by partnership organizations (advisory firms, vendors, etc) is limited to clients of Argyle Executive Forum. Argyle meetings are by invitation only. If you did not receive an invitation but would like to inquire about attendance, please click here.

*Press policies for member meetings are set at the individual session level. Some sessions may be on the record, while others are off. Please consult the meeting agenda, which will indicate which sessions are off the record. To inquire about media presence, please click here.

Perspectives By:

Matthew Alvarado
President
Passcheck People Counting Systems

Helayne Angelus
Principal
Kalypso

Rick Braddock
Chairman and CEO
FreshDirect

Jeff Cashman
SVP of Business Development
Manhattan Associates, Inc.

Lori Colantuono
General Manager - Product, Marketing and Operations
Infogroup | Interactive

Sharon Daniels
President & Chief Executive Officer
AchieveGlobal

Michael Dart
Senior Partner and Managing Director
Kurt Salmon

James Egasti
Former CEO, The Folgers Coffee Company
Board of Directors, Thinkvine Corporation

John Fiske
Executive Vice President and Chief Stores Officer
The Talbots, Inc.

Mike Friedman
Partner
Kalypso

Jill Granoff
Chief Executive Officer
Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc.

David Jaffe
President and Chief Executive Officer
Dress Barn Inc.

Ken Lakin
Chief Operations Officer
Boscov's

Robin Lewis
Chief Executive Officer
The Robin Report

Jon Luther
Executive Chairman
Dunkin’ Brands

Geralynn Madonna
President & Chief Executive Officer
Signature Styles

Toni Miller
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Boscov's

Gregory Polcer
Executive Vice President, Global Supply Chain
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

Caitlin Remby
East Coast Head of Sales - Navteq Media Solutions
NAVTEQ

Dawn Robertson
Chief Executive Officer
United Retail Group, Inc.

Vincent A. Scarfone
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Duane Reade

Jan-Patrick Schmitz
President & CEO
Montblanc North America

Richard Schurig
Partner and Retail and Consumer Products Industry Practice Director
J.H. Cohn

Marni Shapiro
Co-Founder
The Retail Tracker

Sherwin Socaransky
Vice President of Merchandising & Store Systems
New York and Company

Birame Sock
Founder
Third Solutions Inc.

Dana Telsey
CEO & Chief Research Officer
Telsey Advisory Group

Robert Wallstrom
President
Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH