With COVID-19 outbreak, innovative retailers are steering the marketplace from fragmentation, complexity and confusion toward an increasingly integrated future. These smart, agile businesses are collaborating with partners to use the latest technologies and supply chain optimization tools to streamline processes and really get inside the heads of their omni-channel customers. Moreover, consumer demand for the convenience of not leaving one’s house grew rapidly in 2020, boosting conversations around delivery and e-commerce fulfilment. The result is competitive advantage at the first mile, the last mile and everywhere in between an essential weapon on the customer experience. While that means many businesses – both B2C and B2B – are still catching up to new customer demands, it also means that brands that can quickly adapt will be able to capitalize on this rapid acceleration. However, this calls for implementation of technology tools and the expertise to rollout new features and solutions to accommodate retailers and their customers. Keeping this in mind, in this edition of Technology Innovators, we present to you Top 20 Retail Tech CEOs of 2021 who share their entrepreneurial experience and how businesses should re-evaluate the very concept of retail to stay afloat in this dynamic environment.

VALERY MIGIROV

CEO

B24CHAT

RAJ DE DATTA

CEO & CO-FOUNDER

BLOOMREACH

DEREK O’CARROLL

CEO

BRIGHTPEARL

SEAN FEENEY

CEO

CANTALOUPE

ANDREA CALCAGNO

CEO

CLOUD4WI

GIACOMO PASTORE

CEO

FRESCOFRIGO

TODD MORRIS

CEO

LABEL INSIGHT

DAX DASILVA

FOUNDER & CEO

LIGHTSPEED HQ

GEORGE CHRISTOFIS NETO

CEO & CO-FOUNDER

MERCAFACIL

STEPHAN SCHAMBACH

FOUNDER & CEO

NEWSTORE

GUENTHER SCHRAMMEL

CEO

NTS RETAIL

ZIV PITSHON

CEO

ONEBEAT

AMAR CHOKHAWALA

FOUNDER & CEO

REFLEKTION

GALEN WALTERS

CEO

RELATIONSHOP

ALEXEI AGRATCHEV

CO-FOUNDER & CEO

RETAILNEXT

GREGORY DUKAT

CEO

REVEL SYSTEMS

WARREN RICHMOND

FOUNDER & CEO

SITU LIVE

DARREN TAYLOR

PRESIDENT & CEO

TIDEL

ALI ASARIA

CEO

TULIP RETAIL

ANDY BALLARD

CEO

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