Closed-door roundtables
Eight to twelve operators around one table, Chatham House rules, no vendors in the room. Pricing, shrink, store economics and the numbers nobody publishes.
Membership
The Retail Leaders Circle
A private membership for the people who actually run retail in Asia. One rate, one room, no sponsors on stage.
Membership is capped, reviewed and deliberately small.
The Circle exists because the most useful conversations in this industry never happen on a conference stage. They happen at a table of ten, after the slides are closed. We keep the room to operators — retailers, marketplaces, brands and the platforms they run on — and we keep the vendors out of it.
Every member is reviewed by our editors before joining. Seats per market and per category are limited so no roundtable turns into a sales pitch, and so the person sitting next to you is solving the same problem you are.
What membership includes
Members-only events
Priority seats and a members' rate at every RetailNews Asia event, plus intimate briefings that never appear on the public calendar.
Industry travel
Curated study trips — Tokyo convenience, Seoul beauty, Shenzhen supply chain, Jakarta quick-commerce — with store walks hosted by the people who run them.
C-level gatherings
Small dinners and off-record salons with CEOs, country heads and founders in Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Bangkok, Seoul and Kuala Lumpur.
A working peer network
A vetted directory of members across the region and warm introductions made by our editors — not an inbox full of cold outreach.
Editorial access
Advance sight of our research, quarterly analyst calls and a direct line to the newsroom for background briefings.
Who joins
- CEOs, country managers and founders of retail and e-commerce businesses
- Heads of stores, merchandising, supply chain, digital and customer
- Brand and marketplace leaders operating in two or more Asian markets
- Investors and operators building the next generation of retail in the region
House rules
- Chatham House rules in every room — nothing said is attributed or published
- No selling. Suppliers and agencies are hosted through partnerships, not membership
- Seats are personal, reviewed annually and not transferable between companies
- Travel and event tickets are quoted separately at member rates
Apply for membership
Tell us who you are and what you want out of the room, then activate your membership. Your details land with our membership desk at hi@retailnews.asia.