RTIH Top 100 Retail Technology Influencers List: 70 to 61

The latest edition of the RTIH Top 100 Retail Technology Influencers List has arrived! Here are the people who made a splash in 2021 and are set for a barnstorming 2022.

RTIH has scoured the retail technology world to find the most influential figures for this comprehensive list of people and trends that shaped the industry in 2021 and will continue to drive it further in 2022.

2021 was a year like no other.

With Covid-19 continuing to drive a seismic change in shopping habits, and the likes of checkout free stores, rapid delivery services, the metaverse and NFTs breaking through to the mainstream, it was one of the most eventful years in the history of retail tech.

But behind all the news headlines stood the people who worked on and contributed to the development of the retail tech space.

Enter the RTIH Top 100 Retail Technology Influencers List. Profiles will be published daily in batches of ten, with this article running through 70 to 61 (check out 100 to 91, 90 to 81 and 80 to 71 here, here and here).

Following that, the full list of influencers will be released here.

Rich Corbridge

Twitter bio: CIO @BootsUK | Advisor @SilverBuck_UK | Chair of BESTS @RCSI_Irl | #Digital #CIO #Health #Retail #TechAtBoots #CookBooks #House #Ibiza #Family | Own Views.

Matt Bradley

Matt is Event Director at Retail Technology Show, which will take place at London’s Olympia on 26th-27th April.

Mike Cadden

LinkedIn bio: Immediately available IT Director/CIO/Programme Manager.

Catherine Shuttleworth

Twitter bio: ceo and founder of savvy marketing, retail commentator permanently curious and always on look out for great ideas

Martin Newman

Twitter bio: The Consumer Champion. Founder http://CustomerServiceAction.com Agent: http://KnightAyton.co.uk New book out now: http://bit.ly/PowerofCX

Christine Russo

LinkedIn bio: Leading Industry Analyst, Moderator, Advisory Board: metaverse, brands, fashion, tech, global retail for Brands, Retailers, Academics, Consultants, Media, Journalism, Tech Founders, Urbanists, Developers, Real Estate.

Greg Deacon

Twitter bio: CCO @jispapp | Building a connected convenience world | Retail Media | Supporting and championing Independent Retail | #AR | #ScanandSave | #QR #Retail

Megan Ludlow

LinkedIn bio: On the search for innovative businesses to help turbocharge M&S's digital transformation.

Trevor Sumner

Twitter bio: CEO of @perchexperience, reinventing #retail, founder of LocalVox, tech exec, #NYC native, amateur chef & global #scuba diver.

Bryan Roberts

Twitter bio: High quality tweets about shops, Haribo, mushrooms, burgers & football.

How do we identify the top 100?

We use a variety of sources to select our top 100, including feedback from industry observers, research within our own networks, direct or third party nominations via our website, and social media tools.

In addition to social presence, we also take into account award winners, event speakers, books published, media appearances, and people building innovative companies, solutions etc in the retail space.