William Taylor

Director Strategic Initiatives
Hudson's Bay Company

Will Taylor is the Director of Strategic Initiatives focusing on the Off Price Division at the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC). His time at HBC has focused heavily on growing the Off Price businesses within – Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH, Find@ Lord & Taylor and Gilt. In 2014, he led the post-merger integration of Lord & Taylor Outlet’s and Saks OFF 5TH business units across the merchant organization, finance, marketing, IT, human resources and store operations. In 2015, he helped launch a new off price banner in the HBC portfolio – Find@ Lord & Taylor – to address the growing off price industry trend. In 2016, he is focused on leading the post-merger integration efforts of the Gilt Groupe into the HBC portfolio of retail banners across every aspect of the business.

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Main Conference Day One: Reimagining and Reinventing Retail

Tuesday, November 8th, 2016

14:25 CASE STUDY REVOLUTION: Driving Omnichannel Change And Adoption At Hudson’s Bay

Are you about to launch an initiative that requires the support from across the company? Are you facing resistance to change or simply a lack of participation from necessary players? Are you looking for ways to increase buy-in and adoption? Then join us for this interactive workshop to jumpstart or reboot your project by focusing on the ‘people side of change’. You’ll walk away with many ideas you can put to use immediately to drive your projects forward!

• How Saks Fifth Avenue approaches change management to increase omnichannel adoption
• Discover simple tools and techniques to help you involve the right players and create the support needed to drive change
• Share your change challenges with your peers and practice using techniques real time to help accelerate the success of your roll out