Author: Ian Jindal
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RetailCraft 29 – ”By no means stereotypical” – logistics, cannabis, data, pivots…
Available on Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retailcraft-29-by-no-means-stereotypical-logistics/id1418542382?i=1000549506060 As we return to the studio, this is a conversation full of surprises, of twists, turns and revelations, and it’s one of those serendipitous discussions that just leave you thinking “wow”. We hear from Claire Bottle, the new-ish CEO of the UK Warehousing Association. Claire covers the serendipity that led…
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RetailCraft 28 – ”Unlearning, to relearn” – Greg Duce of Reckitt
Available via Apple Podcast – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retailcraft-28-unlearning-to-relearn-greg-duce-of-reckitt/id1418542382?i=1000546507890 Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC is a British multinational consumer goods company. Formed some 200 years ago it is a stalwart of the FTSE100 and turns over some £14bn (2020). It owns some global powerhouse brands in the health/hygiene/nutrition space, many of which are part of the fabric of UK society…
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RetailCraft 27 – “Attainable and Sustainable” – AnotherTomorrow.co
Podcast with Vanessa Barboni Hallik of Another Tomorrow (https://lnkd.in/eRardBc8) At the intersection of sustainability, design and technology, Another Tomorrow is an inspiring, lucid and enlightening startup that ‘bakes in’ the circular economy to its whole business model. The founder and CEO, Vanessa Barboni Hallik, kindly invited me to her Bleeker Street store when I was in #NYC a fortnight ago, and despite the early…
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RetailX Nexus – launch of our retail ‘think tank’
RetailX marks its return to face-to-face events with the launch of the first RetailX Nexus event, to be held this autumn. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, RetailX was known for its in-person events, from roundtables and private dinners to think tank meetings. Now the company, an InternetRetailing sister company, is unveiling a landmark return to face-to-face,…
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The 2020 Sustainability Report
Download our #Sustainability Report 2020 to discover how retailers are improving their sustainability throughout the full retail value chain, and embracing the circular economy. A fantastic report by Emma Herrod and the RetailX / InternetRetailing team. 52 pages of facts, case studies and analysis, including: — Zalando SE was the first retailer to make it compulsory for the brands selling via its platform to measure…
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RetailCraft 21 – “One-way and two-way doors” – Chris Poad, Managing Director, Online at Tesco PLC
Chris Poad, Managing Director, Online at Tesco PLC joins us in the studio for a wide-ranging and extensive discussion. Fresh from a series of senior roles at Amazon (heading Fulfilment by Amazon, then Director, Amazon Business International), Chris has returned to the UK to take up the reins at Tesco’s online activities – just in…
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RetailCraft 20 – “60,000 in 90 days” – Mark Wright of Fat Face and Murray Lambell of eBay UK
A bumper edition for the stifling dog-days of August! We kick off with an in-depth chat with Mark Wright, Group Operations Director at Fat Face. Mark’s got an incredible track record in retail – online, offline and multichannel – with stints as head of trading at M&S and as Managing Director, Omnichannel and Jack Wills.…
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RetailCraft 19 – “Make your gran proud” – Lockdown with The Hut Group’s Aaron Winsloe and AO.com CEO and Founder John Roberts
Still in lockdown limbo, we use the internet to speak with two guests from the beauty and electricals sectors. First up is Aaron Winsloe, the Head of eCommerce USA for The Hut Group. We spoke with Aaron in his new office just before the group results were announced – an impressive 24% revenue growth to…
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RetailCraft episode 18 – Pet Mate and The Watch Shop
As Lockdown continued, we caught up with our guests ‘over the web’. Our first guest is Gracia Amico: chair, non-executive advisor and experienced CEO. In the past, she’s held senior digital and commercial roles at Burberry, TopShop and Hobbs, as well as CEO at Pets Pyjamas. After a period as Head of Digital Operations at…
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Alexander Wang Inc and De Bijenkorf join our ‘Lockdown Listening’ #Retailcraft podcast, episode 17
Thoroughly grounded in London, I luckily had some interviews from the ’time when travel was allowed’ and so we hear from Rikard Frost, Chief Consumer Officer of Alexander Wang Inc, when we visited him in New York City in January 2020. Then, further back in time, we chat with Pieter Heij, Multichannel Director at De…