What is the Think Tank?
The Shop.org Think Tank is a group of up to 12 digital retail thought leaders who collaborate to identify and develop points of view on trends, business models, technologies and strategies that will shape the future of online retail and the role of the digital in retail.
The group is selected by a subset of the Shop.org Board of Directors and produces content and materials available to Shop.org members via events, the Shop.org blog and white papers.

It is our pleasure to announce the charter members of the Shop.org Think Tank:

• Kirthi Kalyanam, Santa Clara University (Chairman)
• Jeanie Bunker, Alibris
• Catherine Davis, The Container Store
• Fiona Dias, GSI Commerce
• Lauren Freedman, the e-tailing group
• Jeremy Liebowitz, Jarden
• Sucharita Mulpuru, Forrester Research
• James Okamura, J.C. Williams Group
• Elaine Rubin, Digital Prophets Network
• Matthew Siegel, Ann Taylor Corporation
• Adam Silverman, Musician’s Friend
• Paul Zaengle, Columbia Sportswear

This group met for the first time in person at the 2010 Shop.org Annual Summit and again at the NRF Annual Big Show as well as participating in monthly phone calls. This group just published their first blog entry on the true value of social media for retail.

If you would like the Think Tank to tackle any digital commerce challenges that you are having, please contact Joan Broughton and he will bring this up to the group at the next meeting. Keep looking for future updates from the Shop.org Think Tank.