231: Retail Tech To Solve In Store Challenges (part 2)

27 Mar 2023 | Oliver Only Solo Shows, Podcast

231: Retail Tech To Solve In Store Challenges (part 2) - The Retail Transformation Show with Oliver Banks

Publish Date

27 March 2023

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Oliver Banks

New technologies can help unlock and solve some of the biggest challenges for retailers. However, they also create new issues too. Oliver Banks continues to dive into some of the challenges for physical stores and how retail technology is helping overcome those. From robotics to facial recognition, and from apps to electronic shelf edge labels – there are many options to consider.

Listen to this episode to discover:

  • How retail technology in store can help make omnichannel more seamless.
  • Solutions to drive efficiency and store productivity improvements.
  • What’s a key challenge presented by these retail technologies.

 

 

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Learn how you can work with Oliver Banks and drive your retail transformation forward. Connect with Oliver Banks on LinkedIn or by email, oliver.banks@obandco.uk

Which episodes to listen to next

If you’ve not already checked out the first part of this episode, listen in now and you’ll hear about how to gather more meaningful customer data in stores and how to make it easier to shop. So be sure to listen to episode 230: Retail Tech To Solve In Store Challenges (part 1).

230: Retail Tech To Solve In Store Challenges (part 1) - The Retail Transformation Show with Oliver Banks

If you’re interested in productivity, then be sure to check out Simon Hedaux’s Rethink Productivity Podcast. And listen to episode 141: Simplification Isn’t Rocket Science where Simon and Oliver review various reflections and opportunities to simplify and streamline the business.

141: Simplification Isn't Rocket Science with Simon Hedaux - The Retail Transformation Show with Oliver Banks

And finally, AI is a rapidly developing technology. Back in episode 223: AI And The Future Of Retail, Oliver Banks was joined by ChatGPT. Discover what role AI has in retail – from an AI!

223: AI And The Future Of Retail with ChatGPT - The Retail Transformation Show with Oliver Banks

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