Christopher Durham
President, Velocity Institute
Christopher Durham is the president of the Velocity Institute and the co-founder of The Vertex Awards. He is a Retail Brand (private labels, private brands, store brands, own brands) expert and thought leader who built his career at Delhaize-owned Food Lion and Lowe’s Home Improvement. He has consulted with retailers worldwide, including Family Dollar, Petco, Staples, Office Depot, Best Buy, and Metro (Canada).
In 2022 Durham was named a Rethink Retail Top 100 Retail Influencer.
Durham has published seven definitive books on private brands, including Fifty2: The My Private Brand Project and Vanguard: Vintage Originals, a visual tour of the history of innovation and disruption in private brands.
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Nathaniel Fleming
CMO, Bamboo Rose
Nate Fleming is the Chief Marketing Officer at Bamboo Rose overseeing brand strategy, demand generation, and public relations. Prior to joining Bamboo Rose, Nate was an industry analyst at Forrester Research covering software and professional services that enable enterprise product organizations across industry verticals.