Lazuli Co., Ltd. Holds "NRF & New York Retail Tour Debriefing Session"
Seminar/Event
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~Fast-track coverage of the latest retail & tech trends for 2024~

Lazuli Inc. (headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Seigen Hagiwara; hereinafter, Lazuli) will hold the “NRF & NY Retail Tour Report Session” on Tuesday, February 6, from 17:30, at Scramble Hall inside SHIBUYA QWS (Shibuya Scramble Square 15F), primarily for marketing, retail media, and CRM personnel in the retail and manufacturing industries.
The “NRF & NY Retail Tour Report Session,” hosted by Lazuli, will be held over three days from January 14 to 16, 2024, with on-site participation at one of the world's largest conferences in the retail field, “NRF 2024: Retail's Big Show,” held in the United States (New York), where we will report the latest information on retail & tech gathered there. Since Lazuli's founding, the event will feature guest speakers Takashi Okutani, a leading figure in channel-based digital marketing and advisor since Lazuli's inception, who serves as Co-CEO of Customer Time and specialist officer/COCO at Oisix ra daichi Co., Ltd., and Daijiro Ban, Executive Specialist at Yappli Inc. and Project Manager at Customer Time Co., Ltd.
At the “NRF & NY Retail Tour Report Session,” the event will begin with opening remarks by Seigen Hagiwara, Representative Director of Lazuli Inc.; the first session will be “NRF Report: The Latest Trends in Overseas Retail”; the second session will be “Introduction to and Report on the NY Retail Tour,” hosted by Customer Time; and the third session will be titled “The Future of Product Data,” with each session offering useful insights.
After the seminar, a networking reception will also be held for those who wish to attend. Applications for this event can be made through the dedicated site (https://nrf-report-2024-lazuli.peatix.com/), and participation is free for the first 100 applicants.
<About Lazuli>
Lazuli is a startup founded in July 2020. By leveraging advanced AI technology, as a cloud service we are developing and providing the SaaS “Lazuli PDP,” which enables anyone involved in business, including DX, EC, and marketing professionals, to use product information from around the world. We are working to solve the issue of product data not being smoothly synchronized between companies, or even within companies, as products are manufactured, distributed, and sold. By integrating and organizing siloed data in manufacturing, retail, and pharmaceuticals, we support DX promotion. We aim to realize a world in which people involved in business can easily access product information.
https://corporate.lazuli.ninja/
<About NRF>
NRF (National Retail Federation) is the world's largest retail industry association. NRF Retail’s Big Show, held every January in New York, is one of the world’s largest retail industry conferences, with approximately 38,000 participants from around 100 countries.
This event targets participants in a wide range of roles related to the retail ecosystem, including retail industry professionals, manufacturers, tech vendors, emerging retail companies, consulting firms, and marketing organizations. In addition to keynote speeches and seminar sessions held at four different venues, the program also features booths where participating companies exhibit their technologies and solutions, as well as an innovation lab for startups.
https://nrfbigshow.nrf.com/
<About the NY Retail Tour>
The NY local retail trend tour hosted by Customer Time Co., Ltd. is an event where Japanese manufacturers and retailers visit stores in New York. Held every January, this tour aims to examine sustainable business models and customer-centric CX elements by experiencing customer experience (CX) and strategies firsthand at the visiting locations, and to learn about the signs of trends and the background behind them.
* “Lazuli” and its logo, as well as the product and service names listed herein, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Lazuli. Unauthorized copying and reproduction are prohibited.
The details of the “NRF & NY Retail Tour Report Session” are as follows.
Overview of the “NRF & NY Retail Tour Report Session”
Date & time: 2024/2/6 (Tue) 17:30–20:30 (doors open 17:00)
Venue: SHIBUYA QWS Scramble Hall
Address: 15F Shibuya Scramble Square, 2-24-12 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Eligible participants: Marketing personnel in the retail and manufacturing industries, retail media and CRM personnel, personnel engaged in CX- and DX-related work, EC operators, and others
Program:
Time | Session Title | Speaker |
17:30~ | Opening Remarks | ・Lazuli Inc. Representative Director Seigen Hagiwara |
17:35~ | Part 1: “NRF Report ~Latest Trends in Overseas Retail~” | ・Oisix ra daichi Co., Ltd. COCO / Customer Time Co., Ltd. Joint CEO and Director Takashi Okutani・Yappli Inc. Executive Specialist / Customer Time Co., Ltd. Project Manager / db-lab LLC CEO Daijiro Ban |
18:20~ | Lightning Pitch by Sponsor Companies | |
18:30~ 19:10 | Part 2: “Introduction to and Report on the NY Retail Tour” | ・Oisix ra daichi Co., Ltd. COCO / Customer Time Co., Ltd. Joint CEO and Director Takashi Okutani・Yappli Inc. Executive Specialist / Customer Time Co., Ltd. Project Manager / db-lab LLC CEO Daijiro Ban |
19:10~ | Part 3: “The Future of Product Data” | ・Oisix ra daichi Co., Ltd. COCO / Customer Time Co., Ltd. Joint CEO and Director Takashi Okutani・Lazuli Inc. Representative Director, CEO & CTO Seigen Hagiwara |
19:30~ | Lightning Pitch by Sponsor Companies | |
19:35~ | Networking Reception & Participant Mixer |