Agenda

Welcome at 09.30

Retail Sector DBT Services overview - Department for Business and Trade

Keynote - Hoda Shahzadeh, OCO Global

This comprehensive session will delve into the US retail market, emphasising areas such as the diverse consumer base, evolving e-commerce dynamics, and trends like sustainability. Participants will benefit from in-depth case studies of successful UK brands in the US, gaining insights into the hurdles they overcame and extracting practical, real-world solutions. The session will conclude with actionable strategies for successful market entry.

UKEA - Nigel Barker, Export Academy, Department for Business and Trade

Nigel will outline how the UK Export Academy supports businesses to find new overseas buyers with their webinar based education programme.

Panel Discussion with Export Champions, Department for Business and Trade and OCO Global with Q&A - chaired by Nigel Barker, UK Export Academy

Break

FAIRE –  Richard Hayman

In this session Richard Hayman from Faire will explore how brands can unlock new relationships in North America, learn first-hand about how you can reach new stockists in North America, manage those new relationships and take advantage of a platform to streamline wholesale business. Faire is the largest online wholesale marketplace used by independent retailers to discover, source, and sell unique products from around the corner and around the world.

ECRM - Clayton Kilkenny

In this session Clayton Kilkenny from ECRM will explore how to be more successful when reaching out to buyers in the USA, how to find the right buyers, how to pitch successfully.

Frazier & Deeter -  Dave Kim

In this session Dave Kim from Frazier and Deeter will provide an overview of International tax (permanent establishment, structuring, financing), Transfer pricing, US state taxes (income, sales tax) and Global mobility.

Lunch/ Networking

Flight Story – Pollyanna Ward

In this session Pollyanna Ward will explore USA digital market entry strategy.

Roundtables session one - (please pre book to attend one of four options below on registering for the event)

                           •   FAIRE – US ecommerce partner  

                           •   OCO Global

                           •   Frazier & Deeter - US Tax 

                           •   Flight Story, Digital Marketing Agency - US Digital Market Entry Strategy 

Roundtables session two - (please pre book to attend one of four options below on registering for the event)

         •   FAIRE – US ecommerce partner  

                           •   OCO Global

                           •   Frazier & Deeter - US Tax 

                           •   Flight Story, Digital Marketing Agency - US Digital Market Entry Strategy      

Break 

Roundtables session three - (please pre book to attend one of four options below on registering for the event)

         •   FAIRE – US ecommerce partner  

                           •   OCO Global

                           •   Frazier & Deeter - US Tax 

                           •   Flight Story, Digital Marketing Agency - US Digital Market Entry Strategy 

Event close at 16.00