During Inside Retail Live last week, audiences were rolling with laughter when comedian Tessa Waters transformed into some of retail’s most amusing stereotypical customers, from Lauren, the millennial who’s “adulting for the first time ever, lol” to Anne, the cheery widowed baby boomer who’s ready to splash her cash. The General Store’s chief strategy officer Matt Newell hosted a fireside chat with buddy and Shoes of Prey co-founder, Michael Fox, who opened up about where his busines
ness failed – and where he’s next taking his career with new plant-based meat startup Fable.
We celebrated the local online sector with Internet Retailing’s annual Top 50 People in E-Commerce and on Thursday, keynote speaker Danny Lattouf asked, ‘What the actual fuck is going on in retail?’ then inspired attendees with the highlights of a recent trip to the US, including Starbucks, Nike and Dolby.
Meanwhile in the afternoon streams, Domino’s group chief digital and technology officer Michael Gillespie, Anna Samkova from the PAS Group and Nathan Bush from agency 12High enjoyed such a fascinating panel discussion that it actually ran overtime – and no one in the audience actually left. Then Cameron Lawson and Rachel Tigel (or JLo and Shakira, as they called themselves) took the audience through the highs and lows of Forever New’s recent e-commerce transformation.
And of course, after a two-day, jam-packed schedule, attendees really let their hair down at the Retailer Awards at the Timber Yard, where some of the industry’s best and brightest were recognised for their great work across 11 different categories.
Thanks to everyone who came along with us to Retail Week in Melbourne. We had a ball. See you again next year.
Photos by Hannah Caldwell
