ChannelAdvisor Announces Second Annual Strategy Summit
Featured Speakers from Amazon, Best Buy, Sears, eBay, Forrester Research, Harman
International, IBM, Motorola and Restaurant.com
Research Triangle Park, NC - September 3, 2003 - ChannelAdvisor, the leading provider of small business and enterprise marketplace management solutions, announced today they will host the second annual ChannelAdvisor Strategy Summit on September 29-30 in Research Triangle Park, NC. The invitation-only event will bring together Fortune 500 retailers and manufacturers, representatives from eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN), AOL (NASDAQ:AOL) and Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO), as well as industry and stock analysts to discuss best practices during two days of intense face-to-face discussions, exciting "case study" sessions, relevant panel discussions and real-world solutions. Featured speakers and topics include:
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Bob Hebeler, Vice President of Business Development at eBay on "Initiatives for Large Sellers: eBay Strategies to Grow Sellers Business" |
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Tom Beckwith, Vice President of Services Sales at Amazon.com on "Amazon Services: Helping Products Find Customers" |
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Carrie Johnson, Senior Analyst at Forrester Research on "The Future of Marketplaces" |
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Dave Smetana, Senior Director at Sears Regional Outlet Stores on "Customer Service and Feedback: Creating an exceptional customer experience" |
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Herman Sperling, Group Vice President of Marketing at Harman International on "Creative Marketing and Merchandising: Reconciling concerns about channel conflict with profitable brand building" |
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Mark Ebel, Director of New Business Development at Best Buy on "Affiliate Data Syndication: Technology strategy enables retailer's rapid expansion to affiliate sites" |
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Jim Hill, Director of Dynamic Pricing at Sun Microsystems on "Dynamic Pricing: A Strategy for dominating the virtual geography" |
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Chuck Cebuhar, Vice President of Hardlines/Customer Direct at Sears on "Establishing an eBay Retail Presence: Using brand identity to reach new markets with quality products" |
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Scott Lutwak, CEO of Restaurant.com on "Creating a Market for Virtual Inventory: Strategies to acquire new customers and move high volumes of time sensitive, geographically specific product, with immediate delivery" |
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Representatives from Sun Microsystems, IBM and Motorola will participate in a panel discussion on "Public + Private: Managing the product lifecycle across multiple marketplaces" |
The closing panel will provide a view from Wall Street analysts on the size of the online marketplace opportunity. Stock analysts participating in the panel are Jeetil Patel, Analyst with Deutsche Bank Securities, Derek Brown, Research Analyst with Pacific Growth Equities, Safa Rashtchy, Senior Analyst with U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray and Thomas Underwood, Principal of Equity Research with Legg Mason.
"At the second annual Strategy Summit you will learn how to "Build a Multi-Million Dollar Marketplace Channel" and learn how our Fortune 500 customers have achieved this exciting level of success," says Scot Wingo, Chief Executive Officer and President of ChannelAdvisor Corporation. "Please join us for our annual industry-wide forum to learn about the benefits and challenges of selling on the Internet's leading marketplaces."
Based on the success of the inaugural Strategy Summit 2002 and registration to date, ChannelAdvisor is projecting a "sold out" event at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center located in Research Triangle Park, NC. The ChannelAdvisor Strategy Summit is the only venue for large enterprises to learn how leading Fortune 500 manufactures and retailers succeed in selling on the Internet's leading marketplaces.
For more information, please visit http://www.channeladvisor.com/summit/. The deadline for registration is Monday, September 15th.
About ChannelAdvisor Corporation
ChannelAdvisor Corporation provides technology and services that enable leading online retailers to maximize their products across multiple e-commerce marketplaces such as eBay, Amazon.com and Overstock.com, comparison shopping engines such as Shopping.com, Shopzilla, Nextag and Google Product Search and search engines such as Google, Yahoo! and MSN. In 2006, ChannelAdvisor managed over $1.6 billion in gross merchandise value (GMV) on behalf of its customers. ChannelAdvisor solutions combine best practices, on-demand software and integration technology to help retailers sell more products, faster, by automating labor-intensive, manual functions so they spend less time optimizing campaigns and more time solving marketing and business issues. ChannelAdvisor's customers include, GSI Commerce, Sears, Brookstone, Abebooks and Motorola. ChannelAdvisor Corporation is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, NC with offices in Seattle, the United Kingdom and Germany. For more information, visit http://www.channeladvisor.com/.
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