Board Member
Duluth Trading Company
Ronnie Robinson is a global sourcing and supply chain executive and board director with more than 30 years of leadership experience in specialty apparel, footwear, and accessories. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Duluth Holdings Inc. (Duluth Trading Company) and Handshake America, and is the founder of R Squared Consulting, where he advises brands and retailers on supply chain strategy, sourcing transformation, and production operations.
Most recently, Ronnie was Chief Supply Chain Officer at Designer Brands, where he led end-to-end sourcing and global supply chain operations for a multibillion-dollar portfolio of owned, licensed, and national brands. Earlier in his career, he held senior leadership roles at J.Crew, Ascena, Mast Industries, and Marks & Spencer. Ronnie holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and a B.Sc. in Applied Chemistry from Heriot-Watt University.
Sunday Jan 11
10:15am - 10:45am
Exhibitor Big Ideas Stage 2
Retailers are under pressure to protect margins, reduce split shipments, and deliver faster without adding cost or complexity. This session explores how industry leaders are rewriting their fulfillment strategies by moving from fixed rules and after-the-fact analysis to a predictive, continuously optimized operating model.
You’ll hear real examples of how demand, labor, and inventory signals can be orchestrated daily and sometimes hourly to improve profitability while meeting elevated customer expectations. If you’re wrestling with how to balance cost, speed, and capacity across stores and DCs, this session will show how a predictive fulfillment approach powered by AI can transform both planning and execution.
