A tale of business triumph over adversity, an inspirational marketing story and insightful career advice were inspiring highlights for some of the UK’s future food industry leaders at last week’s ‘Taste the Future’ event in Liverpool. The event, hosted by
National Vegetarian Week 2015 is from Monday 18 to Sunday 24 May. Keep up to date with news of the week throughwww.nationalvegetarianweek.org. Now in its twenty-third year, this celebration of all things veggie is claimed to be a great time to talk about food and
The UK is leading global innovation in online grocery shopping, according to Asda president and CEO Andy Clarke. Clarke was speaking at the Grand Départ Retail Innovation Summit, held to drive an enduring economic legacy following the launch of the Tour de France
A socially connected, collaborative digital shopping mirror that links shoppers to their friends via video link, buying products by just speaking, and smart barcodes with full product information are just a few of the innovations set to change the way
The future of the retail, disruptive technology and e-commerce, and retail strategies for growth, were the hot topics on the second day of the The Consumer Goods Forum’s Global Summit yesterday (19 June 2014). Innovation and disruption Professor Tedlow, professor emeritus
The first day of The Consumer Goods Forum’s Global Summit drew to a close yesterday (18 June 2014). Taking place in Paris, the Summit has brought together over 1000 consumer goods industry leaders from around the world to discuss the
One week today, CEOs from the biggest names in the global consumer goods and retail businesses will descend on Paris to discuss the future of their industries at the Consumer Goods Forum Global Summit 2014. The Forum’s 2014 Global Summit promises to be
K3 Retail will be hosting its retail conference on Thursday, 12 June 2014 at Wokefield Park, Reading. This year the K3 Retail Conference puts the customer centre stage and looks at the whole customer journey, focusing on how to maximise
Seven out of 10 retailers feel suppliers don’t understand their operational difficulties, according to a poll carried out by Retail’s Best, the fresh, new concept in events that takes place on 29 May 2014 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole. Tackling this issue
The food industry must collaborate more and share information in order to win back consumer trust, according to speakers at British Frozen Food Federation’s annual business conference on 20 February 2014. As the government continues to talk of ‘green shoots’,
RBTE, the retail solutions show, claims it is pulling out all the stops for its retail visitors with the newly launched eCommerce Bootcamps. Attendees to these highly practical workshop sessions for retailers will be provided with hands on advice on
RBTE, a leading European retail solutions show and Eccomplished, the retail tech business accelerator, have announced the companies that are taking part in The Retail Innovation Theatre at RBTE, sponsored by Epson. The companies currently selected include: BoscaBox, Donky,
Asda, Co-op, Dune, Furniture Village, Greggs, Homebase, Hotel Chocolat, John Lewis, M&M Direct, Mothercare and The Otto Group are among the retail names appearing at the RBTE conference, 11-12 March 2014. According to event organisers, a vast range of topics
Big data analytics can create big advantages for service providers and enterprises alike as they look toward understanding what their customers are doing and saying, and analysing and making decisions based on the enormous amount of data generated by today’s digital services. Building
With data from High Fliers Research suggesting Britain’s leading graduate employers received an average of 46 applications per post this year – up from 35 in 2008 – organisations are finding it increasingly difficult to identify the best graduate talent. In response,
The Institute of Customer Service has announced representatives from leading retailers will present at its annual conference. The event, focusing on ‘Customer Service: Strategies for the new global economy’, will take place at the Lancaster London Hotel on 25 February 2014. Exploring how
Paul Martin, managing director of Boxwood’s Business Insight Unit, presented a Global Retail Outlook at the 41st IFM conference in Paris last week. The award winning management consultancy outlined the key future trends and innovation in retail to an audience of over 1,000 of France
The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) global marketing, IT and supply chain conference featured a full programme of speakers from the world of retail and manufacturing. Dick Boer, president & CEO of Royal Ahold and co-chair of The Consumer Goods Forum,
On the 12 November 2013 at the Royal Society, the UK’s medical healthcare regulatory body MHRA will participate in a ground breaking meeting with over 200 international health professionals, e-cigarette stakeholders, scientists, policymakers and public health professionals to discuss the future
The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) global marketing, IT and supply chain conference kicked off yesterday following Wednesday’s store tour programme. Combining shared plenary sessions and individual streams for marketing, IT and supply chain, the event welcomed close to 300 delegates
A new event with big ambitions to shake up the wine industry is launching in the UK. Wine Vision is a three-day conference taking place between 18– 20 November 2013 at the London Film Museum, County Hall on London’s South Bank. With an
The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) has announced the complete line-up of speakers presenting at the Operational Excellence Conference. Held at the Novotel West London from 6-8 November 2013, the global event brings together experts from three key workstreams – marketing, IT and
Retailers must be prepared to maximise the customer experience at all possible touch points in the multi-channel era where 72% of the UK population owns a smartphone and 50% use them to make purchases, experts warn. Maximising customer engagement across all
Organisers of the Free From Food Summit, the Food and Drink Innovation Network, will be focusing on the implications of new EU regulations on allergens for foodservice operators. Under the new regulations coming into force in December 2014, all foodservice
An employee from Spar wholesaler, AF Blakemore, has completed a 227 mile cycle challenge from Holyhead to Pontypool in aid of the Bristol Children’s Hospital. Iestyn Rhodes from AF Blakemore’s IT Support team raised £1,000 for Bristol Children’s Hospital by
