Baker Retailing Center
Tangen Hall, 5th Floor
115 South 40th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-573-8245
bakerretail@wharton.upenn.edu
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
Jason Del Rey, Jason Del Rey is Fortune‘s tech correspondent and the author of Winner Sells All: Amazon, Walmart, and the Battle for Our Wallets, which The Wall Street Journal called an “engrossing account” of the rivalry between the two retail giants that will “fascinate anybody” trying to modernize their company. He…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
Sapna Parikh, Wharton alum, Sapna Parikh, is the Chief Digital Officer and SVP at Kendo Brands, LVMH (Portfolio of brands include Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, Ole Henriksen, KVD Vegan Beauty and Lip Lab) bringing over 25 years of digital & omni-channel retail experience. Sapna’s expertise is in building high-performing digital…Read More