Clarks Shoes brings in Simon Clarke as CIO
British shoe manufacturer and retailer Clarks has appointed Simon Clarke as Chief Information Officer.
Clarke joins from La Perla where he also served as CIO.
His CV also includes stints at Oxford University Press (Group Supply Chain Director), Enotria Winecellars (Supply Chain and IT Director), and Faconnable (Group Logistics & IT Director).
2021 RTIH Innovation Awards
Clarks was among the nominees in the Technology implementation of the year (UK) category at the 2021 RTIH Innovation Awards.
It made the shortlist for its work with Wunderkind to help identify website visitors and capture higher volumes of consumer opt in data, enabling the retailer to send personalised, effective communications via email and other channels.
Sofology/Hullabalook emerged victorious in this category.
Hullabalook teamed with Sofology to build ‘Create Your Look’, a 2D room builder which lets customers explore the retailer’s full product range in one place, and create exciting product combinations in room settings to help really visualise what products will look best in their homes.
B&Q and Marxent, meanwhile, were highly commended.
B&Q has gone from offering a siloed in-store kitchen planning service, to an all new omnichannel approach to creating customers’ dream homes.
It has deployed a cloud-based 3D Kitchen Planner that enables retail staff to work in-person or virtually with shoppers looking to remodel or design a kitchen.
Scott Thompson, Editor and Founder of RTIH, said: “Innovation and technology play a critical role in the success of the retail sector, so it was great to recognise standout examples through our awards.”
“Competition was tougher than ever, so to emerge victorious was no mean feat.”
“Congratulations to our winners and highly commended companies. And thank you to our 2021 judging panel; their assistance in producing the winners list was hugely appreciated.”
