12:30-12:40 PM CT
Welcome and Introduction

12:40-1:10 PM CT
Target market: Macro challenges affecting Target
Doug Hermanson, Principal Economist

• Understand the future path of inflation.
• Learn how to navigate the recession risks facing Target.
• Anticipate changes to Target’s guests in response to macro conditions.

1:10-1:55 PM CT
Full circle: Target’s core strategy examined
Karen Kelso, Vice President, Retail Insights

• Revisit Target’s core priorities to explore how they’ve changed in today’s environment.
• Focus on where Target (and suppliers) will need to lean in today and tomorrow to achieve growth.
• Get early access to Kantar’s Target outlook and how you can capture your share of growth.

1:55-2:10 PM CT
BREAK

2:10-2:40 PM CT
Digital round-up: Target’s latest omnichannel moves
Taylre Stumpf, Senior Analyst, Retail Insights

• Explore Target’s latest investments in driving omnichannel efficiency and experience.
• Learn how these investments will impact brands at the physical and digital shelf.
• Find out how Target’s digital priorities will shape future growth.

2:40-3:10 PM CT
Roundel: Growing along with Target’s retail media ambitions
Anna Brennan, Senior Analyst, Retail Insights

• Review the rapid rise of retail media networks.
• Assess where Roundel fits in the landscape and its importance to Target’s growth.
• Evaluate best-in-class uses of retail media and how to maximize your advertising strategy at Target.

3:10-3:25 PM CT
Break

3:25-4:10 PM CT
Circling the wagons: Brand implications for loss prevention
David Marcotte, Senior Vice President, Global Retail & Technology

• Understand the challenges of loss prevention at retail beyond the shelf.
• Explore the strategies retailers like Target employ to combat rising shrink.
• Learn how these strategies affect both retailers and brands financially and at the shelf.

12:30-12:35 PM CT
Welcome and introduction

12:35-1:20 PM CT
The guest list: What’s most important to Target’s best shoppers
Mary Brett Whitfield, SVP, Head of Shopper Insights

• Understand the core values of the Target shopper and how they’re changing.
• Discover how the Target shopper seeks value in the shopping experience and the role of private label.
• Take a closer look at Target grocery shoppers as Target makes big moves to win share in the space.

1:20-2:10 PM CT
Grocery round-up: Target’s market position and competitive strategies
Karen Kelso, VP, Retail Insights
Taylre Stumpf, Senior Analyst, Retail Insights
Chris Miles, Senior Analyst, Retail Insights

• Understand Target’s approach to winning in grocery and its current place in the market.
• Explore the key strategies of Target’s biggest grocery competitors.
• Uncover how competitive knowledge can help you help Target drive category growth.

2:10-2:30 PM CT
BREAK

2:30-3:00 PM CT
Growing with Target’s Food & Beverage business
Amy Spiridakis, VP, Strategy & Operations for Target Food & Beverage

3:00-3:30 PM CT
Target’s seasonal merchandise strategy evolution: What’s next?
Taylre Stumpf, Senior Analyst, Retail Insights
Karen Kelso, VP, Retail Insights

• Examine what makes Target’s seasonal activations so effective.
• Discover the role of national brands in the context of seasonal solutions.
• Explore where Target will take its seasonal activations next and how you can capture your share of growth.

3:30-3:45 PM CT
Day 2 wrap-up