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2019

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AT AN AVERAGE AGE OF 29, INDIA IS HOME TO THE WORLD’S YOUNGEST AND FASTEST GROWING RETAIL MARKET!

FASHION AS A CONSUMPTION CATEGORY» The Largest Occupier of Retail Real Estate

» The Most Corporatised Retail Category

» A Leader of Modern Retail Evolution in India

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Innovation in Fashion Retail – through every element of its value chain – is already separating winners from losers. At the 20th edition of IFF, preview the next generation of fashion retail in granulated detail – from Product to Technology. From smart, sustainable sourcing to intuitive, real-time customer engagement, and everything in between, discover how Innovation and Tech will be the biggest drivers of profi table fashion retail.

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Is your business responsive, intuitive, agile enough to match the acceleration of complex consumer shifts? I

Is your fashioninnovation model marketable andprofi table for tomorrow?I

Launched in 2000, India Fashion Forum (IFF) is India’s largest fashion retail intelligence event. Every year, a powerful blend of conference sessions, workshops and masterclasses, zoned exhibitions and industry awards mark IFF’s confl uence of the biggest consumer trends, market intelligence and retail innovation in the business of fashion in India.

The 20th edition of IFF Conference will offer unparalleled insights from international and Indian industry experts, academics, global fashion research majors and analysts through a world-class mix of keynote addresses, panel discussions, CEOs Roundtables, presentations, Knowledge Series sessions and workshops. Five themed exhibition platforms — Fashion Sourcing, L Cube, Asia Shop, Fashion Techway, India Brand Show — will showcase the most market-ahead fashion ingredients, design innovation, technology, retail strategies and solutions to a mega congregation of leaders from the business of fashion in India and elsewhere.

WWHAT IS INDIA FASHION FORUM

K KNOWLEDGE AT IFF Aimed at converting

India’s massive opportunity for

fashion businesses into realisation, the IFF conference and

exhibition focus areas will include:

» Creating fashion companies of the future

» Successful fast fashion – from trend-spotting to checkout

» Design innovation leading to faster inventory turnover

» Gaining credibility with Connected Consumers

» Powerful conversions through Fashion Retail Tech

» Experiential Fashion Retail – in stores and everywhere else

FUNCTIONAL NETWORKING C-Suite Luncheon Meet with Industry Doyens/ Tailored Roundtables/ Exclusives with CEOs/CIOs/CXOs and Heads of Design/ Innovation/ Category Buying & Merchandising/ Sourcing/ Retail Design & VM

» IFF - PRELUDE & MASTER CLASSES Indian Fashion Market: Size, key

categories and their market share | Emerging categories | Scope and Challenges

» FASHION INTELLIGENCE Intelligence on key segments and retail

formats | Consumer shifts & evolving buying behaviour | Fashion categories – New entrants & key players | Private label opportunities

» INAUGURAL SESSION 1: FASHIONING THE FASTEST CHANGING CONSUMER MARKET OF THE WORLD

Debating and discussing the opportunities and challenges

» INAUGURAL SESSION 2: HOW GOOD A BUY HAS ‘FASHION’ BEEN FOR INDIAN CONSUMERS IN 2019?

Collective steps that can change the mood of consumers and catalyse fashion consumption

» LEADERSHIP SESSION: Innovate to Elevate: Embracing innovation in your business

» CEOs EXCHANGE: Reimagining physical retail

» CEO THINKPAD: The dynamics of ever-changing fashion business and how CEOs are coping to get ready for the next decade

CONFERENCE TOPICS AND SESSIONS * » CFOs CONCLAVE: Profi tability in fashion

- what makes fashion retail the most exciting and profi table business to be in

» MERCHANDISING AND MARKETING HEADS CONCLAVE: Buying and sourcing from a retailer’s perspective.

What’s next and how to make it ready for the omnichannel climate and rapidly changing consumer trends

» NON-APPAREL FASHION CONCLAVE: The big opportunity in fashion accessories, footwear and lifestyle products

» SOURCING AND DESIGN CONCLAVE: Creating the soul of fashion

» STORE DESIGN CONCLAVE: ‘Smart Stores’ for Smart Shoppers

» PREMIUM LOUNGE CONCLAVE: Taking Luxury to India’s Next Pie of Affl uent Consumers

» FASHION MARKETING CONCLAVE: Ways to attract the next wave of consumers

» RETAIL REAL ESTATE CONCLAVE: Fashion & Lifestyle and the retail spaces of tomorrow

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*Topics and sessions subject to amendment. Please visit www.indiafashionforum.in for updated conference agenda.

SPEAKERS AT IFF OVER THE YEARS

Noel TataTrent Ltd

Suresh JArvind Brands

Kishore BiyaniFuture Group

Robert SpectorAuthor

Kabir LumbaLifestyle International

Gautam SinghaniaRaymond

Dave Thomasadidas

Ashish DikshitMadura F&L

Rajiv SuriShoppers Stop

Darshan MehtaReliance Brands

Rakesh BiyaniFuture Retail

Harkirat SinghWoodland

BS NageshTRRAIN

Ravi ThakranLVMH

Bijou KurienL Catterton Asia

Anita DongreAND/Global Desi

Vikas GuptaITC Lifestyle

Vasanth KumarLifestyle International

Dilip KapurHidesign

Ravi DharYale University

Bonnie BrooksHudson’s Bay Company

Patrick HanlyHarvey Nichols

Troels Holch PovlsenBestseller

Sanjeev MohantyLevi Strauss & Co.

Ritu KumarFashion Designer

Shailesh ChaturvediTommy Hilfi ger

Dipali GoenkaWelspun Group

Sundeep ChughUnited Colors of Benetton

JJ ValayaFashion Designer

Neeta LullaFashion Designer

Raghavendra RathoreFashion Designer

Rohit BalFashion Designer

Sabyasachi MukherjeeFashion Designer

Tarun TahilianiFashion Designer

Wendell RodricksFashion Designer

Manish AroraFashion Designer

Manish MalhotraFashion Designer

Narendra Kumar AhmedFashion Designer

Nikhil MeswaniReliance Industries

Rohan VaziralliEstée Lauder

Peter ChauGiordano

Bhaskar BhatTitan

and many more...

and many more...

Abhishek GangulyPuma India

Alok DubeyArvind Lifestyle Brands

Avnish KumarNeeru’s Ensembles

Yashika PunjabeeThe Label Life

Lalit AgarwalV Mart Retail

Manish B MandhanaBeing Human

Manjula TiwariFuture Style Lab

Vineesh ChadhaTurms

Lavin LakhrajCottonworld

Manoj GuptaCraftsvilla

Lavanya NalliNalli

Anant DagaW-TCNS Clothing Company

Rohan BatraFILA

Tushar VedMajor Brands

Jacqueline KapurAyesha Accessories

Parag DaniArvind Brands & Retail

Sandeep KatariaBata India

Vivek BaliSephora India

Nathasha KumarVajor

Compelling Talks by India’s Fashion Retail Innovators and Leaders An exciting storytelling grandstand that will keep you on the edge of your seat with Fashion’s biggestSTORIES, OPINIONS, LEARNINGS and OUTCOMES. Anecdotal, eye-opening and candid three-minute narratives guaranteed to make you rethink conventional wisdom.

Showcasing the salience and role of fashion forward brands and the need of integration of fashion innovations with new-age retail environments, India Brand Show (IBS) provides a stylistic way of conducting business via an unmatched B2B access environment for brands and retailers – both brick-and-mortar and online. Design teams from fashion companies who want to display their creative output and merchandisers in constant search to add value to their fashion offerings for shoppers – in both physical and online stores – cannot afford to miss the buzz here.

On the other side, retailers – both brick-and mortar and online – scouting for new collections and fresh fashion themes for their stores and digital platforms, can access a highly creative venue to plan ahead with designers and merchandisers.

THE PRODUCT

INNOVATION SHOWCASE

A BRAND-BUILDING PLATFORM FOR: Fashion brands looking at expanding with SIS and single brand stores. For them, India Brand Show is a specialised show to showcase new concepts in fashion retail.

Fashion accessories manufacturers and marketers, including those with own brands as well as those functioning as suppliers to other retailers. Products can include belts, wallets, shoes, hair clips, perfumes, socks, among other categories.

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE? While most elements of IBS are for both retailers and brands, the exhibition and brand shows offer great growth and launch opportunities to new-age consumer brands in:

» Menswear » Womenswear » Kidswear » Fashion accessories

» Eyewear » Footwear » Jewellery & watches » Home fashion

» Lifestyle products/ niche, speciality brands across:

Sportswear Ethnic wear Fusion wear Concept fashion

Fashion Techway, India’s fi rst global show on tech-propelled fashion

innovation, will be discovering the stunning ecosystem of Fashion Retail

powered by Tech. The event will offer an extraordinary environment

dedicated to only outstanding, mind-warping innovation in the business

of fashion, from agile design tools to exceptional in-store tech infl uencers, from the dynamic science of fashion

retail analytics to hyper-targetted Social Marketing.

THE DISCUSSIONS & INTELLIGENCE Product discovery: bridging the gap between

commerce and shopping Self checkout: How can fashion retailers

innovate to bypass security bottleneck at self checkout kiosks?

Eliminating in-store friction while boosting omnichannel presence

The future of cashless payment solutions How to empower in-store intelligence? The future of AI-powered personalisation AR/ VR-powered in-store engagement Hyper-targetted Social Marketing Cloud-based, open logistics networks driven by

B2B collaboration Digital, Elastic Logistics: Moving beyond paper-

based processes and rigid legacy systems

Wearable tech Alternative Material Tech Customer segmentation and analytics Identifi cation of customer – IoT, mobile,

presence, WIFI, Apps Digital signage and endless aisle Recommendations – associations, lift,

market basket, persona User Interface and User Experience

– web, app, mobile and instore Visual Merchandising

Store Layout – Planogramming, Electronic Shelf Edge Labels

Store Associate enablement – mobile, tab, CRM, endless aisle

Augmented and Virtual Reality across channels

WHO CAN EXHIBIT? Companies engaged in development/ marketing of:

Check-out – self checkout, queue busters, POS

Payment solutions – mobile wallets, digital payments, gift cards, alternative payment options

Loyalty – coupons, loyalty cards/apps, points accrual and redemption, cashback

NPS and surveys to assess customer experience

Integrated Mobility AR/VR powered in-store engagement AI-powered personalisation Next-generation VR in retail ops Social Marketing

Creating great fashion is a dynamic intersection among the three key components of Design, Trends, and Sourcing. At Fashion Sourcing, expect a wide-angled view of great fashion ingredients and next-generation concepts by fashion thinkers, trend agencies, design experts and the masters of sourcing.

Fashion Sourcing brings together textile majors, imaginative designers, sourcing experts and forecast agencies to build the future look and feel of fashion through exciting new product lines, collections and an array of fashion ingredients – textiles, trims and embellishments.

EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS Future innovations in fabrics, textures, colours, weaves, washes, effects Interactive and real-time sourcing opportunities Display of fashion and consumer trends Inspiration stories from some of the world’s fi nest fashion designers The latest in fashion creation technology and tools.

THE DESIGN, TRENDS,

SOURCING SHOW

WHO CAN EXHIBIT? With a robust fashion creation audience, those who will fi nd value in exhibiting at Fashion Sourcing include:» Textile manufacturers» Yarn companies» Fibre companies» Trims and embellishment suppliers» Apparel manufacturers» A wide range of services and job workers» Fashion CAD/CAM professionals» Fashion institutes, trade publications» Packaging and presentation services

At Asia Shop, retail design experts and solution providers re-imagine and re-invent the fashion store experience – adding a ’wow’ factor to customer journey, by transforming a conventional store visit into a memorable spatial encounter that truly engages, delights and challenges. IFF is a must-attend for Retail Experience specialists, comprising store design and shopfi tting companies, architects, retail design & planogramming experts, urban planners, civic authorities and logistics companies.

THE EXPERIENTIAL

RETAIL SHOWCASE

WHO SHOULD EXHIBIT? Companies offering support solutions relating to supply chain, retail design, visual merchandising and marketing/branding, from the initial design concept right through to the fi nal fi t-out.» Architects and Store Design Consultants» Lighting Manufacturers and Designers» Flooring Suppliers» Display & Signage Equipment Suppliers» Fixtures and Fittings Suppliers» In-Store Music and Video Specialists» Wall Coverings and Systems Suppliers» Fragrance and Aroma Specialists» Shopfi tters & Installation Specialists» Graphics/Large Format Print Suppliers» Furniture and Furnishings Suppliers» Point of Purchase Solutions Suppliers» Mannequin Suppliers» Materials and Surfaces Suppliers» Special Effects Suppliers» Multi-sensory Specialists and Consultants» Advertising Agencies» Logistics Companies» OoH & Outdoor Media Agencies

Fashion is no longer just about clothes. It is also about the perceived brand ethos and retail addresses. Branding has become an exercise in socio cultural engagement with consumers. Physical locations that refl ect demographics’ aspirations and lifestyle choices are as important as the brand ideology. As India evolves into a technology infl uenced, hybrid consumer landscape, the country’s shopping centres are now showcases of both modern consumer aspirations and the ongoing retailing revolution. At IFF, use the L-Cube launchpad to fl aunt India’s most exciting, individualistic shopping centres and retail spaces.

THE RETAIL REAL ESTATE

PLATFORM

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Fashion brands, retailers and distributors exploring new territories and

markets for expansion. Fashion chain stores scouting for appropriate locations in existing/

new territories. Business development and location planning heads looking to negotiate

shopping centre spaces. Retail design specialists and architects scouting for insights/ assignments on

planning, zoning and designing modern shopping spaces.

WHO CAN EXHIBIT? Businesses and organisations engaged in the development/ marketing/ management of: Shopping Centres & Malls Airports, Metro, Railways & Subways Hospitals, Institutions, other Retail Space Providers Mall Management Companies, Space Managers Urban Planners & Civic Authorities Entertainment Platforms Real Estate Consultants

20th IMAGES FASHION AWARDS

CATEGORIES IMAGES Most Admired Fashion Brand of the Year

Men’s Westernwear | Women’s Westernwear | Kidswear | Jeans & CasualwearActive Sportswear | Men’s Indianwear | Women’s Indianwear | LingerieMen’s Innerwear | Footwear | Jewellery | Watches | Eyewear Fashion Accessories | Home Décor & Gifts

IMAGES Most Admired Fashion Brand of the Year – Rising Star

IMAGES Most Admired Fashion Retailer of the Year Large Format National MBO Chain | Large Format Regional MBO

Chain | Stand Alone MBO

IMAGES Most Admired Affordable Fashion Retailer of the Year

IMAGES Most Admired Fashion Retailer of the Year: Marketing & Promotions

IMAGES Most Admired Fashion Design Concept of the Year

IMAGES Most Admired Fashion Innovation of the Year

IMAGES Most Admired Store Launch of the Year

IMAGES Most Admired Tech Implementation of the Year

IMAGES Most Admired Fashion Startup of the Year

IMAGES Most Admired Fashion Company of the Year

For further details on nomination parameters and

procedures, please contact:

Ritesh Pandeyritesh@irisretail.com

M: 9810613585

Priti Guptapritigupta@irisretail.com

M: 8826415472

The annual IMAGES Fashion Awards (IFA) – India’s most prestigious awards for excellence in fashion retail – are adjudged on the basis of performance in operational benchmarks along with qualitative factors such as product and marketing innovation, social responsibility initiatives, HR practices and industry goodwill, among others. Due to their 360-degree evaluation process, the IFAs have come to be established as the premier recognition for fashion retailing excellence in India.

IFA JURY

Sumit ChopraDirector, Research

Analysis,Globaldata

Shivjeet KullarFounder,

NFX Digital

Samar Singh Sheikhawat

Business Consultant,Startup Advisor, Thought Leader, Public Speaker

Sreedhar PrasadInvestor and Advisor -

Fashion Retail

Shibu PhilipsBusiness Head,

Lulu Shopping Mall

Amitabh TanejaCMD,

IMAGES Group

Anuj KejriwalCEO & MD,

ANAROCK Retail

Harminder SahniMD,

Wazir Advisors Pvt Ltd

Rajendra KalkarPresident-West,

Phoenix Mills

Devangshu DuttaFounder,

Third Eyesight

Shreyoshi MaitraED,

IPSOS

Anurag MathurPartner & Leader - Consumer & Retail

Strategy, PwC

Arvind Rathore Senior Vice President & Global Head of Digital Engineering, Virtusa

Jagdish BelwalVP-IT, International

Programs, GE Transportation

S RaghunandhanPresident - Retail, Bhartiya

City Developers

Sanjeev JainChief Information Offi cer,

Integreon

Viren RazdanMD,

Brand-nomics

Saloni Nangia President,

Technopak Advisors

C S SuryanarayananDirector & Senior Partner, V-Nova Business Growth

(Vertebrand)

Nandini KelkarDirector,

Customer Research, MEASA-Frost & Sullivan

Harish BijoorBrand Guru & Founder,

Harish Bijoor Consults Inc

Aditya SachdevaNational Director – Strategic Initiative, Knight Frank India

Rajat WahiPartner & Head –

Consumer & Retail Sectors, Deloitte India

Yogeshwar SharmaCEO & Executive Director

Select Infrastructure

Neelesh Hundekari Partner - Consumer and

Retail Practice,A. T. Kearney

Sushmita Balasubramaniam

EVP, Commerce,Kantar Insights, South Asia

Bimal SharmaHead – Retail, Advisory &

Transaction Services,CBRE South Asia

Bijou KurienStrategy Board Member,

L Catterton Asia

and many more...

IMAGES FASHION AWARDS

TESTIMONIALS

TIFF has been the focal point for all vibrant thoughts to converge and indeed it will be useful for business captains, policy makers, entrepreneurs and professionals to join in for his mega congregation of the fashion industry and be a part of fashioning thoughts for sustainability and expansion.

– Gautam Singhania, CMD, Raymond Group

Generating domestic consumption, being able to identify and target a consumer, the willingness of global brands to act local and achieving operational excellence are going to be critical during this period of change. This is an important period for refection and IFF is the perfect vehicle for the industry to share their views.

– James Bettle, Chairman, RFE International (Shanghai) Ltd.TThe IMAGES Group has taken many bold initiatives to push fashion companies in India to think ‘RETAIL’, think ‘LONG TERM’ and most of all, think ‘CONSUMERS’. IFF has been the result of this ‘PURE PASSION’… The IFF …anniversary congregation comes just in time to rejuvenate – leaving ‘downturn’ worries behind – and generate fresh ideas for the DECADE NEXT.

– Jawahar Lal Oswal, CMD, Nahar Group of Companies

IFF is surely good for business – it is a one-of-itskind platform for congregation of thought leaders in the fashion retail industry in India. Over the years, the Tommy Hilfi ger booth at IFF has led to strong inquiries, which facilitated our expansion into tier II cities across India.

– Shailesh Chaturvedi, MD & CEO, Tommy Hilfiger Apparels India

IFF offers a well-curated environment for yarn, fi bre and textile innovators to showcase their advancements to a relevant audience of India’s leading and emerging fashion companies.

– Dilip Gianchandani, Country Manager-India, The Woolmark Company

We have been closely associated with IFF since its beginning ... and it was also around the same time that we began dreaming of Pantaloons as India’s favourite fashion chain.Every year, IFF reiterated our confi dence in the true potential of the Indian fashion market. Looking back, I recollect how at every IFF, I was pushed to make some bold statements –mostly quite unachievable by any standards and then how hard I had to work with my teammates and associates to get my uttering to bear fruit! At IFF 2006, I stated that India’s fi rst billion dollar fashion business would come from our group.

– Kishore Biyani, Group CEO, Future Group

Innovation in fashion retail is largely dependent on empowering talent in fashion and design. At IFF, we’ve found an ideal platform to nurture world-class fashion talent in India through the insightful conference sessions, workshops and masterclasses.

– Tarun Pandey, COO (Indian Subcontinent), Istituto Marangoni

‘Charles Darwin gave us the most appropriate analysis of the Indian retail industry way back in 1859 – namely, only the fi ttest will survive. The fi ttest players in Indian retail will not only survive, but also thrive. In any marketplace, survival and prosperity are always the result of foresight and planning. No success story is written in isolation, and the industry depends on shared information and experiences. This is why forums like IFF are important... these are opportunities to congregate, celebrate success, meditate on setbacks, deliberate on strategies – and, most importantly, anticipate the future.’

– Anuj Puri, Chairman, ANAROCK Property Consultants

Our association with IFF, India’s most infl uential fashion intelligence event, has been benefi cial for both business development and for gaining a deep understanding of the Indian fashion consumer and retail trends.

– Avinash Mane, Commercial Head (South Asia), Lenzing AG

We’ve found IFF to be a lucrative platform for showcasing our fashion innovations to retailers pan-India, and also for gathering valuable data and insights on the future of the business in India.

– Sanjeev Lekhraj, Director, Cottonworld

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