GROW LAAPR 22, 2026
Directors Guild of America, West Hollywood
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Complimentary tickets for senior retail leaders. 700 C-Suite, operators & innovators. 1 unmissable day of practical strategies & valuable networking.
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The connections, strategies & relationships you'll build at GROW are unmatched; we prioritize access for people who are building significant brands, implementing cutting edge strategies & are open to talking and sharing with others.
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HANDS ON SESSIONS
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$500 BONUS
Past SPEAKERS
GROW Speakers have been there, done that. During main stage talks, panels & interactive workshops, you’ll hear from senior executives & operators from:
Michelle Carrara
RETENTION PANEL: Turning First-Time Buyers into Lifelong Customers
Acquiring a customer is the beginning, not the win. The brands growing most efficiently today are the ones converting first purchases into second, third, and tenth — through better onboarding, smarter lifecycle programs, and loyalty mechanics that actually change behavior. This panel explores what retention looks like in practice: how to identify high-LTV customers early, what keeps people coming back, and where most brands are leaving money on the table after the first sale.
Samuel Sternberg
Rethinking Reach: Media Mix and Customer Realignment
The channels that drove growth three years ago aren't the channels driving it today. Paid social costs have risen, search behavior is shifting with AI, and brands are being forced to rethink where and how they reach customers — and which customers are actually worth reaching. This panel examines how leading brands are rebalancing their media mix in real time: where budgets are moving, how customer segmentation is evolving, and what a sustainable acquisition strategy looks like when the old playbook no longer applies.
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Kim Samuelsen
Scaling Your Brand on Shopify
Learn how leading Shopify brands scale efficiently through conversion-focused design and data-driven growth strategies. In this session, Domaine and Shopify will break down how to structure high-performing product pages, increase average order value with bundles and upsells, and optimize site speed and mobile experience. We’ll also cover how to capture high-intent organic traffic through SEO and build strong retention with email and lifecycle marketing. Walk away with practical frameworks to drive more revenue from both new and returning customers.
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Saket Mehta
Scaling Subscription Without Breaking Customer Experience
Scaling a subscription brand today means continuing to grow efficiently while maintaining a strong customer experience. In this session, Forkful and Nift will unpack how high-intent discovery moments across the customer journey can become a scalable acquisition lever. You’ll hear what’s worked, what hasn’t, and where performance has improved over time — along with how to diversify your acquisition mix while keeping CPA disciplined and the experience intact.
Past SPEAKERS
GROW Speakers have been there, done that. During main stage talks, panels & interactive workshops, you’ll hear from senior executives & operators from:
Michelle Carrara
RETENTION PANEL: Turning First-Time Buyers into Lifelong Customers
Acquiring a customer is the beginning, not the win. The brands growing most efficiently today are the ones converting first purchases into second, third, and tenth — through better onboarding, smarter lifecycle programs, and loyalty mechanics that actually change behavior. This panel explores what retention looks like in practice: how to identify high-LTV customers early, what keeps people coming back, and where most brands are leaving money on the table after the first sale.
Samuel Sternberg
Rethinking Reach: Media Mix and Customer Realignment
The channels that drove growth three years ago aren't the channels driving it today. Paid social costs have risen, search behavior is shifting with AI, and brands are being forced to rethink where and how they reach customers — and which customers are actually worth reaching. This panel examines how leading brands are rebalancing their media mix in real time: where budgets are moving, how customer segmentation is evolving, and what a sustainable acquisition strategy looks like when the old playbook no longer applies.
Jill Willard
Is Your Payment Stack Ready for Agentic Commerce?
Description: Agentic commerce is evolving rapidly. New AI shopping assistants, autonomous purchasing agents, emerging protocols, and collaborations between technology providers are reshaping how consumers discover and buy products. With so much innovation happening at once, it can be difficult to know where to start. As AI increasingly becomes part of the purchasing journey, retailers will need to rethink their e-commerce strategies and optimize for agent-driven transactions. But what does that mean practically for payment infrastructure? How can merchants verify that agents are who they claim to be? Who is authorized to make a purchase on a consumer's behalf? And when something goes wrong, where does liability reside? Join your peers and industry thought leaders for an interactive discussion on the evolving agentic commerce landscape. Together, we'll cut through the hype, examine the implications for retail payments, and discuss practical ways merchants can prepare for AI-driven commerce without overhauling their existing payment infrastructure.
Benjamin Hardy
What's Actually Working: A Growth Marketer's Roundtable
An informal conversation for senior growth and marketing leads to compare notes on what's actually working in their partner strategy, and what CTV can learn from it. We'll chat through tradeoffs, blind spots, and the stuff nobody's solved yet.
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Coffee, breakfast, friendly chats
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Big ideas on stage (no fillers)
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Tons of interactive workshops. No fluff
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New tactics from top brands
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Great food, drinks & snacks all day
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Curated intros + 1-1 meetings
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