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Alex (Ali) Rezvan
London, United Kingdom
Alex Rezvan, known as The Future of Retail Guy, is a global retail and eCommerce transformation advisor, author, and media voice focused on how retailers evolve across AI, omnichannel execution, store experience, and sustainability.
With senior leadership experience at Microsoft and Verizon, Alex has led and advised retail transformation initiatives valued at over $1.5bn. His work sits at the intersection of technology strategy, operational execution, and customer experience, helping retailers and companies selling to retailers turn emerging capabilities into measurable commercial outcomes.
Alex is a published contributor to respected industry and technology platforms including The Grocer, TechRadar, Microsoft’s Retail Industry Blog, and specialist retail publications. His writing explores topics such as avoiding long-term technology debt, applying AI pragmatically to accelerate sustainability and net-zero goals, the future role of physical retail, and empowering store associates as a competitive advantage.
He is the founder and host of The Retail Podcast and RetailNews.AI, where he interviews global retail leaders and synthesises insight from major international events including NRF, Shoptalk, EuroShop, and Web Summit. His work has been recognised by industry bodies, including Retail Voices by NRF 2026.
Alex works with CEOs, CMOs, CIOs, CDOs, and COOs to help organisations maintain relevance and resilience in a rapidly changing retail landscape.
Available For: Advising, Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking Travels From: Madrid, Spain
Speaking Topics: Future of Retail
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Alex (Ali) Rezvan
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Brand Homes, Not Billboards: What CMOs Can Learn from Hot Pickle’s Rupert Pick
Linkedln
August 12, 2026
Stand in the middle of London’s Waterloo Station at rush hour. Now replace the usual promo table with a twelve‑piece orchestra on an elevated bandstand. Commuters stop, listen, film, smile; they don’t just grab a free ice cream, they savour it, share it, and talk about it. That’s not “sampling.” That’s culture in motion.
Why Retailers Need to Avoid Falling into Tech Debt
The Grocer
February 04, 2026
This piece warns retailers about the risks of accumulating technical debt, arguing that outdated systems stifle innovation and customer experience. Keywords: retail, tech debt, innovation, modernization.
Tags: Business Strategy, Digital Transformation, Retail
How Does Kingfisher, Abercrombie Fitch, JD Sports Build Cross-Channel Consistency
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January 31, 2026
Retail leaders from Kingfisher, Abercrombie & Fitch, and JD Group reveal strategies for achieving cross-channel consistency through organizational adjustments, technology, and data-driven agility.
Reinventing Retail for AI-Native Shoppers
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January 30, 2026
As AI reshapes how consumers discover and buy products, leaders from Frasers Group and Microsoft share how retailers can adapt to agentic commerce and AI-native shoppers.
NRF Keynote: Emma Grede and Ben Francis on Building the Next Generation of Retail Brands
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January 30, 2026
NRF keynote speakers Emma Grede and Ben Francis explain how agentic AI, customer trust, and disciplined focus are driving the next era of retail growth.
A&F Co. CEO Fran Horowitz on Leadership, Culture, and Reinventing Iconic Brands
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January 27, 2026
At NRF, Abercrombie & Fitch Co. CEO Fran Horowitz reflects on leadership, culture, and the brand reinvention that fueled the company's resurgence. Her message centers on humility, listening, and always moving forward.
The Rise of Agentic Commerce and What AI Means for the Future of Shopping
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January 26, 2026
At NRF, leaders from PayPal, Home Depot, and Wayfair discussed the rise of agentic commerce and what AI means for the future of shopping. The panel explored trust, merchant control, and how retailers should prepare for AI-driven discovery and transactions.
Brieane Olson on What New Gen Z and Gen Alpha Research Means for Retail
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January 25, 2026
At NRF, PacSun CEO Brieane Olson joined Business of Fashion senior correspondent Sheena Butler-Young for an in-depth look at new Gen Z and Gen Alpha research. The conversation explored mental health, value-driven shopping, social commerce, and how PacSun is building a community-first retail model fo
How FairPrice Group Is Redefining Grocery Retail With AI and Omnichannel Innovation
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January 25, 2026
FairPrice Group is redefining grocery retail by combining AI, omnichannel innovation, and social purpose. At NRF, CEO Vipul Chawla explains how technology is making stores more human, profitable, and future-ready.
Marine Layer's Patch Bar Shows Why Customisation Is Becoming Core to Modern Retail
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January 25, 2026
At an underground New York event, Marine Layer's Patch Bar offered a live example of how customisation is moving from novelty to the heart of retail experience.
Sundar Pichai's NRF Keynote Signals a New Era for AI-Powered Retail
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January 25, 2026
Google CEO announces Universal Commerce Protocol and agent-led retail strategy at NRF 2026, positioning AI as the next foundational platform for commerce.
Michael Rubin at NRF on How Fanatics Is Reinventing Sports Commerce
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January 25, 2026
At NRF, Fanatics Founder and CEO Michael Rubin outlined how the company is scaling a multi-billion-dollar sports commerce platform while operating like a startup. From licensed merchandise and collectibles to sports betting and a new fan-focused credit card, Rubin detailed how Fanatics plans to rede
How LVMH Is Using AI to Strengthen Humanity, Creativity, and Luxury Experience
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January 22, 2026
At NRF, LVMH leaders Gonzague de Pirey and Soumia Hadjali shared how artificial intelligence is being deployed to elevate creativity, craftsmanship, and client relationships across luxury. Their approach prioritizes humanity, trust, and long-term brand desire over efficiency alone.
NRF BIG SHOW USA
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January 08, 2026
NRF is in less than 2 Days and who better to plan this years Big Show with then Jill Dvorak, MBA from NRF to unpack how the team is building the 2026 global theme “The Next Now” into every part of the show – from the AI content to how sessions actually run.
Retail’s Next Big Shift: How Gen Z Shops & What It Means for Brands
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January 05, 2026
Gen Z is reshaping retail with their digital fluency and demand for authentic, immersive, and sustainable shopping experiences. Brands must adapt now to capture their significant spending power.
Retail Operating System 2026: Speed With Meaning
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December 24, 2025
The Retail Operating System 2026 emphasizes speed, relevance, and customer ease through a framework where culture becomes a capability, experience is productized, and pragmatic AI drives growth. It outlines critical trends and a strategic loop for retailers to thrive in a rapidly evolving market.
Tackling Shop Theft Amidst the Cost of Living Crisis: UK Retailers Call for Action
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December 18, 2025
Amidst the cost of living crisis, UK retailers face an unprecedented surge in shoplifting. The ACS proposes a "Most Wanted" list for repeat offenders and a five-point plan to combat this rise, protect staff, and support businesses.
The Future of Retail or Not?
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December 18, 2025
DoorDash is rapidly becoming a retail leader due to its diverse delivery services, extensive network of 600,000 drivers, and innovative technology investments.
Salesforce and Google Cloud Announce Expanded Strategic Partnership to Unlock the Power of AI, Data, and CRM
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December 18, 2025
Salesforce and Google Cloud deepen their partnership to integrate Data Cloud and Google BigQuery, enabling businesses to leverage AI and data for personalized customer experiences and insights.
Amazon Launches Innovative Financing Program for UK Small and Medium Businesses
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December 18, 2025
Amazon has partnered with YouLend to launch an innovative merchant cash advance program for UK small businesses selling on Amazon.co.uk, offering flexible financing from £500 to £2 million to boost growth.
Daniel Zhang Steps Down as Alibaba CEO to Focus on Cloud Business
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December 18, 2025
Daniel Zhang steps down as Alibaba CEO to lead its cloud business, signaling Alibaba's strategic shift towards cloud computing and a new leadership era with Eddie Yongming Wu as CEO.
AI Revolutionizing Digital Content Creation in the Fashion Industry Generative AI
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December 18, 2025
Generative AI is set to revolutionize the fashion industry, offering transformative potential from design and personalization to sustainability and economic growth, with an estimated increase of $150B-$275B in operating profits.
The Fashion Revolution
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December 18, 2025
Generative AI is revolutionizing the fashion industry, offering immense potential for product design, content creation, and customer experience. This transformation comes with both opportunities for growth and significant challenges for brands to navigate.
Left field thinking (Maybe)
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December 18, 2025
Innovation is a culture, not a stand-alone activity, and true growth comes from protecting customers, fostering collaboration, listening, allowing for failure, maintaining a flat corporate structure, and prioritizing customer experience.
Digital Transcendence
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December 18, 2025
Businesses equipped with a "Digital Transcendence Strategy" — one that seamlessly connects the physical and digital worlds — are poised to master the future economy. This involves digitizing all physical structures and rethinking our interaction with them.
The uncomfortable truth Shoptalk Luxe didn’t say out loud: luxury has a luxury problem
RetailNews.AI
February 02, 2026
Shoptalk Luxe framed the forces reshaping luxury retail—AI, resale, customer concentration, and China’s fragile rebound—but skipped the hardest issue: product truth. When craftsmanship becomes marketing, pricing outruns substance, and “scarcity” feels engineered, trust erodes fast. In an era of teardowns, transparency, and AI-driven discovery, luxury must prove its claims with measurable quality and lifecycle ownership.
How LVMH Is Using AI to Strengthen Humanity, Creativity, and Luxury Experience
RetailNews.AI
January 28, 2026
At NRF, LVMH leaders Gonzague de Pirey and Soumia Hadjali shared how artificial intelligence is being deployed to elevate creativity, craftsmanship, and client relationships across luxury. Their approach prioritizes humanity, trust, and long-term brand desire over efficiency alone.
A Very British Ending to NRF 2026, and a Clear Signal for Retail’s Future
Linkedln
January 14, 2026
The final evening of NRF 2026 didn’t end on the show floor. It ended a few blocks away, behind diplomatic doors, with a room full of people who understand that retail doesn’t really move forward in halls and keynotes alone, it moves forward in conversations.
Why 'Contextual Commerce' is the Real Future of Retail & And You Can See It Live at NRF
Linkedln
January 06, 2026
he retail landscape is littered with the ghosts of buzzwords past. Metaverse, Gen AI, Social Commerce, each trend arrives with prophetic urgency, yet they are merely symptoms of a deeper anxiety. They are the technological silver bullets for an industry that knows its foundations are fractured. Retail is at a strategic crossroads, a moment of reckoning where legacy thinking collides with future possibility.
The Retail Podcast Store of 2026
Linkedln
December 12, 2025
Retail leaders are tired, not because they don’t believe change is coming, but because change now arrives faster than the org chart can respond. Teams are asked to be cultural, experiential, AI-enabled, margin‑disciplined, all at once, with the exact headcount and fewer clean hours.
Retail Property Isn’t Dead. It Just Needed Better Landlords. A Conversation with Ian Sandford, President at Eurofund Group
Linkedln
December 02, 2025
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard, “Shopping centres are simple, aren’t they? You just lease the space and collect the rent.” Then you sit down with someone like Ian Sandford President Eurofund Group, and that idea disappears in about 30 seconds.
When Machines Become Customers: What Elkjøp’s Julia Paulsen Is Teaching the Industry
Linkedln
November 25, 2025
For me, that moment in my conversation with Julia Paulsen, Director of Ecommerce Nordics at Elkjøp Nordic (part of Currys), came when she described how her team now designs a full customer journey for a shopper who doesn’t breathe, doesn’t feel, and never walks into a store. It sits in your phone or laptop, it never gets tired, and it decides, faster than any of us, where the money goes.
AI, Creativity, and the 99%: Reflections from Opening Night at Web Summit Lisbon
Linkedln
November 11, 2025
Lisbon glowed like an open circuit board last night. Fifty thousand people from every corner of the tech world poured into the Altice Arena for the opening of Web Summit 2025, where anticipation mixed with curiosity in the air. As the lights dimmed, the stage became a mirror to the global mood, bold, restless, and defined by the speed of change.
One Year On: Cenomi’s AI Journey - From Dashboards to Decisions
Linkedln
November 06, 2025
Cenomi’s portfolio spans 20+ malls with two new flagship assets in partnership with Westfield. The big unlock isn’t a shiny tool; it’s visibility. You can’t “control your real estate” if you don’t know what’s happening inside it.
Five Things Friday: Retail Signals from the USA, UK, Europe & Asia
Linkedln
August 22, 2025
Consumers aren’t waiting for your quarterly plan. They’re moving with culture: from TikTok Shop to festival fields, from 50‑minute grocery to VIP suites in Riyadh. The winners are treating retail as a living system culture at the top, creators in the middle, convenience as the baseline, data and AI running the spine.
Making the Complex Simple: Inside Shopify’s Operating System for Modern Commerce Key take‑aways from my recent conversation with Bobby Morrison, CRO
Linkedln
July 16, 2025
Bobby Morrison, Shopify CRO joined me on The Retail Podcast to pull the curtain back on an operating system that now powers everything from bedroom start‑ups to Big‑Three automakers. Below is what matters for every retailer staring down migration fatigue, AI confusion, or an Excel sheet full of tariff changes.
Stanley 1913: How a 112‑Year‑Old Icon Built the Modern Hydration Movement
Linkedln
July 08, 2025
When Stanley’s legendary forest‑green flask first hit hardware counters in 1913 it solved one very simple problem: how to keep coffee hot on the jobsite. A century later that same double‑wall steel DNA is driving a global lifestyle wave that spans TikTok trends, celebrity collabs and nine‑year‑olds freezing on Saturday‑morning touchlines.
AI is Retail’s New Operating System: TCS’s Abhijit Niyogi on the Trends Shaping 2025
Linkedln
July 01, 2025
That message rang loud when I sat down with Abhijit Niyogi, Vice President and Retail Business Unit Head at Tata Consultancy Services . Decades of frontline experience have given Abhijit a panoramic view of global retail; our conversation cut through the noise and exposed the actions that will separate next year’s winners from the footnotes.
PerfectTed’s Matcha Revolt: How a Kitchen-Table Idea Redrew the Energy-Drink Map
Linkedln
June 24, 2025
The brand began with Levi, his wife Marissa and their friend Ted around a London kitchen table, frustrated that Europe’s grab-and-go drinks still ran on synthetic caffeine and sugar. Marissa, who discovered ceremonial-grade matcha while battling energy crashes at an American university library knew a gentler fuel existed.
The $2.5 Billion Retail Playbook: Why Physical Stores Are the New Meta Ads
Linkedln
June 19, 2025
That's the counterintuitive insight from my latest Five Things Friday conversation with Ryf Quail (Managing Director, NRF APAC) and Laura Doonin (Retail & Digital-Tech Advisor). For 20 minutes, we dissected how five seismic forces are reshaping retail strategy.
Retail’s Leadership Crisis: Why Women Still Can’t Reach the Top
Linkedln
May 14, 2025
In retail, we talk a lot about change digital transformation, customer behaviour, AI-driven operations. But the conversation around leadership often lags behind. Despite a diverse customer base and frontline workforce, the boardroom and C-suite remain unrepresentative, especially at the CEO level.
Prada's $1.4 Billion Versace Acquisition: Strategic Brilliance or Luxury Overreach?
Linkedln
April 11, 2025
Prada's acquisition of Versace for nearly $1.4 billion represents one of the most fascinating strategic moves in luxury fashion I've witnessed in recent years. What makes this acquisition particularly intriguing is that Prada is buying Versace precisely because it's not a natural fit - it's the polar opposite in terms of style and design.
Redefining Wellness Retail: Insights from Richard Fisher at Holland & Barrett
Linkedln
March 18, 2025
I recently sat down with Richard Fisher, one of Holland & Barrett’s design leaders, to discover how this heritage brand is evolving its stores for the future. As he spoke, one theme kept emerging: retail design isn’t about dressing up a bland space. It’s about offering people real reasons to come in, look around, and stick around.
The Future of Retail, Now: A Blueprint for the Future of Retail
Satellite Group
June 04, 2024
Retail is being redefined at a breakneck pace. The last five years haven't just changed how consumers shop-they've reshaped what they value. Today's consumers demand more than just products. They seek authenticity, seamless integration between digital and physical worlds, and experiences that matter. For businesses, the choice is clear: adapt or risk being left behind.
In The Future of Retail Now, globally recognized retail expert Alex takes you behind the scenes of the industry's evolution, revealing how to thrive in this rapidly changing landscape. Drawing on decades of experience working with global leaders like Microsoft and Verizon, Alex decodes the trends, technologies, and strategies shaping the future of commerce
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NRF VOICE 2026
National Retail Federation
January 10, 2026
Meet the 2026 NRF Retail Voices
Retail is evolving faster than ever — and the people shaping its future deserve to be seen and heard. That’s the idea behind Retail Voices by NRF, a spotlight program created in partnership with RETHINK Retail to recognize influential leaders whose insights, experience and public presence help guide the industry forward.
Now in its second year, the program honors 50 standout voices from across retail and consumer goods — from senior executives to rising luminaries — who are driving innovation, fostering community and helping others navigate change with clarity and confidence.
NRF APAC 2025 on topics central to regional retail innovation. For example, Alex hosted a keynote conversation titled “The Convenience Store Wars: How FamilyMart is forging their own path,” engaging FamilyMart’s senior executive on strategy and customer-centric innovation
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Aero Blue
January 12, 2024
In a captivating LinkedIn Live session held during the National Retail Federation 2024, Stephen Crisp, CEO of Arreoblue, engaged in a profound conversation with Alex(Ali) Rezvan, host of The Retail Podcast, shedding light on the transformative influence of AI on Retail Strategy.
Communities, sustainability, metaverse and the future of retail
Microsoft
February 08, 2022
It’s a fascinating time for retail in the UK. Retailers are learning how to adapt to this new world we’re in now. Shopping habits have changed, supply chains face emerging challenges, and whispers from the metaverse speak of brands positioning themselves in ways that would’ve seemed like science fiction less than a decade ago.
UK retail is entering a defining phase. Five Thing Friday UK
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January 23, 2026
In this episode of Five Things Friday UK, Alex and Simon break down what the rescue of Russell & Bromley by Next really signals for the British high street, why consolidation is accelerating, and what it means for heritage brands.They also explore:Why the UK may be heading toward a three-giant r
Retail, AI Reality & Gen Z Trends for 2026 | Five Things Friday UK
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January 16, 2026
Host Alex is joined by Simone Oloman, Co-Founder & CEO of Need It For Tonight (NIFT) — often described as Deliveroo for quality fashion — for an honest discussion on what retailers are really prioritising right now.In this episode, we cover:Why Middle East retail (Abu Dhabi & Saudi Arabi
NRF 2026 AI, Culture & the Future of Retail | Five Things Friday USA
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January 16, 2026
In this Five Things Friday – USA Edition, we sit down with Jill, SVP of Content at National Retail Federation (NRF), live from the largest NRF show ever.With 41,000 attendees, 1,000+ exhibitors, 550+ sessions, and 100 countries represented, Jill breaks down what actually mattered at NRF this year
APAC Retail: The $32B AI Agent Boom & TikTok Shop Trends
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December 19, 2025
How will the $32 Billion AI Agent market change APAC Retail?In this episode, Ngai Yuen Low (AEON360) and Ryf Quail (Comexposium) reveal why your product pages need to be "machine-readable" by 2028 and how TikTok Shop is evolving beyond fashion.???? Topics & Timestamps:(00:41) The "
Live Shopping, Ralph Lauren & NRF: The Real Retail Signals This Week
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December 12, 2025
It’s almost Christmas and this week’s Five Things cuts straight through the noise.Alex and Simon break down what really happened this Black Friday, why the numbers matter less than the format shift, and what live shopping and brand activations tell us about where retail is heading next.From mute
How NRF’s Big Show Is Changing: AI Stage, Q&As & 40,000 Retail Pros
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December 10, 2025
This year, NRF is turning the dial up on everything: AI, interactivity, speakers and scaling a 40,000‑person global audience.In this episode, I sit down with Jill from NRF to unpack how the team is bringing the 2026 global theme “The Next Now” to life at the Big Show in the US – and why this
How Place Vendôme Became a Top 3 Luxury Mall in the Middle East | Shane Eldstrom (CEO, United Developers)
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December 09, 2025
In this episode, recorded at MAPIC in Cannes, we sit down with Shane Eldstrom, CEO of United Developers, the company behind Place Vendôme in Qatar – a project that has already become the #3 shopping centre for high-end fashion in the entire Middle East, just a few years after opening. Shane break
Singles’ Day, Black Friday & Quick Commerce: APAC Retail’s New Peak Season
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December 04, 2025
Black Friday isn’t a day anymore. Singles’ Day now stretches across weeks. Quick commerce promises groceries in 15–30 minutes. In this APAC edition of Five Things Friday, co‑hosts Ngai Yuen Low & Ryf Quail break down how peak season is changing across China, Southeast Asia, Australia and
Inside Europe’s Retail Property Boom: Ian Sandford on Debt Markets, Placemaking & F&B Trends
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December 02, 2025
Recorded live at MAPIC 2025 in Cannes, this episode features a rare deep-dive with Ian Sandford, President of Eurofund Group, one of Europe’s most influential retail property operators. With more than €2B in assets across Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany and the UK, Eurofund sits at the centre of
John Lewis, Aubin, Joseph, Tumi & M&S: Black Friday, AI & Personal Styling | 5 Things Friday
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December 02, 2025
Black Friday isn’t a day anymore. It’s a month-long pressure cooker – and it’s forcing retailers to rethink everything from promotions to product pages.Correction note: In the episode I mention a jumper with 7% wool – the actual composition was 8% wool.Why Black Friday has morphed into “
Secrets Behind Famous Retail Success! Two Customers: Human + AI, 6% Checkout Lift, 21k Weekly Signal
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November 25, 2025
Julia Paulsen, Director of Ecommerce Nordics at Elkjøp Nordic (part of Currys plc), unpacks how to win when your store has two customers: the human and the AI assistant. We cover data quality, MACH, omnichannel execution, and the culture that turns OKRs into commercial outcomes.???? Visit Retail Ne
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Nottingham Business School of Business & Fashion
February 23, 2022
Alex Rezvan lectured at Nottingham Business School, engaging fashion students on the real-world implications of technology across the fashion industry. His sessions explored how data, digital platforms, and emerging technologies are reshaping design, supply chains, retail experiences, and brand–consumer relationships, challenging students to think beyond aesthetics and understand fashion as a technology-enabled, commercially driven ecosystem.
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Brand Homes, Not Billboards: What CMOs Can Learn from Hot Pickle’s Rupert Pick
How Does Kingfisher, Abercrombie Fitch, JD Sports Build Cross-Channel Consistency
Reinventing Retail for AI-Native Shoppers
NRF Keynote: Emma Grede and Ben Francis on Building the Next Generation of Retail Brands
A&F Co. CEO Fran Horowitz on Leadership, Culture, and Reinventing Iconic Brands
The Rise of Agentic Commerce and What AI Means for the Future of Shopping
Brieane Olson on What New Gen Z and Gen Alpha Research Means for Retail
How FairPrice Group Is Redefining Grocery Retail With AI and Omnichannel Innovation
Marine Layer's Patch Bar Shows Why Customisation Is Becoming Core to Modern Retail
Sundar Pichai's NRF Keynote Signals a New Era for AI-Powered Retail
Michael Rubin at NRF on How Fanatics Is Reinventing Sports Commerce
How LVMH Is Using AI to Strengthen Humanity, Creativity, and Luxury Experience
NRF BIG SHOW USA
Retail’s Next Big Shift: How Gen Z Shops & What It Means for Brands
Retail Operating System 2026: Speed With Meaning
Tackling Shop Theft Amidst the Cost of Living Crisis: UK Retailers Call for Action
The Future of Retail or Not?
Salesforce and Google Cloud Announce Expanded Strategic Partnership to Unlock the Power of AI, Data, and CRM
Amazon Launches Innovative Financing Program for UK Small and Medium Businesses
Daniel Zhang Steps Down as Alibaba CEO to Focus on Cloud Business
AI Revolutionizing Digital Content Creation in the Fashion Industry Generative AI
The Fashion Revolution
Left field thinking (Maybe)
Digital Transcendence
The uncomfortable truth Shoptalk Luxe didn’t say out loud: luxury has a luxury problem
A Very British Ending to NRF 2026, and a Clear Signal for Retail’s Future
Why 'Contextual Commerce' is the Real Future of Retail & And You Can See It Live at NRF
The Retail Podcast Store of 2026
Retail Property Isn’t Dead. It Just Needed Better Landlords. A Conversation with Ian Sandford, President at Eurofund Group
When Machines Become Customers: What Elkjøp’s Julia Paulsen Is Teaching the Industry
AI, Creativity, and the 99%: Reflections from Opening Night at Web Summit Lisbon
One Year On: Cenomi’s AI Journey - From Dashboards to Decisions
Five Things Friday: Retail Signals from the USA, UK, Europe & Asia
Making the Complex Simple: Inside Shopify’s Operating System for Modern Commerce Key take‑aways from my recent conversation with Bobby Morrison, CRO
Stanley 1913: How a 112‑Year‑Old Icon Built the Modern Hydration Movement
AI is Retail’s New Operating System: TCS’s Abhijit Niyogi on the Trends Shaping 2025
PerfectTed’s Matcha Revolt: How a Kitchen-Table Idea Redrew the Energy-Drink Map
The $2.5 Billion Retail Playbook: Why Physical Stores Are the New Meta Ads
Retail’s Leadership Crisis: Why Women Still Can’t Reach the Top
Prada's $1.4 Billion Versace Acquisition: Strategic Brilliance or Luxury Overreach?
Redefining Wellness Retail: Insights from Richard Fisher at Holland & Barrett
The Retail Podcast
Why Retailers Need to Avoid Falling into Tech Debt
