Walmart COO McKenna added to event lineup

The Center for Retailing Excellence just scored another coup with the addition of Walmart COO Judith McKenna to the agenda for an upcoming conference that already included Walmart CEO Doug McMillon.

The Center, part of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas, is scheduled to hold its annual Emerging Trends in Retail conference on June 11 at the Northwest Arkansas Convention Center in Springdale near Walmart’s headquarters in Bentonville headquarters.

Earlier in February, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., president and CEO Doug McMillon was confirmed as a featured speaker for the event along with Marshal Cohen, The NPD Group’s chief industry analyst. Along with McKenna, the Center also announced the Richard Smucker, CEO of the J.M. Smucker Company had been added to the program.