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Episode Title: 🇮🇳India’s Tech Ecosystem Explosion 🇮🇳

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This is the long awaited and gladly recorded episode with Sindhu Gangadharan, SVP & MD, SAP Labs India | Head of SAP User Enablement | Board of Directors - Qualtrics, Siemens India, Titan Company, EverLoop | NASSCOM Executive Council | IGCC Steering Committee | Fortune Top 50.

The conversation was all about Tech and Sindhu’s passions - Young people’s growth, India on a global scale and SAP’s offering. 

She plays a key role in charting the next chapter of India’s $1 Trillion dollar Digital Economy, while also developing India as a Technology Hub for the World. Widely regarded as the Technology Humanist – she helps and empowers the youth of India, earning her a position on the Advisory Board of YuWaah, supported by UNICEF. 

An absolute inspiration and a leader with conviction, Sindhu is not done yet and do follow her to find out what’s next on her agenda.

Topics Covered: Cloud Advancement, CIO activities, India’s Digital Story, E-Governance & Access, Sustainability Drive, SAP India’s LABs

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Episode Title:-  🇺🇸The Marriage of Tech and Fashion🇺🇸

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My guest today on this concluding episode of the #HTRetailSeries on Heads Talk is a leader that needs little introduction. Many thanks to the brilliant contributor guests and the Series sponsor, Delance Swiss Watch. 

Deb Cupp is the President North America of Microsoft. She is also a member of a number of boards to include her recent appointment to the Board of Directors for Ralph Lauren. 

This was a conversation about the pace of digital transformation, the pace of its adoption in the fashion and retail business, Microsoft's relationship with its partners and clients; and the leadership in this space. Deb was incredibly engaging, amusing and gave me a sense of Microsoft's thinking during and after the pandemic. We even talked about ‘What ifs’.  Listen to the final question on this Audiogram. The answer is in the full episode. Another one to enjoy with the selected tea below. 

Topics Covered: Fashion and Tech, Digital Transformation adoption per sector, Microsoft plans pre pandemic, Microsoft going forward, Leadership today, Deb’s leadership.

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While this is the concluding episode of the Retail series - #HTRetailSeries, this is not the end of powerful women leaders on Heads Talk. Stay tune for some good and great names straight after this episode.

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Episode Title:-  🇸🇬Today's Food Delivery Model🇸🇬

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I couldn’t put it better than my guest today. “It’s been a blast”.… It was such a good conversation about the ins and outs of food delivery operations, especially in the Asian market. There really is a true art to this. My guest on the #HTRetailSeries of Heads Talk, Benjamin Mann who is the CTO of Foodpanda gave me an insightful brief on this side of the retail industry.  

Foodpanda is an online food and grocery delivery platform owned by Berlin-based Delivery Hero. Foodpanda operates as the lead brand for Delivery Hero in Asia, with its headquarters in Singapore.

Topics Covered: Dalle, Dalle2, AI, Delivery Methodologies, Technological Updates, Consumer Behaviour, Cultural Differences, Sustainability Actions in the Food Delivery Business

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Episode Title:-  🇨🇭Reimagine The Department Store🇨🇭

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This is the long-awaited release of my conversation with the partner to this Retail Series - #HTRetailSeries of HeadsTalk.  The summer break is over and now back to business for all. My guest today is Nina Muller, CEO of Jelmoli. Nina has got so many interesting plans for Jelmoli and is firmly staying abreast of current technological developments and trends in the retail industry and in fact is leading the way on a number of initiatives.  

Our conversation touched on the circular economy, entering that space and at the same time maintaining the luxury brand department store image. Nina is a firm believer of conscious consumption and she elaborated on this in our discussion. Have a listen to the full episode to hear some of Nina’s project successes, plans and thoughts about where the industry needs to go to remain relevant.

Topics Covered: The New Department Store, Conscious Consumption, Digital Age and the Department Store, Ukraine War Impact  

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Episode Title:-  🇬🇧Retail Chaps, Gaps & Maps🇬🇧  

We continue the #HTRetailSeries on Heads Talk  with this conversation that is all about the way forward for the retail industry. And who better to talk about this than my guest, Helen Dickinson OBE, #CEO of the British Retail Consortium. 

She talks about her passionate subject in the industry, legacy issues, the current situation in the UK, i.e. inflation, rising cost of living, energy price hike; and what the BRC's 200 partners, trade associations in the retail industry from well known and household brand names are telling her about their concerns, predictions and wishes for the future of retail. You know this is one to listen to in FULL. 

Maps - Where is retail going? What is the outlook? What is the preferred scenario

Gaps - What should retailers be doing to stay abreast of current trends, markets and modus operandi? What are the BRC partners talking about? Concerned about? Where are the priory areas that need to be addressed?

Chaps  - Helen is passionate about DEI. She talks about how and where improvements are needed to level the playing field or even have a balanced leadership picture ensuring diversity to enable optimal development of the retail industry. 

Topics Covered: #InflationEffect #ImportsAndExports #UKandNIIssues #DEI #BrexitEffect #RetailPlus #BRC #TheNewRetail  

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Episode Title:-🇳🇱The Metaverse is Mine!🇳🇱

I contemplated titling this episode “𝕀𝕥’𝕤 𝕝𝕚𝕗𝕖 𝕁𝕚𝕞, 𝕓𝕦𝕥 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕒𝕤 𝕨𝕖 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨 𝕚𝕥’. It was so enjoyable talking with Aragorn Meulendijks , #CMO of YOM. Some controversial thoughts and ideas about the Metaverse. You’ll have to listen to the full episode to know what I’m talking about. His candor throughout the dialogue did not go unnoticed. Moments of ‘food for thought', moments of gasps! Serious stuff! 

You may catch some accidental references to Star Trek and the lines that come out of this sci-fi series - the original one! In fact, if you are very observant, you may see a Star Trek reference in the Audiogram itself.

On the whole, a brilliant conversation and one that truly adds to the #HTRetailSeries on Heads Talk. If there is one additional word I should add to this episode and person, it is - Genuine!

Topics Covered: #FoundationalPlatform #SolanaBlockchain #SiloConnectivity #YOM #Interoperability #SoftwareTechnologyDevelopment #WesternSciFi #FearofTheMetaverse #NFTs

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Company Facts

The World's First Layer 1 Metaverse built on Unreal Engine

See more here: https://docs.yom.community/your-open-metaverse/about/company 

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Episode Title:- 🇺🇸The Revolution In-Stores🇺🇸 

With this episode of Heads Talk  as part of the #HTRetailSeries, you really get a sense of what’s to come on your highstreet, your supermarket and instore shopping of the future. 

It was a feel good conversation and superbly informative. Trevor Sumner, #CEO of Perch and his team are doing some amazing things in this space. Perch, a leading corporation in 

• ‘In-store Product Engagement Marketing’, 
• Interactive Retail Displays; and 
• Augmented Reality. 

In this episode, you will get a very clear understanding of the technology, the amazing features, services and importantly what is around the corner for the physical retail store near you. Really fascinating and engaging, the work that Perch is doing with tech and data. 

There was so much information to use for the creation of the Audiogram, it was unreal. The final Audiogram does not do the conversation and episode justice. Please do have a listen to the full episode. 

Another episode with Trevor is definite. Watch this space.

Interesting facts about Trevor: Prior to this, Trevor was the President, CMO and co-founder of LocalVox, a social and mobile marketing platform for local businesses that was named one of the top Startups in New York City by Business Insider, Forbes and the Huffington Post. It was later acquired by The Blackstone Group. 

Topics Covered: #InStorRevolution #PersonalisedInstoreRetailExperience #TomorrowsRetail #AR #VR #PhysicalRetailStores #EcommerceBust

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Episode Title:-  🇺🇸I Did It My Way🇺🇸

Another conversation on this episode of the #HTRetailSeries on Heads Talk.  My guest today does not mince her words. Put any question in front of her and she’ll answer it! Faryl Robin Morse, is the CEO of Faryl Robin Footwear. You have to listen to this full episode to hear about the work the organisation is doing with, for example,  factory workers in Asia. 

Topics Covered:- #NFTs #ARCommerce #SocialEntrepreneur #RetailIndustryLeadership #FootwearBusiness 

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Episode Title:-  Episode Title:-  🇨🇭Investing In A Retail Startup🇨🇭

I urge those retail entrepreneurs out there to have a listen to this episode of @Heads Talk. It was a frank, informative, eye opening conversation with Luca Michas of Yamo. 

So much information and detail Luca provided for this episode that allowed me to understand the journey, pitfalls and successes of being a retail startup. 

Yamo is one of those rare breeds that have made it successfully and we should applaud this. Let me tell you a little bit about Yamo:- 

A young food start-up with the ambitious mission to bring bold new products to the kids' food market.  Founded in 2016, yamo has produced nutritious and delicious food options for kids of all ages. All products are 100 % organic and made with convenience in mind. Besides the platform on yamo.bio, they also provide to large scale retail partners such as Coop, Edeka, dm, Rewe and soon many more in Europe with our delicious and ready-made food solutions for kids.

Topics Covered: #RetailEntrepreneurs #VCs #InvestingInRetail #MarginsMarginsMargins #RetailStartups #YamoFuture 

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Episode Title:-  🇩🇪Marketing Changed Forever🇩🇪

We continue the #HTRetailSeries on Heads Talk with a  conversation with a leader  and strategic thinker. It was an absolute delight to talk with Dr. Marcell Vollmer, CEO of Prospitalia Group. I really like the way he thinks and delivers his messages. I'm a follower of his account on LinkedIn and am often enlightened by the content.

This episode was all about how the marketing and advertising process is changing with the advent of the metaverse; and what are the implications of this. Marcell took me on a journey and reminded me of the past marketing process and the now dated concept of Prime Time. Try telling GenZs all about this.

Topics Covered: #DigitalTransformation #AI #DataProtection #YourProfile #DataTracking #MarketingPastandPresent #YourProfile #MetaverseMarketing

Interesting facts about Marcell: He has a huge following on  Linkedin and Twitter.  Prior to Prospitalia, Marcell was Partner at the global consulting firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Previous to that, he was the CDO of SAP and the CIO of Celonis.  As the Chief Digital Officer of SAP,  Marcell was a 'Digital Ambassador' for SAP's Digital Transformation Office to help SAP customers define and drive digital transformation strategies in all industries globally. As the former Chief Procurement Officer at SAP,  he was versed on the complexities surrounding the intersection of technology, compliance, and supplier networks that today’s procurement leaders face.  Finally, as the COO/Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President of SAP Ariba, his focus was to help companies eliminate procurement and supply chain complexity through simple, smart, and open software solutions.

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