Presenting
The Tech List
Retail Week’s definitive index of the most influential leaders in digital commerce publishes today. The Tech List is a celebration of the people progressing innovation worldwide
The scale of global retail innovation has been evidenced by The Tech List, the annual report that recognises the 53 most influential individuals behind 50 global companies leading digital transformation.
Published today, The Tech List replaces The Tech 100 to exclusively celebrate the work of 50, rather than 100, digital leaders achieving demonstrable success by steering technological change.
Prepare to be inspired.
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These are leaders from countries around the world including the UK, US, Europe, Japan, China and Israel, who are innovating across stores, personalisation, payments, supply chain, social commerce, sustainability and more.
The Tech List provides a crucial window into the people retailers and brands should learn from, alongside the biggest digital trends shaping the industry in which businesses must consider investing. It also serves as a who’s who of digitally led organisations and investors with whom retailers should be partnering and working.
The Tech List provides a crucial window into the people retailers and brands should learn from, alongside the biggest digital trends shaping the industry in which businesses must consider investing
Fresh for 2022, The Tech List has been compiled with recommendations from key industry figures such as retail analyst Natalie Berg, Aditya Kishore of marketing effectiveness specialists WARC, and Matt Truman of retail investment powerhouse True, alongside Retail Week’s team of expert journalists.
Produced in partnership with Braze, Emarsys, Fourth and Okta, The Tech List has greater female representation than ever before (36%) with Alibaba Group president of core domestic commerce Trudy Dai, Olio co-founders Tessa Clarke and Saasha Celestial-One, and Ai-Fi co-founder Ying Zheng among those celebrated.
Significantly, The Tech List is not limited to individuals with tech job titles and comprises chief operations officers, ecommerce directors, chief executives, founders and more.
Opportunity-driven vs necessity-driven investments
The index celebrates digital achievements across the breadth of the retail ecosystem; ranging from start-ups to established retailers, third parties working to help brands, and investors backing the next retail trends.
It also extends to retailers launching game-changing digital innovations, such as Walmart global chief technology officer and chief development officer Suresh Kumar who has overseen the US retailer’s drone delivery service roll-out and its advanced InHome delivery service where staff put shopping away inside consumers’ homes while they’re out.
It also includes Petri Alava, chief executive of Infinited Fiber Company, who has developed a breakthrough recycling technique that creates a cotton replacement made from cellulose called Infinna. This cotton replacement is enabling retailers such as H&M and Inditex to manufacture more sustainably.
There are also those leaders who are working to run their businesses better with increased efficiency and a customer-driven approach, such as Kingfisher chief technology officer JJ Van Oosten who has led on several significant omnichannel investments – from in-store digital hubs to a new third-party marketplace – in the past year.
Access your copy of The Tech List today to discover the 50 global digital leaders you should be working with, taking inspiration from and investing in.
Learn from the individuals powering industry transformation spanning:
- Start-ups and disruptors
- Retailers and brands
- Investors
- Collaborators
- Tech titans
The Tech List is independent editorial content produced by Retail Week and decided by Retail Week’s team of journalists. It has not been shown to sponsors Braze, Emarsys, Fourth or Okta prior to publication for approval.
Suresh Kumar has overseen the roll out of Walmart's InHome and drone delivery services
Suresh Kumar has overseen the roll out of Walmart's InHome and drone delivery services
Petri Alava of Infinited Fiber Company has created a cotton replacement that allows fashion retailers to manufacture more sustainably
Petri Alava of Infinited Fiber Company has created a cotton replacement that allows fashion retailers to manufacture more sustainably
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