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RILA Retail CEO Forum

Invitation-only forum for chief executives of major retailers.

Dates
Jan 30 to Feb 2, 2027
Where
Palm Beach, FL
Cost
By invitation only. Pricing not listed on the page read.
Type
Summit · Invitation only
Organizer
Retail Industry Leaders Association
Audience level
Executive
Suits
Next act (55+)
Last checked
October 23, 2026 against the event’s own site

Official site and registration

Speaking opportunities

Speakers are invited

Who goes

Roles and segments the organizer or our research tag this event for.

Segments: Retail leadership and merchandising, Fashion, apparel and beauty, Direct-to-consumer brands, Loss prevention and retail supply chain

Roles: store operations executive, merchant

Levels: Executive

The field it serves: Retail & E-commerce

Verified open jobs
about 486

Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.

Typical posted salary
$86,000 a year (middle half $58,000 to $133,000)

Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 77 of the newest 486 verified open jobs.

Entry or early-career level
21% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 486 verified open jobs.

Employment, year over year
+0.2% in retail trade, the closest BLS sector

Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, September 2026.

Full Retail & E-commerce snapshot: jobs, pay, layoffs and conferences

Employers at this conference

Exhibitors, sponsors and speakers we have found on the event’s own lists.

Read from the event’s own pages: www.rila.org, www.rila.org.

Speakers and sessions

Named on the event’s own program. Titles and organizations are as the event lists them.

Speakers

  • Boney Poovan

    Portfolio Manager, Holocene

  • Brian Dodge

    President & CEO, RILA

  • David Petraeus

    General, U.S. Army (Ret.); Partner and Chairman of the KKR Global Institute, KKR

  • Donna McKay

    President & CEO, Breast Cancer Research Foundation

  • George Mrkonic

    Board Director, AutoZone; Ulta Beauty

  • Gregory Fowlkes

    Managing Director, J.P. Morgan

  • Kecia Steelman

    President & CEO, Ulta Beauty

  • Kevin Kalinsky, MD

    Professor and Director, Division of Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine

  • Lizanne Kindler

    Executive Chair & CEO, Knitwell Group

  • Mary Winston

    Board Member, Northrop Grumman, TD Bank, Chipotle

  • Matt Harrington

    Executive Vice Chairman, Edelman

  • Melinda Whittington

    Board Chair, President & CEO, La-Z-Boy

  • Nicholas Whittall

    US Retail & Travel Industry Group Lead, Senior Managing Director, Accenture

  • Peter Gleason

    President & CEO, National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD)

  • Phil Daniele

    CEO; Chairman, AutoZone; RILA

  • Simeon Gutman

    Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

  • Ted Dysart

    Managing Director, Russell Reynolds Associates

Read from the event’s own pages: rila.org

Industries and functions

Where it is and who it is for

Held in Palm Beach, FL. Local jobs, employers, layoffs and other conferences nearby are on the place pages.

Past and planned editions

  • 2027: January 30, 2027 to February 2, 2027, Palm Beach, FL

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