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What's Next, Now: Reinventing Retail
Catch the recording now and hear from the investors, brands and startups who are shaping the future of retail:
David Matthews, Managing Director, RevTech Ventures
Ben Conway, Co-Founder/COO, VNTANA
Richard Schwartz, President & CEO, Pensa Systems
Ben Conway, Co-Founder/COO, VNTANA
Richard Schwartz, President & CEO, Pensa Systems
Ross Nueman, Head of Partnerships, Lowe's Innovation Labs
Overall take-aways:
The acceleration of digital commerce will never go backwards. Brands need to meet their shoppers and consumers in a reinvented retail landscape. The C-Suite of enterprise organizations must champion greater innovation in products, services and technologies, whether that comes from proprietary initiatives or externally through partnerships with the startups who are disrupting the category. The brands that hesitate to engage will be forced to compete with those that have dedicated strategy, resources and headcount to exploring what's next, now.
Reinventing Retail Notes:
- 5:10 - Ross Neuman, Head of Partnerships at Lowe’s Innovation Labs highlights how their collaboration with Streem, an AR focused startup out of Portland, helped them keep their Pros keep working through Covid.
- 8:06 David Matthews, Managing Director, RevTech Ventures talks about supply chain transparency utilizing blockchain & their partnership with startup Topl.
- 36:10 Richard Schwartz, President & CEO discusses the transformation of the retail landscape overnight, and the role that Pensa Systems played in providing true visibility to product availability.
- 36:46 Ben Conway, Co-Founder/COO of VNTANA talks about the significant increase in consumer adoption of new and emerging digital technologies versus the ability of large-scale brands and enterprise clients to accelerate their digital innovation at pace.
Reinventing Retail Trend Report
VentureFuel works with F500 companies to discover and implement new technologies that drive measurable growth – accelerating What’s Next, Now. Today’s shifting retail landscape has accelerated new innovations and technologies, and how we purchase and consume new products, services and technologies. The following industry report highlights key trends in the evolving retail ecosystem and notable startups solving customer, retailer and brand challenges.
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