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Expo (RBTE) opens its doors,Retail T
echnology magazine previews the
highlights of the show. Now in its fourth year RBTE 2014 will
offer retailers an opportunity to see and hear about the latest industry innovations from major and specialist technology products and services providers. The exhibition will feature over 300
IT suppliers and run alongside a packed conference and seminar programme, a new e-commerce ‘Bootcamp,’ an Innovation Theatre sponsored by Epson and the Amazon Payments Theatre. One exhibitor said the show is a key
springboard for retailer investment. Retail and hospitality payments specialist Secure Retail (stand #540) will exhibit a host of new and core essential payments devices. David Russell, sales director at Secure
Retail, said: “With a dedicated payments theatre, RBTE is the perfect platform for us to promote our industry leading payments technology. “We will be launching the new
Miura M007 PIN pad, the first of its kind with the ability to change the retail and hospitality environment with static and mobile payments in one. Alongside this, we will be showcasing our electronic shelf-edge labelling (ESLs) with Bluetooth beaconing, functioning in real time so information can be changed on the fly using a control system.” While some suppliers will be
exhibiting, others will also be facilitating opportunities to network and share best practice. Multichannel technology provider MICROS (stand #550) will demonstrate new products to help retailers address the challenges of how to ‘web enable’ their stores. Sarah Clelland, marketing director
at MICROS Systems UK, added: “This year MICROS is also running a two- day customer conference alongside the
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RBTE GEARS UP FOR LONDON SHOW W
ith only weeks to go before Retail Business Technology
exhibition, where customers are invited to discuss the changing technology landscape in retail, hear about the latest MICROS innovations and network with their peers.” A number of high profile retail
speakers make up the agenda for the three free conference theatres. Those already confirmed include John Lewis, Hotel Chocolate, Greggs, Best Buy International, Furniture Village, The Co-operative, Otto Group, Ginza, PayPal and Dune. The topics they will discuss are
varied and include: The Global Digital Retail Revolution; The Complete Online Experience; Optimising Fresh Food Retailing with Technology; Omnichannel retail – a radical rethink of the basket user experience; and Mobile Point-of-Sale (MPoS) – the future of instore retail? In addition to the conference
programmes, RBTE 2014 will be hosting a two-day Bootcamp devoted entirely to e-commerce. It has been designed to provide practical workshop sessions, providing hands-on advice, covering the entire shopping journey from customer attraction and retention, interactive marketing and personalisation, through to cross-border trading. The e-commerce Bootcamp Theatre will host 60 pre- booked retailer only candidates each day in 12 sessions that are 35 minutes long. Loyalty will also feature as a key theme at RBTE where, in addition to
DATE FOR THE DIARY
Retail Technology Business Expo 2014 will take place from 11 to 12 March 2014 at Earls Court in London. The exhibition and conferences are free to attend. But places at the e-commerce Bootcamp must be pre-booked. More information is available at
www.rbtexpo.com.
dedicated conference sessions, a Loyalty Roundtable will debate the most pressing business and technology issues in this area with leading retailers and experts. And the Instore Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Experience will also offer an interactive retail journey to demonstrate the technology’s functions and advantages across a business. The event will also showcase a
wide array of technology innovation in The Retail Innovation Theatre, run in association with the retail technology business accelerator, Eccomplished. And the innovations featured have been independently selected on their merits alone, in terms of how their offerings could help retailers solve their most pressing business challenges. Judging by the feedback from
participants of last year’s show, it will have raised high expectations this year. Amanda Lees, Moto Hospitality treasury manager, commented that RBTE is “a great place to do all of your research in one go”. “It’s an excellent show, really good
attendance, lots of key retailers and a really good networking opportunity,” concluded Ros Nyman, account manager for print and managed services provider Oki. “We’ve seen Waitrose, Tesco, Boots, Sainsburys – you name it they’ve been here. The atmosphere is really buzzy. The feedback has been excellent and we’ve seen a huge benefit from being here. We’ll definitely be back.”
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