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The Home and Home+ Conclave is all set to welcome you with power-packed sessions & enriching presentations.

Center Stage
April 10, 2020
Anubhav
April 10, 2020
Versus
April 10, 2020
09:00am - 09:45am
Registration & Breakfast
09:45am - 10:00am
Welcome and overview by Advisory Board
10:00am - 10:20am
HOME & HOME+ EXCLUSIVE INSIGHTS
Re-Inventing The Home Of The Future: How Evolving Shopping channels, Consumer Behaviour trends and Emerging Business Concepts is Changing the Home Industry

Digitalisation is transforming the home industry like never before. The emergence of direct-to-consumer brands is putting the power of choice back into the hands of consumers. The prevalence of do-it-for-me behaviour, even in Western markets, has led to the rise of home renovation start-ups that can provide turn-key solutions for consumers.

10:20am - 10:40am
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
PROFITABILITY IN HOME BUSINESS - WHAT MAKES HOME & HOMEWARE BUSINESS THE MOST EXCITING AND PROFITABLE BUSINESS TO BE IN
10:40am - 11:30am
THE GRAND INAUGURAL
Smart, Sustainable and Personalized: Reaching the New Consumer

The Indian Home Industry has undergone radical changes in terms of organized retailing over the past few years. Growing adoption of luxury home furnishing products in India across various industries and rising adoption of branded products, surging purchasing power of consumers, growing government focus to promote domestic manufacturing, and increasing FDI inflow are all huge positives for the country’s home Home Industry. We present leaders from across Home industry covering Design, Manufacturing, Retailing to Innovators who have changed the business

11:30am - 11:45am
Honouring Excellence in Home & Home+ Industry - Retail Category
Category1: Most Admired Home Retailer in Large Format Retailing over 30,000 sq.ft.
Category2: Most Admired Retailer in Single Brand Retailing (Home Furnishing)
Category3: Most Admired Retailer in Single Brand Retailing (Kitchen & Accessories)
Category4: Most Admired Retailer in Single Brand Retailing (Bath Fittings)
Category5: Most Admired Innovation in Retailing (Store Design, Technology, Marketing)
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Lunch & Networking
2:00pm - 3:00pm
BRAND PANEL TALK - FUTUREPROOF YOUR BRAND FOR PURPOSE
"According to latest research as many as 55% of consumers are willing to pay more to a brand that aligns with their beliefs. What is the purpose of your brand? What do you stand for? And perhaps, most importantly of all, how do you communicate it authentically?

This Power Panel focusses on brand values that are authentic and relevant to customer perception and how do you connect your customers with something they believe in."

3:00pm - 3:15pm
Honoring Excellence in Home & Home+ Industry - Brand Category
Category1: Most Admired Brand in Home Furnishing
Category2: Most Admired Brand in Bath & Bath Fittings
Category3: Most Admired Brand in Flooring & Tiles
Category4: Most Admired Brand in Furniture
Category5: Most Admired Brand in Homeware
4:15pm - 4:45pm
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IS THE FUTURE
Engaging Customers seamlessly across touch points to bring a unified Shopping Experience!!
4:45pm - 5:45pm
FROM CONCEPT TO CREATION - COLLABORATION OF DESIGNERS & MANUFACTURER'S IS VITAL IN GROWING CONSUMER DEMANDS
Staying relevant in this fast-paced customer-centric era, collaboration of Manufacturers and Designers is critical. While each manufacturer and creator wants to build their own niche and differentiated product and designs, how can we, as an industry come together to build collective intelligence and design sensibilities, which make Indian products world-class in quality, collection and cost-effective in sourcing ingredients from the different supply chains and global vendors.
5:45pm - 6:00pm
Honoring Excellence in Home & Home+ Industry - Manufacturing & Design
Category1: Most Admired Manufacturer in Home Furnishing
Category2: Most Admired Manufacturer in Bath & Bath Fittings
Category3: Most Admired Manufacturer in Flooring & Tiles
Category4: Most Admired Design Concept of the year
6:00pm - 6:15pm
Closing Remarks
7:00pm onwards
Networking Cocktails & Dinner
09:00 - 09:45
HOME & HOME+ POWER SESSION – INSIGHTS ON HOME & HOME IMPROVEMENT BUSINESS
What will the world look like 10 years from now and how will living spaces be impacted? There is specific data around Consumer sensibilities and intelligence on how consumer behaviour will evolve.

HOME & HOME+ PRELUDE takes you through the 4-point game-plan for a powerful Home Business. Because let’s face it, in the current era of millennial culture of zero-to-minimal brand-stickiness, if you don’t get it right, customers will go to someone who does it right. We bring together an elite group of business leaders to explore innovations, trends and strategies to enhance business in today’s digitally competitive environment.

Digital Disruption: Digital has helped build a parallel narrative of inductive doctrines where focus is on looking at convergence between functions, breaking down functional silos within organizations by adopting a customer-centric approach.

Channel Proliferation: The proliferation of channels including online does change the game and having a multi-channel strategy is critical.

Think NOW, Buy NOW: Shorter lead times from Design to Manufacturing to Retailing will be the future of Home & Home furnishing business. it is more profitable to sync with customers and offer them what they want to buy NOW

Experience Matters: Providing the best customer experience is how businesses can gain loyal customers. Loyal customers, are, without a doubt, the backbone on which businesses survive."

12:00pm - 12:30pm
Success Story 1: Building an Aspiring Brand to compete the world
How is world’s largest maker of soft furnishing fabrics, through its commitment to innovation and adaption of latest technologies, further consolidating its already strong position in the market.
12:30pm - 1:00pm
Success Story 2: The Rugs to Riches Story
Empowering rural and tribal women in India by seamlessly weaving them into the fabric of a profitable business of handwoven carpets
3:15pm - 3:45pm
Success Story 3: From nowhere to everywhere in just under three decades
Understanding consumer needs, and ability to take risks and constant innovation have catapulted India's largest Opal ware manufacturer from a small family-run entity to a multi-million dollar business
3:45pm - 4:15pm
Success Story 4: Building Omnichannel Approach to create better experience
How did India's largest Omnichannel furniture brand redefine business models to create better customer experiences
12:00pm - 12:30pm
THE BIG DEBATE: Retailer V/s Manufaturer
12:30pm - 1:00pm
THE BIG DEBATE: Designer V/S MANUFACTURER
3:15pm - 3:45pm
THE BIG DEBATE: RETAILER V/S INNOVATOR
3:45pm - 4:15pm
THE BIG DEBATE: MANUFACTURER V/S INNOVATOR