Bryan Gildenberg

Bryan Gildenberg is an industry expert, keynote speaker, and advisor on the commerce landscape. With over 25 years of experience helping retailers, brands and their trading partners adapt to and win in the changing retail world, Bryan is a trusted subject matter expert on both physical and digital retail, including retail ecommerce. Today, Bryan leads the North America business for Retail Cities –  a global retail research business aimed at helping brands and retailers predict, map and capture the next $10 trillion of retail growth coming before the end of the decade. In addition, his enterprise and thought leadership brand Confluencer Commerce seeks to help leaders lead the major transformation of the next decade – the confluence of retail, media and content.

Bryan is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and private events, and his perspective has been featured in dozens of media publications and news outlets such as CNBC, the BBC and Fox Business. He is a former co-host of the popular CPG Guys podcast and a recognized expert in the changing commerce, commerce media and retail landscapes.

Bryan spent over 20 years as Chief Knowledge Officer for Retail at Kantar, the world’s leading marketing data and analytics company. He also served as SVP of Commerce for Omnicom’s retail marketing agencies.

Bryan holds an MA with Honors from Cambridge University and an MBA from Babson College in Wellesley, MA.