• Oracle today announced that it will participate in the 2nd annual World Retail Congress, being held in Barcelona, April 9-11.
• Oracle's session on 'The emerging market retailer: how retailers in the new retail markets are creating winning strategies' will host a panel of successful Oracle customers including: Mehmet Nane, CEO of Turkish electronics retailer, Teknosa; Thameem Rizvon, IT Director of Middle Eastern multi-channel retail group, Kamal Osman Jamjoom; Bernie Brookes, CEO of Australian department store retailer, Myer; and Sumant Sinha, CEO of Indian retail group, Aditya Birla Retail Ltd.
• Oracle's Vice President of Global Retail Marketing Sean Ford will host the panel session on Thursday, April 10 at 4:30 p.m. The session will deliver fresh thinking around strategies for competing effectively in emerging markets and impart valuable insight into customer-centric strategies, operational excellence and investment in innovative technologies.
• Oracle is the headline sponsor of the prestigious World Retail Awards in Barcelona on April 10, which recognise excellence, innovation, responsibility and creativity in retail organisations around the world.
• Several Oracle customers are finalists in the World Retail Awards including Alliance Boots, Baroue, Tesco, John Lewis Partnership, Argos, Sainsbury's, Carrefour Group, Woolworths South Africa and Selfridges. Oracle will be presenting the Retailer of the Year Award at the gala dinner on April 10.
• The World Retail Congress 2008 provides a unique platform for senior retail executives to meet, exchange ideas, opinions and best practice, and interact with those setting the global retail agenda. Key themes this year include the business of sustainability, driving growth in international markets and retail's place in the new global metropolis.

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• "The World Retail Congress offers a powerful platform for exploring the fundamental issues, challenges and opportunities impacting retail businesses today. Oracle is committed to supporting retailers' long-term strategies for profitable growth and has broad experience in delivering incremental benefits in established markets as well as creating high-value opportunities in emerging markets. We look forward to sharing our customer successes with the industry at the World Retail Congress," said W. Sean Ford, Vice President of Global Retail Marketing, Oracle.

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• Oracle at World Retail Congress
• Oracle in Retail
• Oracle Retail Customer Success

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