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Retail Movers & Shakers The top 100 Report 2019 The Retail Top 100 Movers & Shakers Report 2019 Glynn Davis Welcome Retailinsider.com Welcome to the latest annual ‘Retail Insider Top 100 Movers & Shakers in Retail’ report that is proud twitter @glynndavis to celebrate its 10th Anniversary and again highlight the achievements of those individuals who are successfully bringing digital into their respective businesses. The industry continues to forward organisations. Ocado, massively valuable in bringing change at a rapid pace and it is Amazon, Farfetch and Gymshark their unique perspective into now recognised by all established feature prominently and show play. This has ensured the retailers that they must undergo which way the retail wind is rigorous methodology we apply a transformation of some form blowing. to its production was again or other if they are to bring maintained this year. I would like themselves up to the standard The objective of the report has to thank them for their important of the newer players who have been to find those people who contribution. entered the sector over recent are setting the pace within this years. changing retail landscape. The A very big thank-you also goes to sort of people who are remaking K3 for its continued sponsorship This year’s list very much the industry for a new era where of the Movers & Shakers report highlights how the industry the old models are fast becoming and its dedication to highlighting has so dramatically changed. redundant. the best talent in the industry. In the top 20 there is only one This Anniversary edition shows business that would be described To help Retail Insider undertake just how exciting the retail sector as a traditional stores-based this tough task it has again relied is and what is possible. retailer, Hotel Chocolat, while the on the skills of an experienced remainder are very much digital- Advisory Panel who have been The Retail Top 100 Movers & Shakers Report 2019 Methodology Over the past year a wide range of experts from across different disciplines within the retail industry have been consulted to help draw up an initial long list of potential constituents of the Top 100 for 2019. These individuals comprised consultants, The Top 50 names was then given to each of and Non-executive Directors’, which has technology vendors, service providers, the Panel members to score privately on a been retained because of the view that this recruitment specialists, senior retail number of important criteria – achievement is an increasingly important and valued part executives, advisors and City analysts over the last 12 months, potential future of the retail industry. whose expertise encompassed all aspects achievement, customer engagement, of the sector. digital capability and innovative capability. Also make a note of those with a OTW mark, By collating these scores a ranked Top 50 list they are ‘One to Watch’ and we believe they The carefully selected Advisory Panel then was created. may just be some of the brightest sparks helped to reduce this long list down to a Top this sector has to offer. 100 names and from within this grouping This year has seen a further refinement to they selected a Top 50. The Panel is chosen the list with non-retailers in the Top 100 on the basis of their combined knowledge being incorporated into the main list rather and expertise covering every part of the than having their own sections. The only retail industry. separate grouping remaining is for ‘Investors The Retail Top 100 Movers & Shakers Report 2019 The Movers & Shakers Top 100 Advisory Panel Anthony Fletcher | CEO | Graze.com Daniel Bobroff | founder | Coded Futures Anthony took up the CEO role at Graze in December 2012 after Daniel is the founder of Coded Futures, a creative technology advisory serving as UK managing director and chief marketing officer at firm focused on retail, as well as being a special advisor & head of the healthy snacks company, beginning in 2009. He has used the retail at High Tech Engineering Center (HTEC). This follows a two- marketing and product skills he honed while at Innocent Drinks to year period as co-founder & investment director at Asos Ventures. build the Graze business and take it into retail stores and venture Daniel is also a leading speaker on the topic of retail technology and into the US market. Anthony successfully led the business’s sale to is a board member of True Fit Corporation and Detego. Unilever. Alison Lancaster | interim marketing strategist |The Bicester Indira Thambiah | senior advisor | Roof Maker Village Shopping Collection Indira is currently a senior advisor at Roof Maker, where she was Alison’s current role is interim marketing strategist at Bicester previously CEO, and also advises VentureFounders and runs Silly Village, which follows a period as digital marketing direct at Fanatics, Point Wines. She previously spent two years as managing director of and chief customer officer at House of Fraser. She is massively luxury bathroom retailer C P Hart. She has a strong track record from experienced in the digital and marketing areas with a career that Home Retail Group, DSG Group and Zulily. has encompassed time at numerous retailers including Bonmarche, White Stuff, Feather & Black, Harrods, Charles Tyrwhitt, Bravissimo David Kohn | customer & e-commerce director | Heal’s and John Lewis. David heads up the customer & e-commerce division of department store Heal’s where he is a director. He calls on a vast amount of Melissa Reed | partner & head of global retail practice | H.I. experience gained from time spent at Borders, Waterstones, and Executive Consulting Snow+Rock. He is also a consultant specialising in multi-channel Melissa leads the global retail practice at H.I. Executive Consulting strategies. (formerly Heads International). She works with UK and global retailers building exceptional teams at board level. Her early career in retail gives her great insight into the issues facing her clients and much of her work is helping clients steer businesses through transformation to help them achieve their strategic objectives. She was previously part of the global consumer markets practice at Korn Ferry. The Retail Top 100 Movers & Shakers Report 2019 The Movers & Shakers Top 100 Advisory Panel John Bovill | executive consultant digital and technology | All Saints Tony Bryant | director of global business development | K3 John has many years of retail experience most recently at All Saints. He has been the retail face of K3 business for over 10 years, building This followed a spell as chief digital officer at WHL Australasia. In significant relationships in the market and getting K3 recognised September 2017 he joined the group’s regional executive committee as one of the ‘go to’ retail partners in Microsoft and the wider with responsibility for digital strategy across its David Jones partner community. With a formidable reputation as an influential and Country Road Group. Prior to that John worked at Monsoon strategic thinker who influences yet tactically executes and is able to Accessorize as IT and e-commerce director, at Jacques Vert Group contribute to the broader business debate. Ltd as commercial director, and at Aurora Fashions. Sarah McVittie | co-founder | Dressipi Simon Calver | head of Ventures investment | BGF Sarah is co-founder of fashion prediction platform Dressipi that has Simon became a founding partner of BGF Ventures in 2015 to launch built up a roster of leading retailers as clients. She has been a leading a new £200 million early stage venture company, investing up to £6 force in the tech industry for over 15 years that began with her million in leading tech entrepreneurs across the UK. He is now Head building her first award-winning business SMS Q&A service Texperts of Investments for Ventures and early stage and sits on many boards that was inspired by her first job working as an analyst at investment including Gousto, where he was previously chairman, as well as bank UBS. Texperts was sold in 2008 in a multi-million-pound deal. Global App Testing and Firefly Learning. He was previously CEO of Mothercare and LOVEFiLM which he joined after spending his earlier Guy Hipwell | advisor and investor career at the likes of Dell and Unilever. Guy has over 25 years’ worth of experience in the retail sector. An early starter in digital, he has been involved in online retailing since Hannah Joyce | partner | Calibre One the late 1990’s working at the likes of Harrods, Liberty and C&A. Now Hannah is a partner at digital executive search firm Calibre One and very much a plural executive he works with a multitude of businesses brings over a decade of experience focusing on digital, marketing, across all sectors providing mentoring and advisory services and is commercial leadership and digital transformation searches. She the founder of digital advisory board The Table Partnership. previously led the Internet and Digital practice for Odgers Berndtson and more recently she was part of the Global Technology & Consumer Additional special thanks to: practice at Heidrick & Struggles. Joanna Perry | global head of marketing | Practicology The Retail Top 100 Movers & Shakers Report 2019 Denise Davidson Retail – but not as we know it Retail Advocate | K3 This year more than ever we are seeing the rules of retail being thrown out of the window and redefined. [email protected] Retail as we knew it has been Shakers report as essential report who are embracing the twitter @K3_Denise well and truly shaken up and reading for anyone involved in digital age head on, innovating continues to evolve at an the retail sector. The detailed in ways so far removed from incredible pace. As we celebrate insight provided is invaluable conventional retailing.
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