RETHINKING RETAIL BUYING: STRATEGY FOR A CHANGING MARKET

Successful buying is both instinct and insight. This session explores how to balance creative experience with data to make smarter assortment decisions, manage risk, and drive profitability while delivering a distinctive fashion point of view for customers. Matt Pruitt of Blacks Retail brings a data-driven lens on inventory and performance, Mike McSheffrey helps retailers understand trends and keep key business metrics on track, Fred Derring shares decades of merchandising instinct and market insight, and John Totolis of DLS Apparel Group adds perspective shaped by years leading buying teams at Barneys and beyond.