John Theiss

SVP Retail and Brand Solutions
RetailMeNot

As RetailMeNot’s senior vice president of retail and brand solutions, John Theiss leads efforts to deepen its relationships with the largest retailers, brands and advertisers in North America. His responsibilities include managing the company’s sales organization and serving as the voice of the advertiser at the executive level.

Prior to RetailMeNot, John served in a variety of leadership roles in the mobile technology and payments space, most notably with Softcard, the mobile commerce solution joint venture with Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile. He also had a long career at American Express, where for more than 25 years, he led multiple organizations including sales, client management and business development with a focus in the merchant division of the company. Most recently, he served as vice president and general manager.

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Main Conference Day One: Reimagining and Reinventing Retail

Tuesday, November 8th, 2016

11:05 Keynote Panel Discussion: Using Innovation To Drive Growth In Today’s Retail Market

A large part of eTail’s mission is to showcase innovation in the retail space. This panel presents transformative companies that have amazing stories to share, including how and why they’ve achieved success, a break down of their business models, and how they are competing despite operating in a commodity driven environment. Want to understand how to drive innovation within your company? Attend this keynote session.

• How can retailers work smarter with startups and marketing innovators?
• What are your key growth initiatives for 2015?
• What internal challenges have you navigated to enable growth?
• What has really worked in terms of innovation at your organization to drive growth? What hasn’t, and why don’t you think it worked?
• How can you put innovation into practical terms?