about US

The Global Retail Marketing Association, (GRM) was founded in 2006 with the launch of the Global Retail Marketing Executive Leadership Summit.  The objective was to bring together the top echelon of marketing & advertising executives in Retail, as well as their counterparts on the media, agency and service provider sides of the business for the purpose of executive level education, exchange and networking.

The Global Retail Marketing Executive Leadership Summit is a by-invitation only, exclusive to Chief Marketing Officers in Retail and their Senior Executive Teams, sponsored by companies from the media, agency, and service provider segments of the business.  Created to advance the exchange of opinions and trends in the retail landscape, the summit focuses on key areas of corporate leadership development, strategic planning and execution, and best practices within Retail Marketing & Advertising. 

This Summit will expose you to new ideas and marketing concepts in a peer-based, collaborative atmosphere. The knowledge gained here will be extremely important in the rapidly changing retail mix environment.

Today the GRM Community is stronger than ever, our mission is to motivate and challenge our members to raise their global awareness and to educate them to become better leaders in their organizations and in their everyday lives.  This will ultimately have an immeasurable positive impact on the marketing landscape, the member’s organization and the overall community.

In an environment of time starved bogged down, stressed out executives, GRM provides an opportunity for its members to think beyond the tactical execution of repetitive marketing initiatives.  We strive to give our members a chance to take a breath, raise their level of thinking and experience different views of the world…be they philanthropic, social, political, economic, leadership and self awareness.