Places are still available for this year’s Westfield World Retail Study Tour, which will visit five cities including New York, London, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Tokyo.

To take place over 17 days from May 3 2015, the tour will hear from more than 50 speakers, who will share their strategies, insights, and learnings into the latest themes impacting retail including building team culture, leveraging technology and big data to understand and engage customers, delivering exceptional customer service, and the latest trends in store design and visual merchandising.

Attendees will also visit hundreds of stores, including private tours, and share countless stories and observations with like minded retail passionates.

The cities:

New York: 

Always buzzing, New York constantly over delivers, from the funky, edgy stores of Soho to the stylish luxury of Fifth Avenue.

London

Home to Harvey Nichols, Burberry’s flagship store, and the iconic Oxford and Regent Streets, Covent Garden, and Borough Markets, as well as the andmark Westfield London and Stratford City.

Berlin

A collision of old and new, with its stunning architecture and a huge variety of cutting edge retail, such as the Ka De We and Potsdamer Platz.

Amsterdam

Featuring a unique mix of multi-storey department stores and exclusive boutiques lining the quaint Herenstraat and Prinsenstraat.

Tokyo

From Ginza to Harajuku, Tokyo re-defines what retail can be, with the Sony Store, Yohji Yamamoto, Prada, Dior, Giorgio Armani, and Aoyama.

Dates: May 3 to 20, 2015

Cost: Economy AU$15,975

Single Room Supplement AU$4100

Business Class Supplement AU$8425

To apply for a place, complete and return the following Tour Overview and Application Form pages to Robyn Burgess at rburgess@scentregroup.com or +61 2 9358 7685.