Retail Festivals

December 7-8, 2019

Lagos Retail Festival

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December 7-8, 2019

Lagos Retail Festival

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December 7-8,2019

Lagos Retail Festival

September 6-7,2019

Lagos Retail Festival

September 1-7, 2020

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May 1, 2020

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Date

December 7-8, 2019

Location

Welcome Centre hotel, Lagos, Nigeria

Exhibitors

500+ exhibitors/vendors

Speakers

50+ Speakers

RETAIL FESTIVAL / Africa's biggest Retail Festivals

We Are

We are Retail Fest, Africa’s leading producers, organizers of retail festivals and events, as well as curating some of the best retail events across the continent. Our flagship event is the Lagos Retail Festival., Skyway Fashion Show, Rekroot Job & Career Fair, Tech-R, Mortgage market Expo, Farm World, Isolo Shopping Festival,

Our Vision

To be Africa’s leading curator and producer of retail events, festivals and exhibitions supporting over 5000 businesses to attain their business objectives in Africa by 2020.

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Become a Volunteer /R.A.V.E Champion / Lagos Retail Festival

For several days in September, our volunteers will help hundreds of vendors and 10,000+ attendees have an unforgettable experience at the Lagos Retail Festival, which houses the Retail Conference and several SME clinics and workshops.

Our RAVE champions are independent minded individuals who refer other vendors and exhibitors to the retail fair. Earning while sharing and refering vendors to the festival.

Join us to say #yestomore

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Conference or Event Schedule April 6-7 / save your dates

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Friday
06.09.2019
Saturday
07.09.2019

Welcome Centre

10:00 - 10:45

The future of Retail

The constantly changing consumer needs and demands require future businesses to adapt and innovate in order to offer the desired and/or needed products. The opening keynote session will offer

12:45 - 13:45

Omni Channel Retail: Using technology to your advantage

As the internet becomes more ubiquitous our everyday lives, consumer habits are changing. This topic focuses on how retailers respond to these changes, The role of technology in shaping current

11:45 - 12:45

Giving Nigerian brands flight; taking them to the global space

This seeks to look at our Nigerian companies can tap into the global market in a cost effective manner and how to align strategy that produces results in a

15:00 - 16:00

Designing an unforgettable retail experience

Creating experiences that absolutely delights customers such that they spread word about the product is desire of retailers. This session would focus on initiatives that can be implemented by retailers

16:00 - 17:00

Social Media in Retail (Saturday)

Discussion would be around what social channels deliver the best results, how businesses can keep up with the latest social trends, how much resource should be allocated to make

12:45 - 13:45

How to attract the right talent and set the right culture for your business. (Saturday)

With the mostly informal nature of small and micro retail businesses, hiring and setting the tone for the required behavior and norms is challenging. This session discusses how retailers can

13:45 - 15:00

The Art of Selling Luxury

Selling luxury items can be tricky as the captive market is usually small and the channels of communication may need to change or be adapted to sit the market.

10:40 - 11:40

Grand Launch

The Grand Launch is the session where keynote addresses are delivered to launch the Lagos Retail Festival. It is also the grand launch for all the new products and

Hall C - 02
Welcome Centre Hotel

15:00 - 17:00

Stretching the creative/talent brand into retail of things

It has become clear that creative people in music, movies and arts can leverage their brand worth into promoting products and services. This session seeks to understand how to

08:00 - 08:45

Exploring new ways of advertising to the future Nigerian consumer (Saturday)

The customer of the future is changing in his habits and channels to a purchase. There has to be a conscious effort by by advertising to meet the needs

15:00 - 17:00

Exploring retail in the entertainment industry (movies, music and more) Saturday

This session seeks to look at the various areas of contention that arise in retailing entertainment content, as well as provide understanding for possible actions that surround the subject,

11:30 - 12:45

Creating a brand that works; telling stories that connect (Saturday)

This session would focus on improving brand visibility using the ancient art of telling true authethic stories that resonate with consumers in a bid to have strategic advantage in

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testimonials / See What People Say About Us

The very first exhibition Lami Works attended was organized by this team> i believe it helped our brand a great deal. i will definitely love and work towards being part of the Lagos Retail Festival, only this time, we would like to showcase more products than our last outing.

by Bukola Ariyo

We started exhibiting with TW in 2016. We have received a tonne of media opportunities that has helped us. We are glad LRF has an Africa focus, we are looking for opportunities to recruit distributors that have an Africa footprint. We want to meet with producers who have better insights for improving our production process.

by Ibukun Adewale (Nukubi Africa)

Thank you for all the support you gave us during the last festival, especially all the guidance and sales training we got before the event started. it ensured we had a lot of people stopping by our booth. Thank you to the numerous customers who also patronized us. We will be inviting you over soonest for our launch of new products and services.

by Kathie Holmes (Switwands Technologies)

Event Speakers / knowledge Series

Ayodeji Balogun

CEO, Afex Holdings

Deji is leading an effort that leverages cutting edge technology, innovative

Dapo Ajeniya

Mangement consultant , Thomas & Wriight Co.

Dapo is an MBA from the Lagos Business School of Pan

Hyacinth Aneke

CEO, Valor Creador

Hyacinth's corporate experience span a period of over 20 years, cutting

Imoh Osagie

Management Consultant, IknowAfrica

Mr. Igho-Osagie currently focuses on raising money for projects through Private

Mariam Mosun Opanuga

Senior Associate, Copley Partners

Mariam is an astute Legal Practitioner, with over 15 years practice

Oke Umurhohwo

Itel Mobile

Oke is a self motivated and adaptable person with years of

Phebean Amusan

Consultant, HR Pitch

She is the founder of HR Pitch. And Purple Pulp. She

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Event Price list / Early bird MSME stall prices till 03/03/2019

MICRO ENTERPRISE VENDOR

Micro Enterprise Vendor

N10,000

4 sqm stall

1 Table

2 Chairs

1 Rollup banner

Free SME Clinic

Access to free conference sessions

MICRO ENTERPRISE VENDOR II

Micro Enterprise Vendor II

N20,000

6 sqm stall

1 Table

2 Chairs

1 Rollup banner

Free SME Clinic

Access to free conference sessions

Access to select paid conference sessions

Premium booth

PREMIUM BOOTH 1

N100,000

4 sqm Exhibition booth

1 Table

2 Chairs

1 Rollup banner

Free SME Clinic

Access to free conference sessions

Access to all paid conference sessions

Free wifi

Premium Booth II N200,000 (6sqm), Foreign Delegates N500,000 or 1,400 USD (incl,premium 6sqm booth, hotel accommodation (2 persons sharing), breakfast and airport shuttle)

Meet Our Team

Chika Nwogu

Planning Management

Dapo Ajeniya

Planning Management

Doreen Fejokwu

Guest Management

Sarah Ize Iyamu

Sponsorships

Ehis Igbinova

Officials Management

Dozie Anyaegbunam

Marketing Comms

Dare Asobele

Planning Management

Tunji Kareem

PLANNING MANAGEMENT

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Event FAQS / find your answers

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Can a participant hold their independent marketing campaigns
how do i volunteer or join the LRF workforce?
Who can become a festival particpant?
What is Lagos Retail Festival?

Festival participants can hold some independent entertainment events, special campaigns and promo lotteries. But in this case all activities should be confirmed by the organizer in writing. For all social media campaigns, kindly use the hashtag #lrf

Kindly see the volunteer form link above. Sign up with your details and you will be reached by a team member shortly.

Any entity involved or interested in participating in the retail value chain can participate . Manufacturing companies, distribution and logistics companies, local and foreign trade entities, advertising agencies, marketing communication companies, retail technology companies, financial institutions, airports and other transport service providers as well as restaurants and other public catering facilities, travel agencies, guesthouses, other local and foreign enterprises and individual entrepreneurs.

LRF is an annual retail festival that helps to promote and showcase the retail culture in Africa's largest growing city. Hundreds of businesses will offer special discounts, gifts, and host several entertainment events. The festival has several components : THE retail Fair, The Retail Conference, SME Clinics and loads of entertainment activities.