Opening Keynote Panel: The Retail Reset: Asia’s CEOs on Growth, Margin and Resilience

Asia’s growth opportunity remains significant, but the operating assumptions behind it are changing. Diverging consumer demand, faster regional challengers, marketplace-led discovery and a more volatile trading environment are forcing retailers to rethink how they create demand, serve markets and protect margin.

In this opening conversation, our panellists share where they are investing, what they are changing and how they are aligning commercial, digital and supply-chain decisions for 2027 and beyond.

We explore:

• Where are CEOs directing capital as regional consumer demand and market conditions diverge?

• What established retailers can learn from the speed and local relevance of regional and Chinese challengers.

• How can cross-functional teams break down silos between digital, stores, and supply chain to react faster to demand signals?

• How leaders are balancing availability, margin and cash in a more volatile sourcing and inventory environment.