The Drapers and Retail Week PayPal etail awards

The Drapers and Retail Week PayPal etail awards are the ultimate accolade for retail businesses of all sizes excelling online.

With online sales now at the very heart of the retail landscape, the PayPal etail awards recognise excellence in this area across the retail spectrum, from startup pure-play etailers to established multiple retailing businesses.

BT Retail Week Technology Awards 2012

The BT Retail Week Technology Awards 2012 are your national platform to shout about your achievements in technology development. If you have made it easier for customers to shop with you, understood customer requirements, or have implemented an initiative that you think the market should sit up and take notice of; then enter the awards today.

Omni-channel: merging clicks and bricks

Make everything available through any touchpoint from just one stock pool

Join us on 3 July 2012 for an exclusive event for retailers, at the iconic BT Tower in London and discover what the change from multichannel to omni-channel means for you.

BT Expedite & BT Fresca Retail Client Conference 2012

Every year we host a client conference. It's a great opportunity to get together and share ideas in a more relaxed atmosphere, away from day-to-day stresses.

Over two days you’ll hear from leading retailers and industry experts giving their insight through demos, break-out sessions and presentations on hot retail and technology related topics. 

Insights: Epicor Customer Conference 2012

Speed down the road to recovery by joining our partner Epicor at this years Insights 2012 on 6-9th May at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada.

eCircle Connect Europe 2012

ConnectEurope2012 is the leading digital marketing conference for online marketers, bringing together industry keynotes from leading organisations and brands.

Oracle Retail Week Awards 2012

The Oracle Retail Week Awards are without question the biggest event in the retail calendar.

We are delighted to announce that Oasis have been shortlisted for the Retail Technology Initiative of the Year category, for the Argyll Street flagship launch with our iPad PoS solution. 

Retail Business Technology Expo and Cards & Payments Solutions 2012

Join us at the Retail Business Technology Expo and Cards & Payments Solutions 2012.  The one stop shop for end to end solutions.  The expo is the definitive event for retail and hospitality organisations in the UK and mainland Europe looking for the right tools, solutions and advice to run their businesses even more effectively.

Digital Leaders - mCommerce - the Next Big Thing in Electronic Commerce

Mobile commerce is a very hot topic. It’s not just purchasing off the mobile but using mobile to make purchasing decisions in-store. Get the inside track on what all the fuss is about and what’s working for whom.

Speakers: Geoffrey Barraclough, Director of Strategy, Marketing & Propositions, BT Expedite; Will Dymott, ecommerce Director, Lyle & Scott; Mick Rigby, Founder & Managing Partner, Yodel Mobile.

Next generation e-commerce: The right platform can drive your entire business forward

We held an exclusive event at BT Tower that explored how the right e-commerce platform will help take you to the next level.

Retail Week Customer World 2011

Join BT Expedite & Fresca at the Retail week Customer World 2011 exhibition at the Business Design Centre, London.  Putting customer insight at the heart of retail to drive loyalty, profits and first class shopping experiences

Roller-Coaster Retail: Practical Strategies for Managing Volatility Webcast

Due to sluggish economic growth, retailers continue to wrestle with cautious consumers, uncertain market conditions and extraordinary challenges when it comes to protecting profits and planning operations. The need to invest in improved efficiencies and customer engagement must be tempered against the desire to control costs until stability returns. Where is the proper balance point for your retail business?
 

BT Tower Event: Reinventing the inventory

We found out how international expansion and trading across retail, wholesale, franchise and e-commerce is changing inventory models. Joined by Richard Wolff, former International Retail Director at Marks and Spencer PLC and Melanie Traub, Global Merchandising, Buying, Wholesale and Franchise Director from Thomas Pink Ltd we heard how smarter sourcing and stock management can help your business really compete.

Visit our featured event page for more information, videos and photo's from the day

BT Retail Week Technology Awards

Almost 600 of the UK's top retailers and suppliers in retail technology gathered at this year's Retail Week Technology Awards to celebrate their achievements over the last year.  We are pleased to announce that BT Expedite, with Whistles and Retail Assist were included in this years winners, taking the award for project implementation of the year.

Visit our BT Retail Week Technology Awards page for more information, videos and pictures from the evening. 

BT Expedite and BT Fresca Client Conference 2011

Bringing it all together for profitable multichannel retailing

We really did bring it all together at our annual client conference in Stratford this year – with more retailers, more retailer-led sessions, more demos and more user groups than ever before.

Retail Week Conference & Awards 2011

For the last 20 years, the Retail Week Conference has the best and most authoritative annual overview of the retail industry. The conference is followed by The Oracle Retail Week Awards, which are indisputably the gold standard for retailers in the UK, and the Awards night is the biggest evening in the retail calendar. The 2011 Awards promise to be no exception.

We are delighted that the BT Expedite Integrated store solution with Aurora Fashions & Thomas Pink has been shortlisted in the Retail Technology Initiative of the Year category.  

Retail Business Technology Expo

A brand new exhibition incorporating seminars, workshops and inspirational features plus a host of networking opportunities.

Kevin Burns our PCI Consultant will be speaking in the PCI & Payment Security seminar as well as Geoff Barraclough, Director of Strategy Propositions and Marketing joins Brian Hume from Martec to discuss the IT in Retail report.

The BT Expedite CIO Forum

We hold our CIO Forum twice a year for a small group of CIO's from leading retailers, at different locations to give our customers a chance to get together, get updated and discuss real retail issues. 

Read highlights from February's forum in the blog: Moving forwards with Multichannel

NRF 2011: 100 years of Retail

Watch the BT Expedite NRF 2011 Video Overview  

100 Years of Retail: Retail's BIG Show celebrated 100 years of retail leadership this January 2011.  The NRF's big show is a one-of-a-kind education, amazing networking and pioneering solutions and services show.  More importantly we were there celebrating with you - the biggest and brightest names in retail.

Retail Systems Awards 2010

BT Expedite's Integrated Store solution sweeps the board with 3 award wins!

Epicor Perspectives 2010

Epicor's Global Customer Conference. This important event provides an opportunity for customers to maximize their investment in Epicor solutions.

Retail Sector London 2012 Dinner

It’s been forecast that London 2012 will generate an extra £521m for the retail sector, with 70 per cent of visitors expected to pass through Stratford City.

In-store Show, Marketing Week Live 2010

At this year’s show Director of Strategy, Marketing & Propositions, Geoffrey Barraclough, BT Expedite unveiled new ethnographic research of shoppers and shop staff looking at how retailers can make the most of the store and web working together.

BT Retail Week Technology Awards

Visit: Relive the Awards

BT Expedite was the proud headline sponsor of the Retail Week Technology Awards 2010. Firmly established in the IT calendar, these awards acknowledge and reward the achievements and success of retail technology in the UK.

BRC London 2012 Breakfast Briefing

As the official communications services partner for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympics Games, BT in association with the BRC ran a breakfast briefing looking at how London 2012 will impact the UK retail sector; how retailers can best prepare for the Games and how they can leverage the enormous opportunities that the Games has to offer.

Internet Retailing Multichannel Jumpstart

The Internet Retailing Multichannel Jumpstart took place on the 5th May 2010, featuring many large companies including BT Expedite, O2, RBS Worldpay and Experian Cheetahmail.  The panel of experts included Jason Shorrock, Business development director for BT Expedite