RTIH Innovation Awards: first judging panel members announced

Retail Technology Innovation Hub is pleased to announce the first batch of judges for its 2020 Innovation Awards.

These are:

Mike Cadden, IT Director (Sales, Marketing and Customer Services), Office Depot

Sharon Peters, Head Of Technology - Marks and Spencer, HR, Finance, Corporate Services and M&S Bank

Sophie Baron, Founder, Mamamade

Hayley Meenan-Wilkin, Web Trading Management, Ocado.com

Martin Newman, Founder, The Customer First Group

Tiffany Lung, Retail Analyst

Nadine Neatrour, Chief Customer Officer, ByTerry

Luke Phillips, Program Director, Studio Retail

Glen Richardson, CMO and CTO, Ideal Shopping Direct

Gerald Dawson, Finance Director, Forthglade Foods

Andy Mulcahy, Strategy and Insight Director, IMRG

2019 debut

The RTIH Innovation Awards got off to a great start last year, with winners including JD.com, Klarna, adidas, Walmart, Ocado and Starship Technologies

Regular readers will know that throughout 2020 we’ve been flagging up a wide range of forward thinking retail tech initiatives (examples of which can be found here and here). 

Towards the end of the year, we will be putting together a shortlist of the coolest tech plays in 2020 across the following categories:

Bricks and Mortar Innovation - SPONSORED BY C A Design Services

Supply Chain Innovation - SPONSORED BY Brightpearl

Payments Innovation

Most UK Innovative Retailer 

Most Innovative Retailer (Rest Of World)

Most Innovative Pureplay

Startup Of The Year

Best Coronavirus Innovation (new for 2020)

Technology Vendor Of The Year (new for 2020)

We will then ask our judging panel to vote for their favourites. The winners will be revealed throughout December. 

Stay tuned for further information and, if you would like to be an RTIH Innovation Awards sponsor, please email scott.thompson@retailtechinnovationhub.com for further details.

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