BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Demandware®, Inc. (NYSE: DWRE), a leader in on-demand ecommerce, will host its second annual Demandware XChange Conference on May 14-16, 2012 at the Westin Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts. The sold-out Conference will be attended by more than 500 members of the global Demandware community of clients, partners and employees, along with select industry analysts and key influencers.
The presentations and sessions will explore the various avenues of digital commerce, with an emphasis on cloud-based commerce to unlock innovation and opportunities for growth. The conference will feature keynote presentations by leading retailers, industry experts and Demandware executives who will share market insights, innovative multi-channel commerce growth strategies and important developments regarding Demandware products and services. Attendees can also choose from more than 20 breakout sessions on various business and technical topics ranging from merchandising and marketing techniques for accelerating growth to strategies for establishing commerce operations in international markets.
Keynote presenters include:
- Bert Jacobs, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Optimist of Life is good, will share the story of how he and his brother John, with a combined sum of just $78, launched a business that is now recognized as a leading lifestyle brand that stays true to its social mission by blurring the lines between for–profit and non–profit.
- Steve Cretney, CIO of Lands’ End, will discuss how Lands’ End’s technology team is embracing cloud-based commerce solutions to deliver a modern technology platform that maximizes customer engagement for the global, omni-channel retailer.
- Kelly Mooney, CEO of Resource Interactive and author of the book The OPEN Brand – when Push Comes to Pull in a Web-Made World, will share insights on what’s driving the commerce revolution and what retailers need to do to reach consumers on a brand new, non-linear, path to purchase.
“We are excited to host our clients and partners in Boston for our second annual conference,” said Tom Ebling, CEO of Demandware. “This year’s event will be bigger and better than ever. Our community has grown significantly over the past year and this conference will illustrate truly how far we’ve come as a company. Our client relationships are based on partnership and shared success, and our entire ecosystem plays an important role in helping us to realize this vision. We’re looking forward to a successful conference that will enrich the entire Demandware community.”
The XChange Conference is an invitation-only event for the extended Demandware community of clients, partners and employees. The annual forum provides an opportunity for Demandware clients to tap into the collective talent of the Demandware community and emerge with new information, ideas and actionable strategies for taking their businesses forward and further accelerating growth. To review the complete Conference agenda, go to www.demandwarexchangeconference.com.
About Demandware, Inc.
Demandware (NYSE: DWRE), is a leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) ecommerce solutions that enable companies to easily design, implement and manage their own customized ecommerce sites, including websites, mobile applications and other digital storefronts. Customers use our highly scalable and integrated Demandware Commerce platform to more easily launch and manage multiple ecommerce sites, initiate marketing campaigns more quickly, and improve ecommerce traffic. For more information about Demandware, visit www.demandware.com, call 888-553-9216 or email info@demandware.com.
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