RetailEX Asean 2018

Thursday 13 September 2018 14:46
What: RetailEX ASEAN 2018, the largest annual international trade exhibition and conference in Southeast Asia, catering to retailers and brands focused on succeeding in ASEAN markets

When: September 19th-21st 2018, 10am-6pm

Where: Halls 3 and 4, at IMPACT Exhibition and Convention Center, Bangkok

Registration: Free entry to exhibition and Tech Talk stage. Tickets to 3-day conferences is USD 350 and may be purchased from http://www.retailexasean.com/RegisterPricing

RetailEX ASEAN is an annual international trade exhibition and conference that caters to retailers and brands focusing on the ASEAN market, one of the fastest growing regions of the world. It is co-organised by the Thai Retailers Association, together with Clarion Events and IMPACT Exhibition Management Co., Ltd., and is supported by the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau.

The exhibition serves as a marketplace for buyers to source for the latest retail related technology and solutions, to help brands and retailers transform their operations with various solutions and innovative technologies, whilst the conference is an educational and knowledge-sharing platform for industry players to learn about the latest retail trends, helping companies to scale their businesses through practical case studies and insights from movers and shakers of the industry.

This year's theme is Transforming the ASEAN Retail Landscape and the 3-day event is expected to attract over 4,000 attendees from diverse industries such as e-commerce and entertainment, healthcare, design and hospitality.

RetailEX ASEAN is introducing several new features this year, to cover every aspect of retail from start-up to creating an outlet and succeeding online. These new highlights include:

- Design Pavilion - showcasing the latest concept store designs to create greater customer engagement and experience;

- Vending Machine & Self-Service Facilities Expo - primarily targeting the F&B industry, as well as offering payment and remote monitoring systems; photo booths; phone charge boxes; laundry room self-service equipment and more;

- Inaugural launch of the ASEAN Retail Excellence Award - acknowledges the very best retailers and retail initiatives in ASEAN;

- Dedicated Concierge Business Matching Programme - connecting regional and local buyers with exhibitors and sponsors; and

- Launch of the Start-up Zone with the RetailEX Elevator Pitch - 10 shortlisted start-ups are given two minutes to pitch their ideas to 10 seasoned investors.

- Three day conferences featuring distinguished speaker panels of local and international industry who's who, to share the latest retail trends and insights in Thailand and beyond; free on-floor seminars such as the Retail Training Program, organised by TRA, which explores industry trends, business models, branding and design development and the inaugural Marketing in Retail Seminar, held in conjunction with RetailEX, covers topics of interest for brands and marketers to build stronger brand identity and better scaling for their businesses.

RetailEX features more than 80 exhibitors and sponsors including Zendesk, Workplace by Facebook, AsiaPay, Insider, SpotOn Interactive, System Form, Thai Foretaste, SELF Electronics, Turbon (Thailand), AJIS (Thailand), Moderate, Quikframe, Secure Solution Asia, Smart ICT, Shenzhen COSUN Sign Engineering, Canon Ball Manufacturing, Changshu Hongda Business Equipment, and many more.