Ian Jindal

Leadership and transformation in multichannel retail and eCommerce

Category: Speaking

  • Speaking on the Global Elite at Rakuten’s “Dealmaker Europe”

    Speaking on the Global Elite at Rakuten’s “Dealmaker Europe”

    Rakuten Advertising’s global event series, Dealmaker, landed in London for the European leg, and it was an exuberant affair held at The Brewery in the City. The event was buzzy and had that working+partying vibe from the outset. A great mix of (hard work) sessions for experts, with industry trends, case studies and collaboration all…

  • Keynote at Oracle OpenWorld London’s retail track

    It was a pleasure to join Oracle again for a post-NRF round-up of what’s new and interesting in retail.  I spoke about my impressions of NRF, gave information on the store tour I ran, and also gave some highlights of the RetailX Top500 UK that we were about to publish… You can see the Reports…

  • Speaking at GPeC conference in Bucharest on the Top500

    Looking forward to visiting Romania for the first time to speak at the GPeC ecommerce summit in Bucharest on 27 & 28 May. Here’s the video covering what I’ll be presenting, and I’ll update later with any photos…

  • HMV – media commentary

    HMV – media commentary

    HMV announced on 28 December, 2018 that they were appointing KPMG as administrators, following  “a “tsunami” of retail challenges, including business rate levels and the move to digital”, according to Hilco, the restructuring group who rescued the retailer in 2013. This is sad news for the retail sector, and for music-lovers who remember the age…

  • Speaking at NetcomSuisse’s “E-nnovation” event in Baden on “AI in multichannel retail”

    Speaking at NetcomSuisse’s “E-nnovation” event in Baden on “AI in multichannel retail”

    It was a pleasure to travel to Baden (not far from Zurich) to present at the E-nnovation Week (https://e-nnovationweek.com/) event. Congratulations to Carlo Terreni and his team for putting on an impressive multitrack, multiday conference and expo. I took as my theme the growing role of AI (Artificial Intelligence) in multichannel retail… what is it,…

  • “Consumerism” Megatrend – a speech at the EU’s Joint Research Centre

    “Consumerism” Megatrend – a speech at the EU’s Joint Research Centre

    I was invited to address the EU’s Joint Research Centre team as part of their series on Megatrends. I took as my theme the changes in consumerism and how they would affect not only retailers and consumption in the short term, but also the relationships between state, services, brands and commerce. It was a stimulating…

  • Speaking at STEP in Denmark on marketplaces in Europe…

    Thanks to the team at STEP for a great afternoon of digital discussion in Odense in September. They kindly did a video that sums up the sessions…https://www.instagram.com/p/BorFK3Iibas/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

  • Keynote at Ometria conference

    It was my pleasure to open the Ometria Lifecycle conference with a keynote on ‘Connecting with the Connected Customer’ – one of my persistent themes, focused on how retailers and brands can connect effectively and profitably with demanding consumers. Taking insights from the IREU Top500 I looked at 6 challenges that retailers need to overcome…

  • Speaking at ShopTalk, Copenhagen

    ShopTalk had their first European ‘outing’ in Copenhagen in October, with a three-day event that gathered some 2.500 delegates for three days of networking, meetings, keynotes and presentations. The IR team was there for the whole event and we were busy from dawn until (nearly the next) dawn catching up with retailers and innovative vendors…

  • eCommerce Trends 2017 in Warsaw

    Looking forward to speaking at the upcoming eCommerce Trends Poland. This will be the fourth time I’ve spoken at the NoNoobs-organised event and there’s always been a full house and lively discussion.This time I’m taking ‘competing with/alongside Amazon’ as my theme. Amazon is of interest to Polish merchants for both the growth opportunity and the…