Five retail technology lessons from last week
RTIH takes a not always serious look back at another eventful week for the retail technology space.
1. CNBC’s Jim Cramer thinks GameStop should convert its stores into crypto information centres
“Worldwide gaming with no latency”. Lubbly bubbly.
.@jimcramer has a plan to fix $GME valuation: "Turn it into a crypto-information palace and you have worldwide gaming with no latency ... that's the plan and it's better than anybody I've seen." #btc #bitcoin #wsb pic.twitter.com/cNq0jfbGDr
— Squawk Box (@SquawkCNBC) February 25, 2021
2. Iceland Foods boss Richard Walker likes a bit of Daft Punk
It’s Sunday, the sun is shining, so excuse us while we put on Da Funk and have a little dance…
Please can @BBCr4today play more Daft Punk?! Cheered my morning up no end!
— Richard Walker (@icelandrichard) February 23, 2021
3. It took Shopify over a decade to become an overnight success
Patience is the name of the game. It took @Shopify over a decade to become an overnight success. Keep at it. https://t.co/R8mZ3uEvqd
— Harley Finkelstein (@harleyf) February 23, 2021
4. The rise and rise of brand Rishi
It’s getting increasingly difficult to distinguish parody from reality on Twitter.
Over the next few weeks I'm speaking to industry leaders and experts to hear how they've reacted to the pandemic.
— Rishi Sunak (@RishiSunak) February 18, 2021
It starts tomorrow with @GordonRamsay who sat down with me to talk about the challenges facing hospitality and how he launched a TV show in lockdown. #PlanForJobs pic.twitter.com/dk1pYjHsts
5. It’s impossible to go in an Aldi store and only come out with a few bits
We tried it last week. It did not end well.
Just going in for a few bits #AisleOfAldi pic.twitter.com/JwsJnFVC7U
— Aldi Stores UK (@AldiUK) February 26, 2021