Retail Week Live is the industry matchmaker; we connect, inspire and challenge the retail ecosystem to create efficient and purposeful businesses to succeed in a world that never stops changing by sparking ideas, partnerships and innovation.
To give you an idea of the sorts of partnerships and collaboration that you can expect at Retail Week Live this year, last year Retail Connected, brought to the industry by Retail Week, Retail Week Live, Be Inspired and World Retail Congress, was home to the Great Global Pitch Off, which was powered by our partner Co:Cubed and saw four groups of hand-picked start-ups from Retail Week Live’s Discovery zone pitch to a specific retailer on a set brief.
Each start-up had two minutes to pitch to the retailer about how their start-up could help solve the specific challenge the retailer had, and the winning start-up won a paid pilot with the retailer. It was so interesting to hear about all the specific challenges that each retailer had and also how enthusiastic they were to hear about all the amazing innovations that each start-up was offering, not to mention exciting to see collaboration and business being done in real-time before our very eyes.