Asia Supply Chain Decarbonization And Sustainability Summit 2024
Navigating the Path to a Greener Future In the pursuit of global carbon neutrality by 2030, Asian countries are paving the way towards sustainable practices, setting ambitious net-zero targets by 2050. Recognizing the critical role of decarbonizing supply chains, the Asia Supply Chain Decarbonization And Sustainability Summit 2024 is poised to address the urgent need …
Talking retail with Retail Technology Show’s Matt Bradley
As we build towards the Retail Technology Show, retail’s golden ticket event taking place on 26 & 27 April 2023 at the Olympia in London, I caught up with director and founder of the show, Matt Bradley. We talk about what’s going on in retail and how he has been building a conference and expo …
Retail Economics lays out the year for retailers at the Delivery Conference
Whether the UK goes into recession or not is kind of a red herring given that the challenges facing retailers this year are real, significant and won’t go away by themselves – retail has its work cut out. Richard Lim, CEO of Retail Economics opened this year’s Delivery Conference and laid out the true picture …
Sweaty Betty and Trinny London on how to build a tech stack for success
Last week, the Retail Connections team caught up with a panel of digital commerce leaders to explore how retailers can build the tech stacks needed for success. Speaking on the IRX Main Stage, gym wear brand Sweaty Betty’s CTO, Simon Pakenham-Walsh, D2C beauty brand Trinny London’s CTO, Taher Khaliq, and Founder and CEO of Patchworks, …
The enigma of agility – Dr Martens’ CTO on strategies for enabling fast-paced retail evolution
At IRX, which co-located with DTX and UCX at London’s Excel Centre this week, we heard from Dr Martens’ CTO & CIO, Ron Garricks, who delivered a keynote session on how brands and retailers could build organisational and technical agility in the face of adversity. With ruthless prioritisation, building a culture of agility, and ‘adapting, …
Jenson Button and experts from Mars, Trinny London, River Island and Lounge Underwear among speakers as retail leaders meet at first ever IRX @ DTX+UCX at ExCel London
Former F1 champion Jenson Button and experts from Mars, Trinny London, River Island and Lounge Underwear will be among the many engaging speakers when senior level retail technology experts gather to collaborate, meet suppliers and expand their network at IRX this October. For the first time ever IRX, the leading eCommerce event, will be at …
IRX – the event for retail transformers
Explore the rapidly changing landscape for digital retail IRX @ DTX + UCX will bring together tech and digital leaders, eCommerce heads, developers and architects to explore new tech, new ways of working and the very latest in modern commerce. This is the event for the digital heroes who are transforming retail. Register today for …
RetailEXPO Virtual Conference – Mark Price on retail in a post-Covid-19 world
The UK High Street will be forever changed as Covid-19 accelerates many considerations – both challenges and opportunities – for retail businesses. This is a new era for retail, including the creation of exciting opportunities reinvigorating local and independent retail businesses, said former Trade Minister and ex-MD of Waitrose, Lord Mark Price. Delivering the RetailEXPO …
Kantar webinar highlights: Employee resilience in an uncertain world
What is the likely impact of the coronavirus pandemic on employees? Kantar held a webinar (Tuesday 28 April 2020) to share their ideas on how businesses can ensure employees are safe, secure and listened to. Extreme stress in the workforce Employee experiences of the crisis cannot be ignored says Kantar, which was able to share …
Payment speed, security or a compromise? Insights from PayExpo 2019
There’s a great deal of innovation within the UK payments landscape – from the emergence of challenger banks, to fintechs driving simplification of infrastructure, to the use of AI in payments processing. We attended PayExpo the UK’s largest payment event this week (8th and 9th October) to hear about the latest trends. Payment speed, security …