Retail Insider

Retailinsider.com is a complimentary blog/website designed for subscribers, dedicated to its motto of ‘Exploring what lies beneath the surface of the high street, online, and in the City’. This platform goes beyond typical news reporting by providing a blend of perspectives and analysis on the retail sector, sprinkled with some engaging content from the leisure industry. Recently, the site has expanded its offerings with a variety of hand-picked columnists and features like Q&A sessions with prominent e-commerce and multi-channel retailers, as well as the ‘Innovative Retailers’ series.

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Coffee consolidation

1 month ago | retailinsider.com | Glynn Davis

Joining coffee shop loyalty programmes has never really been my thing as I tend to use many different venues, and having a wallet – virtual or real – stuffed with loyalty cards has always felt like too much of a faff. But I’ve reassessed this view as I’m now calculating that one free coffee for every ten purchased is clearly the equivalent of 10% off the price of each cup. This wasn’t a particularly big deal until now.
Disruptors & Innovators in Retail 2025 Top 30 report launches

1 month ago | retailinsider.com | Glynn Davis

Retail Insider is pleased to launch the ‘Disruptors & Innovators in Retail’ Top 30’ report in partnership with the Retail Technology Show. This annual report champions progressive individuals from across the retail sector, who are fundamentally impacting the constantly changing retail landscape. From industry veterans to rising stars and high achievers, the report highlights the best examples of individuals whose disruptive approaches are redefining retail.
B2B Themes and Trends from National Retail Federation

1 month ago | retailinsider.com | Glynn Davis

The dust has settled on Retail’s Big Show, organised by the National Retail Federation (NRF), in New York City and we now wanted to take stock of what we witnessed at the annual bonanza of IT vendors and retailers looking to successfully map out the future of the sector. This year around 40,000 people visited from 105 countries representing 6,200 brands.
Improving the workplace

1 month ago | retailinsider.com | Glynn Davis

Ikea’s new store in London’s Oxford Street has just received the highest number of applications for jobs ever for the global retailer, as it was flooded with 3,730 applications for just 150 roles. This incredible number was received within only five days of posting, and such was the influx of CVs that the application process had to be shut down.
Retail Insider partners with FUTR Europe

2 months ago | retailinsider.com | Glynn Davis

Retail Insider is looking forward to attending FUTR Europe 2025 as a media partner on April 24 to enjoy a day of high-profile speakers and 400-500 carefully selected attendees from the world of retail, marketing, and commerce. As well as meeting and networking with senior leaders from renowned brands, retailers, and industry disruptors over 75 thought-leaders have been brought together to present and share their insights on the future of commerce.
Creative ways to tackle cost pressures

2 months ago | retailinsider.com | Glynn Davis

Any conversations I’ve had with hospitality and retail business leaders in recent months have invariably worked their way around to the issue of labour costs. There cannot be a single management team across these sectors that is not worried about rising costs and is carefully crunching the numbers to see how to maximise the value from its employees.
AI: enhancement rather than replacement

2 months ago | retailinsider.com | Glynn Davis

My annual mid-January trip to New York City for the world’s premier retail technology event, Retail’s Big Show, organised by the National Retail Federation (NRF), highlighted how there is no escaping artificial intelligence (AI). Since last year’s event, it has arguably gone from a hyped-up technology looking for a home to a game-changer that is now genuinely impacting all parts of the retail sector.
HR technology built by HR

Dec 10, 2024 | retailinsider.com | Glynn Davis

It is stating the blindingly obvious that recruitment is a people business and unlike other parts of the retail industry it is not a place that is renowned for embracing technology. Maybe it should be more welcoming of the capabilities of tech especially as the power of AI could help HR and recruitment teams deal with the increasingly high volumes of applications they are receiving.
Looping in feedback

Nov 26, 2024 | retailinsider.com | Glynn Davis

Being ghosted is a phenomenon that nobody wants to experience but retailers and hospitality companies are doing exactly that to many thousands of people, which is very damaging to their brands. This occurs when people are applying for jobs and the candidate invariably hears nothing back. Even when the applicant is massively qualified for the role.
The Wonder stuff - Retail Insider

Nov 24, 2024 | retailinsider.com | Glynn Davis

Few of you will likely have heard of Tony Hoggett, who last month announced his departure from the role of head of grocery stores at Amazon. To retail commentators, it was a surprise and suggested the digital behemoth had not really been having the predicted impact on physical food retail, and so Hoggett needed another challenge. The bigger surprise was that he was moving to New York-based Wonder to run its real estate and store operations.