Jay H. Baker Retailing Center
Cultivating Global Retail Knowledge and Talent
Inspiring Retail Innovation
Creating Interdisciplinary Industry Research
Advisory Board
Jay H. Baker (W’56)
Chairman, Jay H. Baker Retailing Center Advisory Board
Laura Alber (C’90)
President
Chief Executive Officer, Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
Mohammed Alshaya (WG’84)
Chief Executive Officer, M.H. Alshaya Company
Director’s Council
Neil Blumenthal (WG’10)
Co-Founder,
Warby Parker
Dave Gilboa
Co-Founder,
Warby Parker
Katia Beauchamp
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Birchbox
West Coast Board
Joey Zwillinger (WG’10)
Co-Founder, Allbirds
Yael Aflalo
Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Reformation
Carlos Alberini
Chief Executive Officer, GUESS
Conferences & Roundtables
The Baker Retailing Center organizes impact conferences to initiate a dialogue between academics and retail executives on current research topics to generate new insight benefitting the retail industry.
Student Success Stories
Tanya Syngle
The Ideathon was not about the presentation, but more so about the process of learning in the last 24 hours.
Read moreWalter Little
The Baker Retailing Center has created a community of Retail-oriented students, faculty, and staff that I can reach out to about both professional and personal topics.
Read moreMitchell Harris
Through talks facilitated by Baker events, I have been able to gain a better understanding of the complexity of the space so that I can hone in on areas of interest and impact in both my coursework and career.
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Upcoming events
The Baker Retailing Center organizes events to educate students and connect leaders in the retail industry.
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Baker Retailing Center
St. Leonard’s Court, Suite 310
3819 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-573-8245
bakerretail@wharton.upenn.edu
