Bamboo Rose appoints Steve Gordon as Vice President, Head of Planning and Analytics

Bamboo Rose has announced the appointment of Steve Gordon as Vice President, Head of Planning and Analytics.

Gordon, whose CV includes stints at Impact Analytics and The Parker Avery Group, will focus his efforts on Bamboo Rose Plan, the company’s merchandise planning solution within the AI native TotalPLM platform.

He will work with internal teams and external stakeholders to drive Bamboo Rose’s go to market strategy and revenue growth, while helping shape how it brings planning and analytics capabilities to market.

“Having spent most of my career working with planning and analytics software across retail and CPG, I’m passionate about helping customers solve high value business problems. I look forward to working with the Bamboo Rose team and our customers to continue driving growth and delivering impactful solutions,” he says.

“We are extremely excited to welcome Steve to Bamboo Rose,” says Matt Stevens, CEO at Bamboo Rose. “Through bi-directional connections from planning to every element of our TotalPLM platform, we enable smarter decisions across the entire retail lifecycle that drive better results aligned with business goals. Steve’s deep experience in retail planning and analytics will help us deliver even greater insight for our customers.”

2026 RTIH Innovation Awards

AI will be a key focus area at the 2026 RTIH Innovation Awards.

The awards are now open for entries and celebrate global retail technology innovation in a fast moving omnichannel world.

Our winners will be revealed at the 2026 RTIH Innovation Awards Ceremony, taking place at The HAC in Central London on Wednesday, 4th November.

Check out our 2025 winners here.

Our 2025 hall of fame entrants were revealed during a sold out event which took place at The HAC on 16th October and consisted of a drinks reception, three course meal, and awards ceremony presided over by award winning comedian, actress and writer Tiff Stevenson.

In his welcome speech, Scott Thompson, Founder and Editor, RTIH, said: “This is the awards’ fifth year as a physical event. We started off with just 30 people at the South Place Hotel not far from here, then moved to London Bridge Hotel, then The Barbican, and last year RIBA’s HQ in the West End.”

“But I’m conscious of the fact that, to quote the legend that is Taylor Swift, You’re only as hot as your last hit, baby. So, this year we’ve moved to our biggest venue yet, and also pulled in our largest number of entries to date and broken attendance records.”

He added: “This year’s submissions have without doubt been our best yet. To quote one of the judges: The examples of innovative developments across both traditional and digital retail spaces were truly remarkable.”

Congratulations to our winners, and a big thank you to our sponsors, judging panel, the legend that is Tiff Stevenson, and all those who attended our 2025 gathering.