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Send us a textDiane Wehrle CEO at Rendle Intelligence and Insights joins Simon for their monthly chat about footfall trends and shopping behaviours from February to March 2025, focusing on the impact of Easter timing differences on year-over-year comparisons. The conversation explores how footfall, consumer confidence, and inflation metrics are painting a complex picture of the retail landscape with some sectors showing signs of recovery despite challenging conditions• Footfall into stores down 5.4% overall and 4% in high streets (comparing non-Easter March 2025 vs Easter March 2024)• Food and drink spending dropped 6.3% this March compared to a 9.8% increase last March during Easter• Fashion sector showing signs of recovery with only a 2.7% decline, better than February's 7.4% drop• Grocery spending decreased by 5.4% versus a 3.5% rise last March due to Easter timing• Consumer confidence slightly improved from -20% to -19%, with better outlook on general economic situation• Inflation dropped to 2.6% in March (from 2.8% in February), with clothing at just 1.1% inflation• Hospitality remains challenging with high inflation at 4.22%, affected by labour costs and minimum wage increases• Upcoming National Insurance payment increases likely to impact businesses and consumer spending patterns• Next month's data will show the combined impact of the Easter shift and provide clearer year-over-year comparison #theproductivityexpertsRegister for the 2025 Productivity ForumFind us in the Top 50 Productivity PodcastsConnect to Simon on LinkedInFollow ReThink on LinkedIn

Send us a textThe ReThink team shares fresh insights from the Retail Technology Show 2025 at the Excel in London, where AI applications in retail have evolved beyond marketing buzzwords to practical implementations in forecasting, computer vision, and data mining.• AI usage becoming more sophisticated with specific applications rather than just marketing claims• Computer vision technology now identifying shoplifting, tracking store traffic, and creating heat maps of customer movement• Surprising amount of cash handling technology despite declining cash transactions• RFID innovations eliminating manual scanning with fixed readers tracking merchandise throughout stores• Footfall tracking systems can detect mobile phones even when powered off• Stock management systems now prompting intelligent markdowns to reduce waste• Employee communication platforms continuing to evolve for frontline worker engagement• Notable absence of customer experience measurement technologies and concrete ROI metricsJoin us for our upcoming forum on September 11th in Birmingham featuring an innovation lounge with exciting tech partners, and catch us at NRF Europe in Paris the following week. #theproductivityexpertsRegister for the 2025 Productivity ForumFind us in the Top 50 Productivity PodcastsConnect to Simon on LinkedInFollow ReThink on LinkedIn

Joe Chvala (Artistic Director/Flying Foot Forum) is the founder and artistic director of the highly-acclaimed percussive dance company, the Flying Foot Forum. In addition to the Flying Foot Forum, Chvala has directed, choreographed, and been commissioned to create new works for a variety of theater and dance companies including the Guthrie Theater, the Walker Art Center, the Ordway Music Theater, the Minnesota Opera, Chicago Shakespeare, Children's Theater Company, Arkansas  Repertory, Theater Mu, Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre, the History Theater, The Alpine Theater Project, Park Square Theatre, and The Boston Conservatory.  He has been the recipient of both Ivey and Sage awards for theater and dance as well as numerous “Best of the Year” honors from various US newspapers and periodicals and numerous choreographic and interdisciplinary awards, fellowships, and grants from such organizations as the National Endowment for the Arts, the Minnesota State Arts Board, and the McKnight Foundation. His recent film work as a director/writer has been featured in a number of European and American film festivals.Description of WorkFootfall—Choreographed by Joe Chvala, “Footfall” features a mixture of Flying Foot Forum's signature hybrid percussive dances with traditional clogging, folk music and dance to celebrate the passing of time, the ephemeral quality of life and the joys, struggles, strengths, longings, passions, and melancholy that are a part of it all. This piece will appear in its entirety in our upcoming concert May 8-18 at Park Square Theater. NOTE: The a cappella clogging duet “One Hundred Dead Dollars” was choreographed by founding company member, Clayton Schanilec.

Send us a textDiane Wehrle CEO at Rendle Intelligence and Insights joins Simon for their monthly chat about footfall trends and shopping behavioursConsumer spending remains cautious as footfall stays flat across UK retail channels, rising just 0.2% in February compared to last year. Retail sales grew by only 1.1% while in-store non-food sales actually declined by 1%, revealing continued economic uncertainty despite some positive indicators.• Retail parks performed best with a 2% footfall increase, while high streets and shopping centres saw just 0.1% growth• All five major high street sectors (fashion, food/drink, general retail, grocery, health/beauty) experienced sales declines in February• Fashion continues struggling with a 7.4% sales drop, while household goods showed improvement with 4.7% growth• Fewer people are shopping (transactions down 8.1%, customer numbers down 6.7%), but those who do spend are spending more per visit (ATV up 2.9%)• Consumer caution likely driven by lingering economic uncertainty, interest rates, upcoming National Living Wage increases, and global political factors• Savings rates reached 10% - highest since the pandemic - despite wage growth of 5.9% outpacing inflation• Upcoming holiday season may further impact retail spending as consumers prioritize leisure experiences over material purchases #theproductivityexpertsRegister for the 2025 Productivity ForumFind us in the Top 50 Productivity PodcastsConnect to Simon on LinkedInFollow ReThink on LinkedIn

It's been revealed more than £4 million worth of taxpayers' money was spent on plans for a new development near Folkestone which never materialised.Bosses in the previous administration wanted to build 150 homes and a leisure centre at Princes Parade in Hythe, but the proposals were later scrapped. Hear from Jim Martin who is the current leader of the council.A Kent homelessness charity's revealed a 21% increase in demand for their services in the space of a year.Footfall at Catching Lives in Canterbury has gone up from around 11,000 in 2023, to more than 13,300 last year. We've been chatting to chief executive Tasmin Maitland.A Kent woman who lost her baby at 22 and a half weeks pregnant is welcoming a change in the law which will see bereaved parents get paid leave from work.Keeley Lengthorne has been campaigning since George was born in March 2022. She's told us how the announcement came on a very poignant day.For the first time in a generation, NHS patients have begun receiving blood plasma from donors from Kent.Donations had been paused in 1998 due to fears about the spread of mad cow disease - but a ban has now been lifted. We've been speaking to Denise Dowsing from Maidstone who has Common Variable Immune Deficiency and relies on medication made from plasma.In sport, Kent's Emma Raducanu's due in action at Indian Wells later.It's her first tournament back since spotting a stalker in the crown at the Dubai Championships last month.

Send us a textDiane Wehrle CEO at Rendle Intelligence and Insights joins Simon for their monthly chat about footfall trends and shopping behavioursAs the economic landscape shifts, we explore the paradox of increasing footfall yet declining sales in retail. With consumer confidence waning amidst inflation concerns and upcoming wage increases, businesses must adapt creatively to thrive in uncertainty• Retail footfall rises by 6.6%, but sales fall by 3.2%  • Consumer confidence drops to minus 22 index score  • Inflation currently at 3%, affecting food and hospitality sectors  • Anticipated increases in National Insurance could impact businesses  • Average transaction values rise despite lower foot traffic  • Focus on innovation over cost-cutting for retail success  • February typically a slow month; preparing for changes needed  • The importance of retaining loyal customers emphasized #theproductivityexpertsRegister for the 2025 Productivity ForumFind us in the Top 50 Productivity PodcastsConnect to Simon on LinkedInFollow ReThink on LinkedIn

Send us a textDiane Wehrle CEO at Rendle Intelligence and Insights joins Simon for their monthly chat about footfall trends and shopping behaviours. They cover:Footfall trends from November to December 2024 covering the big festive periodA review of 2024A look at the year ahead #theproductivityexpertsRegister for the 2025 Productivity ForumFind us in the Top 50 Productivity PodcastsConnect to Simon on LinkedInFollow ReThink on LinkedIn

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Send us a textDiane Wehrle CEO at Rendle Intelligence and Insights joins Simon for their monthly chat about footfall trends and shopping behaviours. They cover:Footfall trends from October to November 2024 #theproductivityexpertsRegister for the 2025 Productivity ForumFind us in the Top 50 Productivity PodcastsConnect to Simon on LinkedInFollow ReThink on LinkedIn

Footfall is down in Dublin city this year, and businesses are hoping for a big boost this weekend, reporter Eimer Mcauley has been out and about speaking to shoppers and retailers this morning.

This podcast is a replay of a live instructor chat from Hoof Falls & Footfall's Facebook page where I give seven strategies commonly use in adaptive/therapeutic riding lessons when teaching students that have Oppositional Defiance Disorder. What is your favorite strategy? Do you use any of these in your lessons? P.S......this video could meet CEU needs for certified instructors as the format meets the requirements for several certifying organizations. Hoof Falls & Footfalls Website: hooffallsandfootfalls.com/ Follow HF&F on Facebook: www.facebook.com/hooffallsandfootfalls Instructor Blog: learn.hooffallsandfootfalls.com/blog/ Want even MORE educational content that has been created just for adaptive/therapeutic riding instructors? Check out The Intuitive Instructor Club where you get access to our ever -growing library of videos presented by professional instructors with over 100 years combined teaching experience. Intuitive Instructor Club - Hoof Falls & Footfalls --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hooffallsandfootfalls/support

Send us a textDiane Wehrle CEO at Rendle Intelligence and Insights joins Simon for their monthly chat about footfall trends and shopping behaviours. They cover:Footfall trends from September to October 2024Outlook for the next few months #theproductivityexpertsRegister for the 2025 Productivity ForumConnect to Simon on LinkedInFollow ReThink on LinkedIn

Driving tourism, enabling corporate rewards and locking spend into the area are key aims for a newly launched gift card in Kilkenny. The Kilkenny Gift Card replaces the paper Kilkenny Gift Vouchers introduced in 2012 by Kilkenny Chamber, which have generated over €1.3 million in sales to date. A collaboration between Kilkenny Chamber and Kilkenny County Council, the new gift card is Mastercard backed allowing recipients to spend with multiple retailers, eateries, attractions, venues and service businesses in the region, with the balance automatically updated. Hotels and accommodation providers are also accepting the new gift card. Colin Ahern is the general manager at the Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel and said: "The Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel is a 4 star city centre hotel with a restaurant, leisure club and bar. We've been a part of the gift voucher programme since the start and are looking forward to the new physical and digital Kilkenny Gift Card because it will be a lot easier for people to use and as a result, I think a lot more people will partake in it. It takes away the worries that people feel about using paper vouchers such as how to get change and they have the option of a physical Gift Card or a digital e-card. It's seamless. "Tourism is a €180 million industry in Kilkenny, and we need to increase that further. The new Kilkenny Gift Card will absolutely facilitate tourism because it allows people to try many different experiences in one visit, from shopping to eating out and staying over. As well as driving tourism, the gift card will encourage people to shop local and spend local. Brand Kilkenny is so important to us as a business and the Kilkenny Gift Card reinforces the brand." Kilkenny retailers are welcoming the new card. Martin Costello is director of Murphy Jewellers and said the new gift card offers enhanced choice, ease and support for local: "We all like to support local when we can and the benefit of the new Kilkenny Gift Card is that it's a local option where the money stays in Kilkenny and supports local businesses. There's also a lot more choice for recipients and unlike the paper vouchers which didn't offer change, people can spend as they like with the balance on the card automatically updated. "It makes a huge difference when people support local. Online is at the forefront of many buying decisions now, and to be able to offer a local gift card that is easy to use for customers and businesses is hugely beneficial. And when people receive the gift card, it will encourage them to explore more of what's on offer in Kilkenny." The Kilkenny Gift Card can also be used in a practical way with service based businesses including Marble City Fuels. Owner of Marble City Fuels Colin Ahern said: "We've been in business for 16 years. The Chamber voucher has been a fantastic initiative to keep money local and we've noticed a dramatic increase in people using their vouchers to buy fuel over the last few years. Any initiative that promotes and keeps money local has to be supported. I think the new physical and digital gift card Kilkenny Gift Card is a positive step, giving more opportunity to measure impact. It will also encourage younger people to support local. "The fact that the Kilkenny Gift Card can be used on practical items as well as many other things is very important. For Kilkenny employers, there is a huge emphasis on ways to keep money local and the gift card guarantees the money stays local. If an employee receives the gift card for Christmas, a €400-€500 spend on fuel will cover their fuel for 2-3 months, which is hugely beneficial for them, particularly in current times when people may have challenges around finances. The new Kilkenny Gift Card ticks all the boxes." John Hurley is chief executive at Kilkenny Chamber of Commerce and said the card will make support for local easier for all users: "The Kilkenny Gift Card is a gift card for locals, organisations and tourists alike which is easy to both buy and sp...

Dell Technologies has announced the expansion of its Dell AI for Telecom programme in collaboration with Intel, bringing new AI-driven solutions to communications service providers (CSPs) in Ireland. This initiative aims to support network operations and enterprise edge use cases, enhancing efficiency, reliability, and cost savings. This expansion is particularly relevant for the Irish market, where CSPs can benefit from these advanced solutions. To fully harness AI's potential, CSPs require infrastructure capable of processing a growing amount of real-time data. The Dell AI for Telecom programme offers a comprehensive ecosystem of hardware, software and AI expertise, enabling CSPs to implement AI efficiently and develop revenue-generating services by harnessing the power of data. The new solutions enable CSPs to integrate AI into their networks and build AI solutions at the edge, allowing CSPs to monetise their network investments and enterprise clients. Network Operations Solutions: Intent-Based RAN Assistant with Aira: This tool, powered by AiRA Technologies, helps network engineers by gathering data and creating simple applications based on their needs. It speeds up app development and makes network operations more efficient. Network Traffic Analysis and Optimization with Opanga: This software, placed in the core of the mobile network, gives operators a clearer view of data traffic, significantly boosting network efficiency. AI-Powered Network Automation with EnterpriseWeb: The Netwrx.ai tool offers 5G network automation, allowing users to manage and set up network components through a natural language interface. Enterprise Edge Solutions: AIoT-Powered Site Security with EPIC.IO: Combines AI models with IoT technology to automate security operations and provide centralized management for safer venues. Vision AI for Smart Manufacturing with Chooch: Uses computer vision to predict and detect incidents, improving efficiency and preventing production interruptions in manufacturing. AI-Powered Mission Critical Communication with Ecrio: Facilitates voice commands for controlling IoT devices like cameras, drones, and robots. Real-Time AI-Powered Crowd Analytics with WaitTime: Utilizes video analytics from existing cameras to offer real-time insights, helping optimize operations. AI-Powered Smart Transportation with A.I Tech: Employs AI and deep learning for video analysis, enhancing transportation systems by monitoring vehicles, traffic, parking, and pedestrian movement. Footfall and Crowd Analytics with TensorGo: Uses video analytics to track foot traffic and crowds, supporting safety in smart cities and retail spaces. AI-Powered Worker Safety and Hazard Detection with Aotu: Applies AI for real-time video analysis to ensure worker safety. Intelligent Video Analytics for Retail, Transportation, and Ports with Gorilla: Uses existing CCTV footage to detect suspicious activities and provide useful analytics. AI-Powered Video Analytics for Safety with Axxonsoft: Helps maintain site security across different industries using AI. Inventory Visibility and Management with C5i: Identifies inventory issues and suggests proactive measures. Andrew Vaz, VP, of Product Management for Telecom System Business at Dell Technologies, said: "To fully harness AI's potential, communications service providers (CSPs) require an infrastructure capable of processing real-time data. Our Dell AI for Telecom program offers a comprehensive ecosystem of hardware, software, and AI expertise, empowering CSPs to efficiently implement AI and develop revenue-generating services. The new solutions help CSPs easily bring AI into their network for efficiency, reliability, and cost savings, and build AI solutions at the edge to monetize the investments in their network with the enterprise." As demand for AI solutions grows, Intel and Dell have optimized edge AI applications running on Dell PowerEdge XR8000 servers powered by Intel Xeon processors. These applications...

2024 was a mixed year, with some stellar announcements like Tata Group's gigafactory investment offset by the cancellation of Phase 2 of HS2 and a budget black hole to pay for, but an Industrial Strategy may give the industry the long-term stability it needs. This article is by Will Stirling The Chancellor Rachel Reeves received a boost a week before her Autumn Budget when the IMF revised its forecast for UK growth this year to 1.1% (up from 0.7% in July) and 1.5% in 2025 – the biggest upward revision for any advanced country. It's a sign of better things to come, and 2024 was not a banner year in manufacturing, more one defined by steady stability, yet it still notched up a few memorable headlines for British industry. Spiralling costs meant the previous Tory government cancelled Phase 2 of HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester, affecting hundreds of supply chain companies, which the new Labour government partly blamed for the cost overruns. The Secretary of State for Transport Louise Haigh launched an independent review to ensure lessons will be learned and the costs for HS2 are controlled. The cost of Phase 1, London to Birmingham, is expected to reach £66bn. Covid and the semiconductor-shortage-affected UK automotive sector got a fillip in February when Agratas, the battery division of Tata Group, confirmed a new £4bn battery gigafactory in Somerset. It was a relief for the car sector to see the UK stall on the global league table for gigafactory capacity, a key metric for car plant investment. While carmaking recovered strongly in 2023 after semiconductor supply returned, it is slowing down. By August, the UK had manufactured 522,833 cars, down 8.5% on production at the same point in 2023 when ythe figure was 571,671. Interestingly, year-to-date vehicles for the domestic UK market had increased by 12%, but exports, representing over 84% of all car production, were down 13.6%. The production of electric cars, including hybrids (EVs), fell by 26%. Automotive business group SMMT said this decline is expected to be reversed in the longer term as new models come on stream. Massive manufacturer discounting saved car sales in Europe in September, pushing BEV sales to 56,387 registrations. Siemens opened its new train factory in Goole, Humberside, in October and announced a further £40m in addition to the £200 investment in the Goole Rail Village, which will now bring up to 1,000 new jobs to the region, as well as around 1,700 supply chain job opportunities. In addition to maintaining the bogies from Siemens' 572 trains running in the UK, it will also include new production lines for assembling bogies for new trains, which will be the first for Siemens in the UK. Aerospace is battling delivery rate challenges: after Covid, orders poured in, and the industry is pulling on all levers to find ways to go above ‘Rate 60' into the consistent 80s or even 90 aircraft per month to reduce long delivery times. Ninety commercial aircraft were delivered in August, the highest in that month of the year since 2018. But that's not the whole story. While the global backlog of aircraft on order is 15,651 planes according to the industry group ADS - an extraordinary number - aircraft orders in the year-to-date are two-thirds behind 2023 levels. Perhaps it was a sign that Brexit was the past. The FA appointed Thomas Tuchel as the senior men's coach, causing gossip as the first German coach of the England football team. A week later, Britain and Germany signed a government-described “landmark' defence agreement to boost security, investment, and jobs. German defence giant Rheinmetall will build a new factory in the UK to make barrels for artillery guns, and German marine surveillance aircraft will supply patrols from RAF Lossiemouth. The factory will need British steel and will create 400 jobs. It's the first defence pact with Germany of this scale, although both countries already collaborate on making armoured vehicles, for example. In October, BAE Systems Maritime launched the sixth Astute class submarine, Agamemnon. Attention will soon switch to the multi-billion AUKUS submarine (SSN-A) programme, where the boats will be built in the UK and Australia. Fhaheen Khan, senior economist at Make UK says “Manufacturers this year experienced the most stable period of business conditions in almost a decade, despite still facing higher costs, tight interest rates and skills shortages.” While it could be seen as a year of two halves – the first six months boasting strong production, order books and investment intentions, and the second looking far more mixed due to an inevitable domestic market slowdown –manufacturers remain buoyant in their expectations.” h Accountants and business advisors are expecting more investment in the economy in 2025, following several years where major events and inflation have made business conditions that could be generally described as ‘sh*t'. Fhaheen Khan thinks the new 10-year industrial strategy is an important milestone in achieving economic growth, although some seasoned business leaders will say they have heard it all before. It's hard to remember, but the UK has had at least four official industrial strategies since the 2008/9 recession: in 2009 (Mandelson), 2012 (Vince Cable), 2017 (Greg Clark) and now in 2024. Khan says “It's highly encouraging that advanced manufacturing will be a key sector driving that growth, and the Industrial Strategy Council will help lay the pipework needed to modernise UK industry through the wide adoption of AI, computing, and techniques like 3D printing.” Of particular relevance to MTD readers, the numbers show that industries specialising in producing capital equipment like machinery, electronics and metal fabricators have experienced a positive year. This is due to strong exports to the US and the EU as many Western countries are investing in the kit to modernise their manufacturing – for example, the US's Inflation Reduction Act and, one could say, on the wave of ‘Make America Great Again'. Khan says “These subsectors have much to look forward to in 2025 as economic conditions stabilise further, inflation cools, and interest rates are loosened." The manufacturing technology expo MACH 2024 organisers said visitors were up 6% on the previous show and reported a good vibe. Greg Capp, sales director at EDM machinery firm Sodi-Tech, said: “Footfall has been the best in a long time. On Day One, we had enough enquiries for the next six months.” Overall, investment in manufacturing in 2023 (last full year) is up by 4% on 2022, from £40.24bn to £41.8m, and economists expect this to rise in 2024. Despite the numbers and late positivity, on the ground, some manufacturing machinery vendors and subcontractors report a frustrating year where the anticipated rush of orders failed to materialise. That flat confidence from 2022-2023 seemed to be overspilled into the year's first half. Andrea Wilson at deep hole drilling and boring engineering company Hone-All Precision says “2024 has been a challenging and varied year for most businesses. “Uncertainty and political instability have created conditions that have not been beneficial to business and have created barriers to growth. “The creation of the 10-year Industrial Strategy will hopefully give business and investors the confidence they have been lacking the last few years.” The new industrial strategy focuses on eight sectors: advanced manufacturing, clean energy industries, creative industries, defence, digital and technologies, financial services, life sciences, and professional and business services. High-tech, hard-tech, high-potential companies can benefit hugely from close government support. The top two sectors in the strategy are advanced manufacturing and clean energy industries. “Tokamak Energy does both!” says David Kingham, the executive vice chairman and a co-founder. He says that the company that designs, manufactures and operates a plant for nuclear fusion to generate power aims to accelerate the development of fusion energy, the most valuable technology of the 21st Century. “We were delighted to see the new consultation on the Industrial Strategy. A company like Tokamak Energy, with over 250 employees and global ambitions, can grow rapidly if we have consistent strong backing from the government.” The company has had spectacular success in recent years with the record-breaking ST40 high field compact spherical tokamak – which reached 100 million degrees Celsius plasma ion temperature, the threshold needed for commercial fusion energy. Its high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet development has also set records for magnetic field strength at a temperature of 20,000C. David says: “Our industrial strategy is to pursue fusion energy by assembling consortia around our core technologies to provide the complimentary capabilities necessary for the development and deployment of fusion. This will require major investment by governments and consortium partners, but the prize is the elusive goal of commercial fusion energy. The fastest achievable timeline for fusion is 10 years to a 50MW pilot plant, a goal set by the US Department of Energy milestone-driven fusion development program. “So a bold, consistent industrial strategy from the Government could enable the UK to have its fusion “cake” in the long term and “eat” the economic benefits of the magnet spin-off technology in the short to medium term.” In the supply chain, companies like Hone-All Precision want long-term stability, vision, and potential targeted support through programmes unafraid of ‘picking winners' that have previously blighted attempts to assist the industry within state aid rules. Managing Director Andrea Wilson says “The new Labour government must commit to long term strategic thinking and investment decisions, and the newly formed Industrial Council will hopefully achieve this.” “The council's success will be increased dramatically if it's informed by business leaders, owners, and most importantly, if it includes SME representation. The outcome of these two positive moves will hopefully result in us seeing the confidence and stability we all need to thrive.” Machine tool and machinery suppliers need orders, and for that, their customers need confidence to buy. Adrian Haller, managing director of Bruderer UK, a leading manufacturer of precision high-speed presses says “The UK has a fantastic opportunity in advanced engineering, and we have so many brilliant companies – at all levels of the supply chain – that are prospering despite the lack of a coherent Government strategy to support the sector.” “This isn't tubthumping; this is what we see every day when our sales engineers and installers commission precision high-speed Bruderer presses on shop floors across the country. Imagine what we could do if we had a long-term Industrial Strategy that focuses on our strengths and invests in them? And I don't mean the odd grant here and there. It needs to be substantial and flow down to SMEs – that is the critical bit. For industry to become more efficient, an area to improve is the education of manufacturing engineers about new, ‘smart' technology. Mark Weymouth, MD of PLUS Automation and UK representative for Contrinex and Satron, who runs a popular LinkedIn newsletter says “There's a pervading tendency for engineers to buy and commission what they know and not look at new, better plant and equipment that can raise productivity.” While PLUS Automation is in its fourth year of growth, many food and liquid process manufacturers are not explaining this technology to their site engineers. He says “The UK is about seven years behind mainland Europe in adopting many process technologies.” Although the increase in employers' national insurance payments may dampen this optimism, the indicators are that this new strategy for industry will help businesses, especially those in advanced manufacturing areas.

An East Clare councillor says he's 'certain' the renewal of a walking trail in Mountshannon will attract more visitors to the locality. In a motion at this weeks Killaloe Municipal District, the local authority was called on to engage with Coillte to set in motion the process of renewing Woodpark Forest Park in Mountshannon. Criticisms have been made of Ireland's semi-state forestry company, Coillte, for not continuously maintaining the park. However, a funding application has been sent, with an update expected in early 2025. Whitegate Fine Gael Councillor, Pat Burke, claims that in tandem with the Inis Cealtra Visitor Centre, a renovated Woodpark Forest would bring increased footfall to the locality.

Send us a textDiane Wehrle CEO at Rendle Intelligence and Insights joins Simon for their monthly chat about footfall trends and shopping behaviours. They cover:Footfall trends from August to September 2024Outlook for the next few months #theproductivityexpertsRegister for the 2025 Productivity ForumConnect to Simon on LinkedInFollow ReThink on LinkedIn

Send us a textDiane Wehrle CEO at Rendle Intelligence and Insights joins Simon for their monthly chat about footfall trends and shopping behaviours. They cover:Footfall trends from July to August 2024Outlook for the next few months #theproductivityexpertsRegister for the 2025 Productivity ForumConnect to Simon on LinkedInFollow ReThink on LinkedIn

#DEUTSCHLAND: AFD in footfall from overtaking long potent Social Democrats in the Prussian state of Brandenburg --and what about the economy?  Chris Riegel, Scala.com 1906 Potsdam

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Send us a Text Message.Diane Wehrle CEO at Rendle Intelligence and Insights joins Simon for their monthly chat about footfall trends and shopping behaviours. They cover:Footfall trends from May to June 2024The key risers and fallers #theproductivityexpertsRegister for the Produtivity Forum 2024Follow us on Twitter @RethinkpConnect to Simon on LinkedInFollow ReThink on LinkedIn

Liam Meaney Says Increased Footfall Ahead Of All-Ireland Final A Godsend For Local Businesses. by Clare FM

In this episode of Spieckerman Speaks Retail, host Carol Spieckerman sits down with Joe Shasteen, global manager of advanced analytics at RetailNext, to discuss the latest trends in retail analytics and in-store technology. RetailNext is a pioneer in bringing e-commerce-level analytics to brick-and-mortar stores, helping retailers optimize their physical spaces and enhance the customer experience.Joe introduces RetailNext's concept of "full path analysis," which provides detailed insights into customer behavior throughout the store. Using strategically placed sensors, retailers can track customer movements, dwell times, and engagement with displays, fixtures, and other store elements. The data collected from the sensors helps retailers capture customer attention, optimize store layouts, and improve staff allocation.The conversation explores the critical role data plays in improving store operations, from optimizing labor allocation to enhancing conversion rates. RetailNext's analytics connects the dots, enabling retailers to align staffing with customer traffic patterns and identify opportunities to engage shoppers more effectively.The interview also touches on how RetailNext's technology can assist with loss prevention and asset protection. Using AI to flag potential instances of theft or suspicious behavior, retailers can react in real time as incidences are identified. Joe wraps up by sharing insights on broader retail trends, highlighting the importance of creating meaningful in-store experiences that go beyond simple transactions. He emphasizes the value of using data to optimize the customer journey and strengthen brand connections in physical retail spaces.Key Takeaways:How retailers can leverage full-path analysis to drive conversion, mitigate shrink, optimize labor, and elevate store design.Why basing labor allocation on traffic trends rather than sales data improves store efficiency and conversion rates.How in-store data analytics can create deeper brand experiences and bridge the gap between online and offline retail.How retailers can validate test-and-learn experiments in advance of rollout. RetailNext WebsiteJoe Shasteen on LinkedInWant to be a guest on Spieckerman Speaks Retail? Contact team@spieckermanretail.comCheck out more of Carol's retail insights and updates Follow Carol on LinkedInFollow Carol on Twitter

Send us a Text Message.Diane Wehrle CEO at Rendle Intelligence and Insights joins Simon for their monthly chat about footfall trends and shopping behaviours. They cover:Footfall trends from April to May 2024The key risers and fallersThe upcoming General Election #theproductivityexpertsRegister for the Produtivity Forum 2024Follow us on Twitter @RethinkpConnect to Simon on LinkedInFollow ReThink on LinkedIn

Diane Wehrle CEO at Rendle Intelligence and Insights joins Simon for their monthly chat about footfall trends and shopping behaviours. They cover:Footfall trends from March to April 2024The key risers and fallersThe upcoming General Election #theproductivityexpertsRegister for the Produtivity Forum 2024Follow us on Twitter @RethinkpConnect to Simon on LinkedInFollow ReThink on LinkedIn

A Rochester woman had to undergo surgery and has been left with a broken nose after an unprovoked attack while on a night out. The 42-year-old has lost her sense of smell and taste following the assault - a man who has a history of violence against women has faced court. Also in today's podcast, worried business owners in Medway have been left fearing for their future after seeing customer numbers plummet following a hike in car parking fees.They claim footfall has dropped by around a third since the authority decided to increase its pay and display costs for on and off-street parking by 60p earlier this year. The parents of a “kind and compassionate” man who died following a severe asthma attack are raising awareness of the condition.Dad-of-two Gary Bush was putting his young children to bed when he suffered the attack – this World Asthma Day his parents are urging people with the condition to find support. One of the last remaining businesses in a closure-hit shopping centre extension says turning the site into 200 homes could be a good opportunity.It comes as the owners of Ashford's County Square admit the development is “failing” and could be put to better use. And you can hear from wildlife bosses as a significantly important area of marshland in Kent has been officially handed over to the Kent Wildlife Trust.The site near Faversham has been described as a “service station for birds” and is home to more than 250 species. 

Diane Wehrle CEO at Rendle Intelligence and Insights joins Simon for their monthly chat about footfall trends and shopping behaviours. They cover:Footfall trends from February to March 2024Easter weekendThe upcoming Retail Technology Show #theproductivityexpertsRegister for the Produtivity Forum 2024Follow us on Twitter @RethinkpConnect to Simon on LinkedInFollow ReThink on LinkedIn

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Footfall is holding steady, there's interest in the vacant units, and some movement has been spotted in Leale's Yard - life looks good at the Bridge.Head of Business Development for the Guernsey Retail Group Korrine Le Page, Businessman Martin Search, and third sector professional Michael Sheen told Laura Clayton what they think about Guernsey's second retail centre and what the future might hold for it.  ★ Support this podcast ★

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Niven at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, 2007 Laurence van Cott Niven (/ˈnɪvən/; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer.[2] His 1970 novel Ringworld won the Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. With Jerry Pournelle he wrote The Mote in God's Eye (1974) and Lucifer's Hammer (1977). The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America gave him the 2015 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award.[3] His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics. It also often includes elements of detective fiction and adventure stories. His fantasy includes the series The Magic Goes Away, works of rational fantasy dealing with magic as a non-renewable resource. Biography Niven was born in Los Angeles.[2] He is a great-grandson of Edward L. Doheny, an oil tycoon who drilled the first successful well in the Los Angeles City Oil Field in 1892, and also was subsequently implicated in the Teapot Dome scandal.[4] Niven briefly attended the California Institute of Technology[5] and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics (with a minor in psychology) from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas in 1962. He also completed a year of graduate work in mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles. On September 6, 1969, he married Marilyn Wisowaty, a science fiction and Regency literature fan. Work Niven is the author of numerous science fiction short stories and novels, beginning with his 1964 story "The Coldest Place". In this story, the coldest place concerned is the dark side of Mercury, which at the time the story was written was thought to be tidally locked with the Sun (it was found to rotate in a 2:3 resonance after Niven received payment for the story, but before it was published).[6] Algis Budrys said in 1968 that Niven becoming a top writer despite the New Wave was evidence that "trends are for second-raters".[7] In addition to the Nebula Award in 1970[8] and the Hugo and Locus awards in 1971[9] for Ringworld, Niven won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story for "Neutron Star" in 1967.[5] He won the same award in 1972, for "Inconstant Moon", and in 1975 for "The Hole Man". In 1976, he won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette for "The Borderland of Sol". Niven frequently collaborated with Jerry Pournelle; they wrote nine novels together, including The Mote in God's Eye, Lucifer's Hammer and Footfall. Niven at Stanford University in 2006 Niven has written scripts for two science fiction television series: the original Land of the Lost series and Star Trek: The Animated Series, for which he adapted his early story "The Soft Weapon." For The Outer Limits, his story "Inconstant Moon" was adapted into an episode of the same name by Brad Wright. Niven has also written for the DC Comics character Green Lantern, including in his stories hard science fiction concepts such as universal entropy and the redshift effect. Several of his stories predicted the black market in transplant organs ("organlegging"). Many of Niven's stories—sometimes called the Tales of Known Space[10]—take place in his Known Space universe, in which humanity shares the several habitable star systems nearest to the Sun with over a dozen alien species, including the aggressive feline Kzinti and the very intelligent but cowardly Pierson's Puppeteers, which are frequently central characters. The Ringworld series is part of the Tales of Known Space, and Niven has shared the setting with other writers since a 1988 anthology, The Man-Kzin Wars (Baen Books, jointly edited with Jerry Pournelle and Dean Ing).[10] There have been several volumes of short stories and novellas. Niven has also written a logical fantasy series The Magic Goes Away, which utilizes an exhaustible resource called mana to power a rule-based "technological" magic. The Draco Tavern series of short stories take place in a more light-hearted science fiction universe, and are told from the point of view of the proprietor of an omni-species bar. The whimsical Svetz series consists of a collection of short stories, The Flight of the Horse, and a novel, Rainbow Mars, which involve a nominal time machine sent back to retrieve long-extinct animals, but which travels, in fact, into alternative realities and brings back mythical creatures such as a roc and a unicorn. Much of his writing since the 1970s has been in collaboration, particularly with Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes, but also Brenda Cooper and Edward M. Lerner. One of Niven's best known humorous works is "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex", in which he uses real-world physics to underline the difficulties of Superman and a human woman (Lois Lane or Lana Lang) mating.[11]

Niven at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, 2007 Laurence van Cott Niven (/ˈnɪvən/; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer.[2] His 1970 novel Ringworld won the Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. With Jerry Pournelle he wrote The Mote in God's Eye (1974) and Lucifer's Hammer (1977). The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America gave him the 2015 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award.[3] His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics. It also often includes elements of detective fiction and adventure stories. His fantasy includes the series The Magic Goes Away, works of rational fantasy dealing with magic as a non-renewable resource. Biography Niven was born in Los Angeles.[2] He is a great-grandson of Edward L. Doheny, an oil tycoon who drilled the first successful well in the Los Angeles City Oil Field in 1892, and also was subsequently implicated in the Teapot Dome scandal.[4] Niven briefly attended the California Institute of Technology[5] and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics (with a minor in psychology) from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas in 1962. He also completed a year of graduate work in mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles. On September 6, 1969, he married Marilyn Wisowaty, a science fiction and Regency literature fan. Work Niven is the author of numerous science fiction short stories and novels, beginning with his 1964 story "The Coldest Place". In this story, the coldest place concerned is the dark side of Mercury, which at the time the story was written was thought to be tidally locked with the Sun (it was found to rotate in a 2:3 resonance after Niven received payment for the story, but before it was published).[6] Algis Budrys said in 1968 that Niven becoming a top writer despite the New Wave was evidence that "trends are for second-raters".[7] In addition to the Nebula Award in 1970[8] and the Hugo and Locus awards in 1971[9] for Ringworld, Niven won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story for "Neutron Star" in 1967.[5] He won the same award in 1972, for "Inconstant Moon", and in 1975 for "The Hole Man". In 1976, he won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette for "The Borderland of Sol". Niven frequently collaborated with Jerry Pournelle; they wrote nine novels together, including The Mote in God's Eye, Lucifer's Hammer and Footfall. Niven at Stanford University in 2006 Niven has written scripts for two science fiction television series: the original Land of the Lost series and Star Trek: The Animated Series, for which he adapted his early story "The Soft Weapon." For The Outer Limits, his story "Inconstant Moon" was adapted into an episode of the same name by Brad Wright. Niven has also written for the DC Comics character Green Lantern, including in his stories hard science fiction concepts such as universal entropy and the redshift effect. Several of his stories predicted the black market in transplant organs ("organlegging"). Many of Niven's stories—sometimes called the Tales of Known Space[10]—take place in his Known Space universe, in which humanity shares the several habitable star systems nearest to the Sun with over a dozen alien species, including the aggressive feline Kzinti and the very intelligent but cowardly Pierson's Puppeteers, which are frequently central characters.

Diane Wehrle CEO at Rendle Intelligence and Insights joins Simon for their monthly chat about footfall trends and shopping behaviours. They cover:Footfall trends from October to December 2023Black Friday and Christmas to date #theproductivityexpertsRegister for the Produtivity Forum 2024Follow us on Twitter @RethinkpConnect to Simon on LinkedInFollow ReThink on LinkedIn

Diane Wehrle Retail & Destination Insights Expert joins Simon for their monthly chat about footfall trends and shopping behaviours. They cover: Footfall trends from September to October 2023Black Friday and Christmas #theproductivityexpertsRegister for the Produtivity Forum 2024Follow us on Twitter @RethinkpConnect to Simon on LinkedInFollow ReThink on LinkedIn

Figuring out where potential customers are in the hectic media system and not waste budgets reaching them across disparate channels is driving marketers and media agencies to experiment with some interesting alternatives in cross-media audience measurement. Kmart, its agency UM and IPG tech stablemate Kinesso, think they have landed on a winner – Beatgrid's automatic content recognition phone-based panel.  Beatgrid counts the likes of Amazon, Google, P&G, Unilever and Virgin as clients. The firm's tech measures TV, digital video, audio and even out of home audiences, as well as in-store footfall. Plus its panel of paid-up and consented humans is doing away with the guesswork of brand uplift studies. Which is why Kinesso Digital Strategy Director, Charlie Allatt, convinced UM's Group Director for Kmart, Adam Russell, to trial the tech. By making “inaudible pitch shifts” to creative across different screen types, “the system can unwind whether people are being exposed in a particular channel,” says Allatt. For Kmart, the two launched the trial across linear TV, BVOD and YouTube – which siloed measurement systems can't do in one hit. Then they ran the numbers against Google's DV360 DSP for YouTube ads, and against OzTam's data for linear TV and BVOD. “Both channels tilted very, very closely to the Beatgrid numbers,” says Russell. Plus, using Beatgrid's location data, they could map the ads served to Kmart's in-store footfall. “We could see the difference of people who, within a two-week span, had seen an ad and then gone on into a Kmart store versus people who haven't seen an ad,” says Allatt. “We could directly measure that uplift in real time, specifically broken down for each channel.”  Kmart must “demonstrate every day that we are [reaching customers] really efficiently, ensuring every dollar we invest is performing,” says GM of Marketing Rennie Freer. The Beatgrid trial, “was a great opportunity to do that,” she says, “because if we're saving dollars here, if what we're doing is really delivering the efficacy we need, we can reinvest in new channels.” As cookies disappear and privacy laws tighten, Beatgrid's founder Daniel Tjondronegoro and Australia GM Cameron Curtis think single-source panels are about to have a major renaissance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Diane Wehrle Retail & Destination Insights Expert joins Simon for their monthly chat about footfall trends and shopping behaviours. They cover: Footfall trends from August to September 2023New news from DianeHalloween, Black Friday and Christmas #theproductivityexpertsRegister for the Produtivity Forum 2024Follow us on Twitter @RethinkpConnect to Simon on LinkedInFollow ReThink on LinkedIn

This episode is also available in video format on www.Loyalty TV. Today's episode features Circle K, one of the world's leading convenience and fuel retail businesses which operates more than 14,200 stores in 26 countries worldwide. Circle K recently launched a hugely exciting concept, leveraging the power of gamification, partnerships and cutting-edge technology, to launch a global concept which is laser focused on achieving the brand's single biggest key commercial objective - to drive both loyal and new customers in store. In addition to that innovation, Circle K Norway recently won one of the convenience industry's most prestigious awards, when they were awarded the 2023 NACS European Technology of the Year Award.   Circle K also has many of its senior marketing people – including today's guest – in my home city of Dublin, so please enjoy this fascinating conversation with MJ Tierney, Head of European Marketing at Circle K. Show Notes:  1) Circle K 2) ⁠MJ Tierney⁠ 3) 2023 NACS European Technology of the Year Award.  ⁠ 4) Circle K pilots new Rewarded AR ads in Pokémon Go 5) Watch the full video interview on ⁠Loyalty TV⁠

In episode 288 I shared the surprising results and valuable lessons gained when a few friends and I measured our axis points around the second barrel! For more barrel racing inspiration, education and implementation, visit BarrelRacingTips.com. Please subscribe to, rate & review the podcast.  Your support keeps it going - thanks for listening! Click here to support the show.

Business owners and tourists are expressing deep disappointment, after a do-not-swim notice put in place at a west Clare beach has led to a "noticeable drop-off" in footfall locally. Clare County Council has erected red flags at Spanish Point & White Strand Miltown Malbay, on the advice of the HSE, following the detection of high levels of bacteria in bathing samples at both locations.

En estos últimos años la información y los datos han cobrado una gran importancia ¿cómo utilizarlos a nuestro favor? En este episodio de nuestro podcast, Amazing Retail, te contamos del big data, los retail analytics y la importancia de que los retailers aprendan a enfocar sus acciones y objetivos hacía la información.  Amazing Retail es un podcast de Getin, la plataforma número uno en México especializada en medir la afluencia en tiendas físicas para la industria del retail. Amazing Retail también está disponible en getin.mx, donde compartiremos notas y recursos relevantes de cada episodio. Si quieres medir y crecer tu negocio, entra a getin.mx y contáctanos.

Q: Media Buying လုပ်ဖို့အတွက်ကျ ဘယ်လိုမျိုးအချက်အလက်တွေလိုအပ်တာပါလဲဗျ အခုမှ လေ့လာနေ တုန်းမို့လို့ပါဗျ။ (Ko Thant Htet Aung အမြင်) A: ဘယ်လိုမျိုးအချက်အလက်တွေ လိုတာလဲဆိုတော့ ပထမဆုံးက Media Buying လုပ်မယ်ဆိုရင် အဲ့တာက ဘာကြီးလဲဆိုတာသိရမှာပေါ့ media ပိုင်းဆိုတာ ဘယ်ဟာလဲ Media Buying ဆိုတာ တစ်ကယ်တော့ Facebook ပေါ်မှာ boost လုပ်တဲ့ဟာ တစ်ခုထဲကို ခေါ်တာမဟုတ်ဘူး၊ ကျွန်တော်တို့ တခြား channel တွေမှာ brand အတွက် နေရာယူဖို့အတွက် ကျန်တဲ့သူတွေ ပိုပြီးတော့မြင်ရဖို့အတွက် ကျွန်တော်တို့ နေရာယူထားတဲ့ ပိုက်ဆံပေးထားတဲ့ နေရာတွေအကုန်လုံး အတွက်ကိုပါ Media Buying စုံတာပေါ့နော်၊ ကျွန်တော်တို့ ပြောရမယ်ဆိုရင် online နဲ့ offline နဲ့လည်းကွဲတယ်ပေါ့လေ Media Buying မှာအကုန်ပါ တယ် online ရော offline ရော offline ဆိုရင်ဗျာ billboard တို့ဘာတို့ရှိမယ်ဗျာ၊ ပြီးလို့ရှိရင် TV channel တွေမှာ လုပ်တဲ့ဟာလည်း Media Buying ဘဲဗျ၊ ကျွန်တော်တို့ digital platform တွေမှာ run တဲ့ဟာလည်း Media Buying ဘဲပေါ့၊ ကျွန်တော်တို့ ပထမဦးဆုံးက ဘယ် platform ဘဲဖြစ်ဖြစ် သူတို့တိုင်းတဲ့ matrix တွေကရှိတယ်။ digital မှာဆိုလို့ရှိရင် offline ကတော့ footfall တို့ billboard တို့ဘာတို့ဆိုရင် trafficတို့ Footfall တို့နဲ့တိုင်းတယ်၊ supermarket တို့ဘာလို့ရှိရင် Footfallတွေဘာတွေနဲ့ တိုင်းတယ်။ ကျွန်တော် တို့ digital မှာဆိုလို့ရှိရင် သိထားရမယ့် ဂဏန်းတွေရှိတယ်ပေါ့နော် ဥပမာ reach ကဘာကိုပြောချင်တာလဲ။ impression က ဘာကိုပြောချင်တာလဲ။ link click ကဘာကိုပြောချင်တာလဲ၊ ဥပမာ engagement ဆို ရင် engagement အောက်မှာဘာတွေရှိနေရမလဲ အဲ့ဒီဟာတွေကို အရင်ဆုံးတော့ ကိုယ်က အရင်သိ အောင် လုပ်ရမှာပေါ့ လုပ်ပြီးသွားတော့မှ နောက်တစ်ခုကကျတော့ marketing funnel နဲ့ ပြန်ချိတ်ပြီးတော့မှ ဘယ်နေရာမျိုးမှာ ဘယ်လိုမျိုး objective နဲ့သွားမယ်ဆိုတဲ့ဟာမျိုးပြောရမှာပေါ့လေ။ #marketing #digitalmarketing #market #career #askalex #askalexmm

Shane Conneely from Chambers Ireland & Richard Guiney from Dublin Town on how footfall is almost back to 2019 levels & more people are shopping locally

Our own Aengus Cox was out on Henry Street to speak with local business groups to find out what business is like this Christmas.

There are renewed calls for towns and villages near tourism attractions in coastal areas of Clare to be protected better by the local authority. The Council is being asked to review its policies to ensure tourism marketing leads to footfall in areas of North and West Clare. It comes as work is continuing on the Cliffs of Moher 2040 Strategy. Lisdoonvarna-based Fine Gael Councillor Joe Garrihy says it isn't necessarily masterplans that these areas need to thrive.

Ever wondered how digital efforts can lead to in-store conversions? In this episode, host Matt Evered discusses how digital efforts can drive traffic to a brick-and-mortar location and what footfall attribution is all about with experts from North Strategic and StackAdapt.

An Ennis businessman has poured cold water over suggestions that a new motorway service station will generate additional footfall for the town or boost the county's tourism product. It's after the development at Kilbreckan, on the outskirts of the town, has been granted planning permission this week. Allen Flynn, owner of the Old Ground Hotel and Former Mayor of Ennis, Fine Gael Councillor, Johnny Flynn have been speaking to Clare FM's Morning Focus.

Today we're going through recent questions we've been asked by mentoring clients and listeners of the show. We have 5 key questions to tackle, with in-depth answers and strategies for how to deal with each one.-----------To catch all episodes, make sure you're subscribed to the show...Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-pro-fit-podcast/id1458318553Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/315111taFKBgrk2E7o6Wt8?si=c0901b6a3e14409c----------And for easy-to-review short form content (plus full guest interviews) please subscribe to our YouTube Channel...Pro-Fit Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHihlfGS3ozr2Y5DULnEDMw----------To stay up to date with Matt & Paul, follow them on Instagram...Matt - https://www.instagram.com/mattrobinsonpt/

Welcome to the RIW newsletter, the essential weekly inspiration for every changemaker working in retail and along the customer experience journey. This week we're sharing ideas around 3 key themes that should inspire new ways you plan out your customers journey in 2022 and beyond. In the first section we look at how Quick Retail is delivering some serious Urban Planning Whiplash
.15 minute-or-less delivery is remaking the city faster than anyone predicted. Whether it's discussions about real estate zoning or adding e-bike lanes to the city streets, one thing's for sure: the pandemic has created a perfect moment to drive a radical evolution of our commercial and personal experiences. 

 For the next section of this podcast we look at how stores are Monetizing Shoppers With Retail-as-Media Initiatives. With captive audiences (in some stores) spending considerable time browsing and lining up at check out, retailers are realizing there are multiple ways to turn their footfall into a windfall, and are deploying a host of new owned initiatives and offerings. And for the final section of this podcast, we look at how Retailers are seeking a Product-led Sustainability Halo. Retailers are benefitting not only from their own sustainability efforts but those of the merchandise partners they stock the products of. By investing in sustainable business practices across every element of the product journey, brands and retailers are finding that their positive impact can both drive efficiencies and secure long-term value and customer loyalty - turning positive social and environmental impact into measurable brand value. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/psfk/message