House of Fraser and N Brown become Tech. partners

The department store and fashion retailer have signed on as launch partners for the inaugural Retail Week conference.

Both businesses will send between 10 and 30 employees from both organisations to attend the conference, which brings together technology leaders from across retail and other industries.

House of Fraser and N Brown join Tesco, John Lewis, Marks & Spencer, Shop Direct, John Lewis, L’Oreal and Dixons Carphone as retail partners for the conference, which is taking place on September 13-14.

The two day festival is focussed on bringing together innovators from across the technology sector.

It boasts over 120 speakers including Paul Misener, Amazon’s vice-president of global innovation and communications, Skyscanner’s chief technical officer Bryan Dove and IBM Watson’s chief marketing officer Deon Newman.