10 Лютого, 2021

The Future of Fashion & Luxury Retail

From sustainability to digitization to DTC brands, what are the trends and new business models disrupting the fashion and luxury retail industry? Join us for a panel discussion about how leading investors, companies, and brands are developing agile responses to the seismic market shifts underway.

Moderator

Chris McKenzie

Chris McKenzie is currently pursuing her Master of Business Administration at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University. She has over 5 years of experience in retail and technology. She’s worked for Macy’s, Inc., Kmart and Facebook, Inc. She is a Venture Fellow at the NYU Innovation Venture Fund at the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute. After graduation she plans to join a venture capital firm to continue to advocate for entrepreneurs in the consumer sector.

Speakers

Jeffry Aronsson (NYU Law), founder & CEO, The Aronsson Group

Jeffry Aronsson (LL.M ’79) is the founder and CEO of Aronsson Group, and has a broad and deep strategic, operational, advisory and invesment experience in luxury markets world wide. He has served as the CEO of Oscar de la Renta , Marc Jacobs, Donna Karan, Emanuel Ungaro and Ralph Rucci.

Prior to his career in the luxury fashion industry, Aronsson practiced law, specializing in corporate taxation.

Joseph Ferrara (Stern MBA), co-founder, Resonance Companies

Joseph Ferrara is the co-founder and co-CEO of Resonance Companies. Founded in 2015, Resonance invests in brands with a demonstrated connection to customers.

A seasoned supply-chain operator, Ferrara was CEO of the largest high-end women’s tailoring facility in the US and is a major investor and board member for several companies including, but not limited to: Body Labs, RunThrough, and Tommy John.

Sapna Shah, principal, Red Giraffe Advisors

Sapna Shah is an angel investor, retail expert and three-time entrepreenur. Through Red Giraffe Advisors, preseed investments in startups that are creating the future of the retail, including B2B retail tech/fashion tech, marketplaces, DTC ecommerce and consumer brand sectors, with a particular focus on startups that have female and/or underrepresented founders. Select investments include: The Wing, Sile + Sonder, Stantt and Dough.

Sapna is also the founder of Retail X Series, a retail startup boot camp program for pre-seed stage founders who are revolutionizing the future of retail.

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