We visited the Retail Business Technology Expo this year at Earls Court. The Expo was well laid out with a useful mix of supplier stands and presentation theatres. Key themes were E-Commerce, Payments and of course Mobile.

Some highlights of the two days for us were:

• Keynote presentations from Julian Burnett (John Lewis) and Graham Benson (MandM Direct)
• PayPal local demonstration, check in and payment using mobile phone and photo
• Retail IT review from Martec and JDA
• Retailing in the mobile age presentation from Richard Mader (ARTS) and Brian Kilcourse (RSR)

We took the opportunity to catch up with past colleagues and make some interesting new relationships. Overall it was worth the visit and we’ll be going back next year.