Events

Julie Bornstein, The Baker Retailing Center had the pleasure of co-hosting an exciting conversation with Julie Bornstein, Co-founder & CEO of Daydream, along with the Wharton Graduate Retail & Consumer Club, Marketing Club and Wharton Beauty Club. Daydream recently raised $50M in seed funding from Forerunner, Index, and others to create…Read More

Sean Bruich, Sean Bruich is Senior Vice President of Artificial Intelligence and Data at Amgen, where he leads efforts to accelerate the development and deployment of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and advance data sciences across the enterprise. Prior to this, Bruich was Vice President of Global Insights, Data Science, & Analytics at Nike,…Read More

On the evening of Monday, October 14th, in New York’s elegant Rainbow Room, the air was abuzz with excitement. The luminaries of retail were gathered for a dinner to honor Mary Dillon, the CEO of Foot Locker and the groundbreaking former CEO of Ulta Beauty and other major retailers. The…Read More

The Inn at Penn on Friday, September 20th was a destination not for the fainthearted. Spirit Halloween’s “Carnevil” had taken over the ballroom: an animatronic-filled circus of spine-chilling fun. Also not for the fainthearted: competing in the whirlwind Baker Retailing Center Ideathon to win a share of $30,000 in prize…Read More

Innovate for Impact On October 15th, the landmark Baker Retailing Center’s and RLC Global Forum’s 2024 CEO Summit was held at New York City’s iconic Rainbow Room. Captivating, distinguished speakers from myriad areas of the retail sector and academia regaled the audience with thought-provoking discussions of the state of retail…Read More

Written by Sarahbelle Kim  Stuart Weitzman keeps it simple. He is classically charismatic, with a wry sense of humor and zany mannerisms like “Gollee!” He is fond of anecdotes because they remind him to “do things the right way” and his storytelling is slow but boisterous, with a pedagogic Dead…Read More

Jaclyn Lavy, Jaclyn Lavy is a specialist at Sotheby’s. She joined the Sotheby’s New York team in 2020 after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 2019. With her knowledge of blockchain technology and her enthusiasm for emerging and contemporary art, she quickly made an impact and helped establish the…Read More

Adam Ross, Adam Ross is the co-founder and former CEO of skincare brand Heyday, as well as a seasoned professional with over 24 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, entrepreneurship, and leadership. With a background in advising Fortune 500 companies, private equity firms, and hedge funds, Adam has a…Read More

Alex Norton Alex Norton (he/him) leads product design at Google DeepMind where he examines the potential of emerging AI research through a people-centered approach to responsible innovation. He is co-founder of Google’s People + AI Guidebook and has mentored startups on the intersection of business, AI, and design. Previously, he’s…Read More

How Chip Bergh Made Levi’s Cool—And Profitable—Again When former Levi’s CEO Chip Bergh was a middle-schooler, he wanted Levi’s jeans so badly he asked his mom to drive two towns over to buy him some. (“All the cool kids were wearing them to school.”) And when he took the reins…Read More