Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors The Retail Conference can continue to offer FREE attendance to retailers. To find out what our sponsors say about us see the video below.
The Retail Conference Organisers - Retail Acumen
Retail Acumen deliver deep, detailed analysis and insights into business performance for retail multiples. Our specialist team leverage their love of detailed data analytics, combined with a deep understanding of the retail sector, to uncover practical, easily implementable, optimisation opportunities. Our clients benefit from recommendations that identify simple business change that will achieve maximum performance improvement, fast.
No professional can be expected to take a business decision with confidence without evidence to back it up. At Retail Acumen it is our job to arm decision makers with the information they need to confidently proceed with changes that will significantly improve business performance in 4 key areas to:
Increase Sales
Intensify Assortment
Improve Return on Space, or,
Optimise Supply Chain
To find out more contact Retail Acumen on 0844 4145153 or visit www.retailacumen.com
K3 deliver multi-channel solutions based on Microsoft technology to retailers helping them create joined up shopping experiences for their customers whether they choose to buy on-line, direct or in-store.
Our solutions are modular - meaning you can build your business at the pace you want, without disruption to your current operation. K3 offer swift ways to better your business across:
Merchandise Management, Pricing & Promotions, Business intelligence
Back Office, Warehousing & Distribution
Financials, Loss Prevention, HR & Payroll, Staff Scheduling
With more than 18 years experience in delivering business solutions, K3 have grown to become the UK's leading supplier of Microsoft Dynamics in retail. As a Gold Level Partner we offer a clearly defined roadmap and a product with a proven track record backed up by a $2 billion annual investment in Research and Development.
Customers that have benefited from a K3 retail solution include: Adidas, Alliance Boots, Agent Provocateur, American Golf, Beales, Booths, Carpetright, Clinton Cards, Dobbies Garden Centres, Dreams, Gamestation, GameStop, Jigsaw, Kiddicare, Leekes, National Gallery, Rugby Football Union, Ryman the Stationers, Shoon, Smyths Toys, Space NK, The Steinhoff Group and The White Company.
Conference Sponsor - e-mphasis: Internet Marketing
e-mphasis is an internet marketing agency that specialises in providing search marketing and social media marketing to clients whose customers are consumers - specifically to clients in retail, travel, hospitality and leisure.
e-mphasis was founded by Andrew Rayner, who has been working with internet related technologies since the internet itself came into existence! Andrew is considered to be a search marketing expert and, with the team at e-mphasis, he has developed innovative techniques to enable clients to get found online for their desired search terms.
e-mphasis offers search engine optimisation (SEO), social media marketing (SMM) and also developed a unique offering called Google Places Optimisation (GPO) - ideal for multi-channel search marketing.
Google Places Optimisation, unlike high cost pay per click (PPC) campaigns, puts clients onto page 1 of Google for a fixed monthly fee. This is currently being trialed by Tesco Phone Shops, and is presenting some great results!
This highly targeted approach to Internet Marketing is a hugely untapped area of online marketing strategy and one which is now beginning to generate interest and excitement from other major UK retail brands. Andrew will be speaking during several of the break-out sessions at The Retail Conference about Google Places Optimisation, so, as a delegate you will have the chance to find out more about this exciting development for retail internet marketing.
For more information contact Andrew Rayner on 0844 4145159 or 07730 075127 or email him - getresults@e-mphasis.com
The retail industry in the United Kingdom is becoming increasingly more competitive, and it is predicted to grow more than 15 percent in the next five years. Consumers have more choices than ever before. What makes them choose one retailer over another? It all boils down to the experience. Only by continuously measuring, analysing and improving customer satisfaction, can a retailer increase customer loyalty.
Service Management Group (SMG) is a forward-thinking research agency conducting store-level, ongoing customer experience measurement and analysis in more than 90,000 locations worldwide. SMG integrates this customer research into actionable business intelligence and service improvement tools for retail, restaurant and service-based companies, linking results to financial performance.
SMG works with several U.K. brands including Superdrug, Burger King, TK Maxx, Pets at Home, and TGI FRIDAY's, helping them improve customer loyalty using proven methods for ongoing success.
For more details please visit the website at www.smg.com/UK
Manthan Systems is a leader in Business Intelligence and Analytics solutions exclusively focused on the Retail and CPG enterprises. Manthan's expertise spans the entire range of retail segments and formats and includes the best names in retail such as Ecco, Crocs, Woolworth, Game Stores Group, eVanity, McDonalds and the Robinsons Retail Group.
The company is based in India, with sales offices in the USA, Europe and S. E. Asia. The name 'Manthan' is a metaphor from Indian mythology for the vast, churning sea of data and the valuable Business Intelligence available within an enterprise's datamarts. Manthan was a recipient of the International Stevie Award for the 'Most Innovative Company' in 2011 and was recognised, for the fourth consecutive year since 2008, as one of the 50 fastest-growing companies in India and among the 500 fastest-growing in the APAC region, by the Deloitte Fast 50 India and Fast 500 Asia-Pacific awards.
Manthan's advanced, analytics solutions, under the brand name ARC, offer role-based, guided analytics and a wide array of retail-specific dashboards and preconfigured KPIs enabling superior decision-support across the entire retail decision-making spectrum. ARC's comprehensive analytics capabilities extend to retail functions such as merchandising, supply chain, customer relations, finance, mall management, speciality retail and enterprise retail BI.
The ARC solution suite is available on the iPad making decision-making on the move a reality across every level in a retail organization. The latest innovation from Manthan is the ARC 3rdi - a futuristic analytics product that transitions Business Intelligence from an information system into the realm of implementation. It assures retailers of accurate decision-support and effectively sees to it that these decisions are implemented through the right execution systems.
For more information, visit
www.manthansystems.com
Shutl solves eCommerce's greatest and longest standing problem - delivery.
Retailers are now able to offer shoppers 2 groundbreaking delivery options:
Immediate delivery within as little as 90 minutes ('Shutl Now')
Convenient delivery within a 1 hour window of their choice ('Shutl Later')
Shutl delivers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Shoppers can track their orders in real time on a GPS enabled map. If simply making your customers ecstatic isn't enough for you, Shutl is also proven to dramatically improve average order value & conversion rate!
Retailers currently using Shutl include Argos, Laithwaites and Aurora Fashions. At The Retail Conference Shutl and one of their happy customers will be giving a talk about what a difference Shult has made to their retail business.
Neoworks is a multi-channel e-commerce consulting and solution provider with over 15 years of experience.
We are fluent in the merchandising, marketing and financial aspects of retailing and this understanding helps us get to the right solution for our clients in the most effective way. We have successfully delivered consultancy and technology solutions for a range of leading global businesses, such as Toys 'R' Us, The Entertainer, Royal Doulton, BT, Levis Europe, Target Australia, Pirelli and hybris.
We pride ourselves on being expert in everything that starts or ends with a shopping basket and we are looking forward to welcome you at the retail conference.
Cubewise is a professional consulting firm that specialises in the design and implementation of custom Business Planning, Reporting and Analytical applications. Utilising the IBM Cognos platform, our unique blend of skills and expertise in both business and technology distinguishes us from other software consultants. As successful finance and business professionals, we approach technology from a business perspective.
Cubewise have implemented some of the largest Cognos TM1 systems in the world in terms of users, data size & complexity. IBM themselves have chosen Cubewise to implement these systems on their behalf. With rigorous internal controls around Best Practice Quality Assurance, Cubewise have been awarded IBM's TM1 Partner of the Year for the last 2 years.
Our goal is to provide our clients with Cognos 8 & Cognos TM1 solutions that enable analysis of business challenges and provide opportunities to facilitate collaboration and insight throughout their organisations. We have an undiluted focus and only employ expert Cognos consultants in order to ensure we deliver successful and value-added business intelligence solutions quickly, painlessly and most importantly, affordably.
Cubewise retail is a specialist division of Cubewise and was formed to meet the growing appreciation of the need for Business Performance Management solutions across the retail industry.
We currently service more than 25 retailers ranging from large department stores to smaller specialty chains including fashion, food, home wares and coffee. Our clients are across Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East and Europe.
We are a Premium IBM Partner and have been awarded the IBM Cognos Financial Management Performance Partner of the Year (Asia-Pacific) for the past two years. We are currently the IBM Cognos Software Partner of the Year (NSW/ACT.)
The Retail Conference Chosen Charity - Retail Trust
Retail Trust is the national retail charity, with the aim to provide support and assistance to people working in, or retired from, the retail industry when they or their families need it.
They provide accomodation for people who have retired from the retail industry at five estates across the UK. For those who have retired or are still working in retail a Helpline is provided which gives access to support, information, legal advice, counselling and financial assistance if required.
Retail Trust is working to implement a strategic plan that will define it as a modern and dynamic organisation continually increasing its value to all employees across the retail sector. This involves the development of services, expanding the Helpline, increasing the award of financial grants, committing to a major refurbishment programme across all their existing estates, and adding to their portfolio of retirement estates across the UK.
They are also developing additional services for people working in the retail sector, particularly in the area of education, training and lifelong learning.
They have an active fundraising program, including an exciting events schedule, corporate fundraising, and grants from Trusts and Foundations, which supports their core activities and the expansion of their services. For details see www.retailtrust.org.uk
