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David Thomas

CTO
Nastygal

David has over 15 years of technology leadership experience at prominent eCommerce and Online Media brands, including executive positions at Nasty Gal, Stella & Dot, Evite (IAC), The Knot (XO Group), and WeddingChannel.com. From developing and hosting the Macy's online bridal business of hundreds of thousands of SKUs, to rebuilding the leading online events service into the cloud, to helping two Inc 500 innovators sustain rapid growth, David has delivered a variety of scalable online solutions in fashion apparel, social communities, events & gifting.

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Main Day Two : Innovate, Transform Or Disrupt – Change The Retail Game

Saturday, July 2nd, 2016

09:00 Retail Innovation And Disruption Keynote Panel Discussion: Framing The Digital Organization Of The Future

Part of eTail’s mission is to showcase fresh and new companies that are game changers; i.e. retail disruptors. This panel presents transformative high-growth companies that have amazing stories to share, including how and why they’ve achieved success, a break down of their business models, and how they are competing despite operating in a commodity driven environment. Nastygal is an online fashion retail empire that began as an eBay vintage store, and transitioned into a $240 million company in just seven years. Chegg has been highly disruptive in the online retail eduation space, Zulily took advantage of the flash sales model and uses data, personalization, mobile and urgency to help drive sales (and they’ve even driven some of their competitor out of business). Buying a custom suit online was an entirely new concept when Indochino launched in 2007, but the company has experienced rapid growth both domestically and internationally since then, and is now opening an offline presence. Want to see the next set of companies shaping the face of retail? Attend this opening keynote session. They’ll explain:

• What has enabled you to have the success that you’ve had to date/growth to date?

• What areas did you approach differently as you grew (channels, strategies, etc.) – what were
you able to approach differently and reinvent vs. looking at in more traditional ways?

• What shifts and changes in consumer behavior are you tapping into in order to continue your
growth trajectory?

• How are you thinking about technology in terms of opportunities for your business?