Melissa Minkow

Melissa Minkow is the Director, Retail Strategy at CI&T, a global digital solutions provider for some of the world's largest retailers and companies. Previously, she was a senior principal advisor focusing on omni-channel, e-commerce and social commerce at research and advisory company, Gartner and was a business analyst in merchandising strategy at Target. At CI&T, Melissa is responsible for synthesizing retail strategy, insights and data to help identify actionable industry trends and lead strategic sales and client engagements. She is a RetailWire BrainTrust Expert and a retail futurist whose methodology is rooted in cross-industry consumer insights and international market innovation.