‘Change is a constant’: Retail Technology Show is back and responding to retailers’ demands

Registrations for Retail Technology Show 2023 are now open.

The show will take place at London’s Olympia on 26th-27th April.

New for 2023, a newly expanded show floor will see the Retail Technology Show showcase even more cutting-edge tech. 

It will add an additional 2,000m2 of exhibition space by expanding into Olympia’s National Hall in addition to the Grand Hall that hosted last year’s show. 300+ innovators – from tech’s biggest players, fast growth disruptors and startups - will showcase their solutions. 

“Events like RTS show the best of what’s available - the best tech, the best ideas – and at the end of the day it’s about meeting people, and retail is all about people,” says Mike Logue, former CEO of Dreams.

Returning for 2023, the expanded Discovery Zone will give retailers a first look at the newest next-gen tech on offer, while the Startup Safaris, which offer a preview tour of the hotbed of innovation coming out of the startup community, is back by popular demand. 

Meanwhile, innovation will once again be celebrated at the event with Retail Technology Show’s Innovation Awards.

With six tracks including leadership and culture, e-commerce, customer obsession, payments and supply chain, each session on the conference programme has been vetted by Retail Technology Show’s Advisory Board, a group of 40+ industry leaders, including Morrisons, M&S, Deliveroo, Currys, Farfetch and Sweaty Betty

Retail Technology Show 2023 sees the return of industry favourites, including the Big Party on day one hosted at the Champagne Bar, private lunches for peer-to-peer mingling and discussion hosted by Mastercard and Zebra, as well as the Retailers’ Lounge, sponsored by Toshiba. 

Matt Bradley, Event Director at the Retail Technology Show, comments: “We know that change is a constant.”

“Having already showed resilience and fortitude during the pandemic, retailers now face new, but not unfamiliar, tests as economic headwinds and the cost-of-living create new challenges, while grappling with opportunities to reinvent sustainably driven business operations as well as new retail dimensions, such as the metaverse.”

“Everything is to play for – and that’s why we had to make sure the Retail Technology Show was ready to respond to retailers’ needs. And that means delivering a golden ticket event – more cutting edge tech, more hotly debated insight and a show that helps retailers unlock the answers they need to thrive and survive.”