An Exclusive Community of Marketing Executives
The Global Retail Marketing Association (GRMA) is a C-level leadership community focused on preparing customer-centric leaders and companies for a fast-approaching future through inspiration, education, and peer exchange year-round.
GRMA began as an exclusive, invitation-only community for Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) in the retail sector. Its mission was to foster thought leadership and peer networking among top executives. Over time, recognizing the interconnectedness of various consumer-facing industries, GRMA expanded its reach to include leaders from restaurants, hospitality, travel, entertainment, financial services, and insurance sectors. This evolution transformed GRMA into a comprehensive C-level leadership community, uniting executives across multiple verticals to collaboratively address emerging challenges and opportunities.
A cornerstone of GRMA’s commitment to excellence is its annual Growth and Innovation Forum. This two-and-a-half-day event gathers senior executives in marketing, merchandising, digital strategy, and customer experience. The Forum features a world-class speaker program that delves into macro-topics impacting the current and future business environment. It serves as a platform for industry leaders to collaborate and exchange best practices to promote business growth.
The Global Retail Marketing Association (GRMA) has a distinguished history of featuring world-class speakers at its annual Growth and Innovation Forums. These events bring together thought leaders from various industries to share insights on global trends, technological advancements, and leadership strategies.
These speakers have contributed to the GRMA Forum by providing attendees with diverse perspectives on emerging technologies, consumer behavior, and global market trends, by addressing critical topics such as global market dynamics, technological innovation, consumer behavior, and leadership development. Forum attendees have benefited from their diverse perspectives and valuable insights for navigating the complexities of the modern business environment.
Under the leadership of President and CEO Stephanie Fischer, GRMA continues to adapt and grow, ensuring that its members are well-prepared to navigate the complexities of a rapidly changing business landscape.
In summary, GRMA’s journey from a private CMO community to a multifaceted, cross-industry leadership association underscores its dedication to fostering innovation, collaboration, and thought leadership among executives worldwide.
Notable Past Speakers Include:
- Daniel Pink: Renowned author and expert on business and human behavior, known for his work on motivation and management.
- Alison Levine: Acclaimed mountaineer and leadership consultant, offering perspectives on leadership and resilience.
- Garry Kasparov: Chess grandmaster and political activist, providing insights into strategy and decision-making.
- Noreena Hertz: Economist and author, recognized for her expertise on global economic trends.
- Nouriel Roubini: Economist known for his analyses of global economic issues.
- Dr. Peter Diamandis: Founder of the XPRIZE Foundation, focusing on innovation and exponential technologies.
- Maddy Dychtwald: Co-founder of Age Wave, specializing in demographic trends and their business implications.
- Dr. Sylvia Earle: Marine biologist and explorer, emphasizing environmental conservation.
- Peter Zeihan: Geopolitical strategist, analyzing global economic and political trends.
- Ray Kurzweil: Futurist and inventor, known for his work in artificial intelligence and technology forecasting.
- Sophie Hackford: Futurist and researcher, exploring emerging technologies and their societal impacts.
- Dr. Ken Dychtwald: Gerontologist and psychologist, focusing on aging and its implications.
- Jim Messina: Political advisor and strategist, offering insights into political dynamics and leadership.
- Steven Kotler: Author and entrepreneur, specializing in peak performance and innovation.
- Suzy Welch: Business journalist and author, with expertise in leadership and corporate governance.
- Ian Bremmer: Political scientist and founder of Eurasia Group, providing analyses of global political risks.
- Shelley Broader: Former CEO of Chico’s FAS, sharing experiences in retail leadership.
- Dr. Joe Coughlin: Director of the MIT AgeLab, focusing on demographics and technology.
- Benjamin Zander: Conductor and motivational speaker, known for his work on leadership and creativity.
- Dr. David Agus: Physician and author, specializing in health and wellness.
The GRMA is the only professional organization that exposes you to the level of future-forward-thinking and welcomes you to a private senior executive environment where you’re free to exchange with your peers. We bring the greatest minds in emerging technology, consumer behavior, future trends and management strategy together with executive decision makers on the frontlines of retail, restaurant, hospitality, financial, travel and insurance services to drive industry excellence and shape the future. And there are no expensive membership fees to join our peer community for eligible business to consumer facing C-level executives.
Our community is as private as you want, as open as you want and it’s complimentary. Contact us to find out more.