Digital retailer N Brown Group taps into SCAYLE, Dynatrace, Fynd and Amazon Web Services technology expertise
Last week, the digital operations team at N Brown Group, N Brown, the parent company of JD Williams, Simply Be and Jacamo, attended N-Spire Day, an annual event built to challenge how it thinks, spark new ideas and stretch its skills and capabilities.
In a LinkedIn post, Christopher Williamson, Group Director of Technology at N Brown Group, said: “We were joined by four brilliant companies who each brought a different lens on where technology and retail are heading: SCAYLE, Dynatrace, Fynd and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Their sessions gave the team fresh perspectives to take back into our day-to-day work. I also ran an Ask Me Anything session with the team - open, honest conversation across the organisation is exactly the culture we want to keep building at N Brown.”
He added: “A huge thank you to our presenters for your time, energy and expertise, and to our teams for high engagement levels throughout the day (pizza helped). Days like this matter - they keep us curious, connected and ready for what's next.”
So hot right now
Fynd is included in RTIH’s first ever Retail Technology Hot 100 List. Launching in August, this sees us bringing you the hottest companies whose solutions and systems are helping drive the retail sector forward.
Our Founder and Editor, Scott Thompson, drew up a list of 150 companies that had consistently been on his radar over the past 12 months whilst bringing our community the latest retail tech news and views that matter. These companies operate across the omnichannel retail landscape (stores, online, mobile, supply chain, payments etc).
Our judging panel, including Vineta Bajaj, Group CFO, Holland & Barrett, Dan McGrath, JD Group Customer Operations, JD Sports, Dr. Astha Purohit, Director of Product Management, Customer Data and Identity, Walmart, and Paula Bobbett, Chief Data and Digital Officer, Boots, provided feedback on those who have the most innovative, forward thinking technology offerings and are also best addressing retailers' current challenges, painpoints, and opportunities.
The judges used the following framework when making their picks:
1. Retailer problem fit - how meaningful, strategic, and widely felt the retailer pain being addressed is.
2. Production traction in retail (2025–2026) - real named retailer deployments, pilots.
3. Innovation and defensibility - genuine technical novelty paired with a defensible competitive position.
And there was also a public vote, with thousands of members of our community of retail tech enthusiasts getting involved. Thanks to all those who took part! Based on the judging panel's feedback and the public vote, we then drew up our first ever RTIH Retail Technology Hot 100.
So, without further ado, here are the 100 hottest global retail technology ventures right now. Drum roll, please…
