Retail Speakers

Retail has been hard hit with all the recent sweeping changes in delivery, connectivity and ease. Ovations offers the expertise of leaders in the retail industry, those with a penchant for thriving in this globalized world. Hear from market consultants, conglomerate owners and other experts from the world’s biggest companies, Marketing to Mums and so many more. Stay competitive and take advantage of this new age, one which leads to customers in both local and global markets.

Geoff Ramm

Prepare to be entertained, energised and enlightened on a journey of memorable customer service and marketing ideas, that will enthrall, enthuse and most certainly inspire your teams and delegates. Geoff Ramm is the creator and author of 'Celebrity Service' and 'OMG Marketing'. He's a multi-award winning speaker who has challenged and inspired audiences across five continents. With a genuine ...

James Pratt

Jim is a former CEO who participated in building and selling three successful companies. He now leads a CEO consulting firm in San Diego, which works with over 50 companies per year both nationally and internationally. His success in re-inventing companies is well known worldwide. Jim has earned an international reputation for successful management and leadership in building and training succ ...

Joe Girard

International lecturer and winner of the world's number one retail salesperson title from, Joe Girard has a lifetime of experience to share with you personally, or with your entire company or association. Take it from a man who has been in the same trenches you are in now, he will challenge you to "step up to life and plan for what you get and deserve," to "become the person you have always strive ...

John Maguire

During the time John was Managing Director of Driza-Bone, their sales more than tripled to over $16 million per annum. Often speaking in the corporate market on topics such as Training, Enterprise Bargaining, Marketing, Export Marketing and Advertising. Never lost for words, and renowned for his ability to hold an audience spellbound, John is a witty, entertaining and learned business speaker, who ...

Johnny Cupcakes Earle

Johnny Earle AKA. Johnny Cupcakes How do you turn a t-shirt brand that's sold from the trunk of a rusty car into a global, multi-million dollar business? Named America's #1 young entrepreneur by BUSINESS WEEK, profiled in the NYTimes, NPR, MTV, Forbes, NEWSWEEK Magazine and the Boston Globe, and featured in INC Magazine as one of the world's fastest growing independent businesses - there is ...

Jon Bird

Jon Bird has over three decades experience in retail marketing communications, starting as a copywriter and Creative Director and progressing to agency management. Jon was a founding partner of IdeaWorks, Australia's leading specialist retail marketing agency. Jon has also held the role of Director of Retail Marketing at M&C Saatchi, working across Australia, NZ and US markets. Jon currently CEO a ...

Julie Piantadosi

What workforce or people challenge is your organisation facing right now? Chances are Julie Piantadosi has been there before. A successful entrepreneur and business woman of influence Julie is a rare and clear voice in the corporate world. Julie believes in practical solutions for people and their businesses. Julie is an extraordinary motivator with business experience who delivers practical a ...

Kieran Flanagan

In addition to being one of the only female Creative Directors in the world of MadMen, at 20, Kieran was also one of the youngest Creative Directors to lead a multi award winning advertising agency. In an impressive career, she has lead multi-national accounts across multidisciplinary departments and businesses working at McCann, Smart, Kindred and VCD (a team she helped found and build into the ...

Martin Butler

Born into retailing, Martin Butler is a true hybrid, part retailer, part marketer and he uses this unique combination to inform his thinking. During a distinguished career in advertising and marketing he has worked in top international agencies including the Grey and Saatchi & Saatchi networks. In the 1980s he became one of London's youngest advertising agency owners by launching his own company, ...

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