Mariana Zobel De Ayala (center) delivered her keynote address titled “The Power of Women at the Forefront of Progress” at the opening of this year’s two-day National Retail Conference and Expo organized by the Philippine Retailers Association at the SMX Convention Center Manila.
Zobel de Ayala has joined the illustrious list of distinguished names headlining the country’s biggest annual retail conference.
The 29th edition of the National Retail Conference and Expo 2023 with the theme “Retail Breakthrough”, that ran from Aug. 10 to 11, 2023 is the biggest and most significant retail event in the country that brought both local and global retail players into one venue to discuss trends and challenges in the retail sphere.
With Zobel de Ayala are PRA president Roberto Claudio Sr. (second from right), chairman emeritus of Quorum International Inc.; chairwoman Rosemarie Bosch Ong (second from left), SEVP/chief operating officer of Wilcon Depot Inc.; director Sam Gregory Lim (left), chief operating officer of BLIMS Lifestyle Group; and NRCE 2023 overall chairman Bienvenido Tantoco III (right), president of Rustan Commercial Corp.