Jo Hickson departs Tesco and the UK to head up Innovation Lab at H&M Group in Stockholm, Sweden

Jo Hickson has left Tesco, where she spent the past five years and held the role of Head of Labs, Tesco Technology and Group Innovation, to join H&M Group.

Her new role will see her leave the UK, and start work as Lab Director for H&M Group in Stockholm next week.

In a LinkedIn post, she said: “Five years at Tesco has gone by all too quickly. I've loved the job, the team, the company. An absolute privilege to lead Tesco Labs and be part of Tesco Technology.”

“I will miss our team so much. Will also be missing England too, as I head to an exciting new life in Stockholm.”

RTIH Top 100 Retail Technology Influencers List

Hickson is included in the latest edition of the RTIH Top 100 Retail Technology Influencers List, sponsored by 3D Cloud by Marxent.

This brings you the people who made a splash in 2023 and are set for a barnstorming 2024.

RTIH has scoured the retail technology world to find the most influential figures for this comprehensive list of people and trends that shape the industry and help drive it forward.

We’re living in unprecedented times.

The Covid-19 outbreak and cost-of-living crisis have driven a seismic change in shopping habits.

We are seeing retailers taking innovative technologies like AR, AI, and spatial computing, and finding ways to use them to make customer experiences more exciting and dynamic.

Which is where the RTIH Top 100 Retail Technology Influencers List comes in, presented, we should stress, in no particular order.

Such disruption requires new ways of problem solving and thought leaders who can both evangelise and execute on the likes of digital transformation and omnichannel success.

We hope you enjoy reading through it and, as always, if you would like to give feedback or believe that there are some glaring omissions, please feel free to get in touch via the form at the end of this article.

Many thanks to 3D Cloud by Marxent, which provides 3D product visualisation software trusted by top furniture and DIY retailers, for sponsoring it.

Download the list in pdf format here.

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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 and judges, event speakers, books published, media appearances, and people building innovative companies, solutions etc in the retail space.