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[vc_column_text css=””]We support technology, logistics, service and shopfitting companies<\/strong> with our profound insights into the processes and challenges of the retail organisations and help them to enthuse retailers for their products and services. Our excellent connections to the decision makers of the industry help, to get you message to the right ones.<\/p>\n

As experienced business editors and analysts, we research and write your success stories so compelling, that they secure you the desired attention. We support you to focus the messages of our website and your campaigns onto the relevant pain points of the retailers and to optimise them for Google.[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div>

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[vc_column_text]The content that we produce for you is played out through high-quality public relations campaigns in the trade media as well as via LinkedIn and mailings directly to the relevant industry decision-makers. In this way, our excellent content reliably brings new, high-quality leads to you.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div>
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[vc_column_text]Based on our analysis of the global market for retail technology, we help retailers to select the right technology vendors, service providers and implementation partners for their projects.<\/p>\n

We support retailers with case studies and research to apply key learnings from projects at other retail organisations.[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div>

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[vc_column_text]Based on our analysis of retail technology deployment throughout Europe and our insight into the needs of specific retailers, we advise technology companies and service providers: Via market opportunity assessments on their sales potential, by retail organisation and by country.[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div>
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[vc_column_text]We help technology companies to focus their sales resources onto the right retailers. Based on our insights into the needs and challenges of the retailers, we also support them to develop the right products and design the optimal product portfolio for specific countries.[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Senior Retail Analyst | Managing Director<\/h4>\n

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<\/div>[vc_column_text css=””]Bj\u00f6rn Weber <\/strong>has been specialising as journalist, editor, analyst and consultant in the retail and consumer goods industries for more than 20 years. The focus of his expertise is on retail technology, supplier collaboration (ECR), logistics, e-commerce and digital transformation of the industry.<\/p>\n

For eight years, Bj\u00f6rn Weber was editor for IT and logistics at Lebensmittel Zeitung (LZ), the leading German newspaper for the retail and FMCG industry. From January 2015 until March 2019, he ran LZ Retailytics, the international analyst group of LZ.<\/p>\n

Until end of 2014, Bj\u00f6rn Weber was Research Director Retail Technology as well as a member of the Executive Board of the London-based analyst group Planet Retail. He also was the company\u2019s General Manager for Germany.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”custom-col” width=”1\/2″]

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<\/div>[vc_column_text css=””]Bj\u00f6rn Weber is a jury member of the EHI Retail Technology Award (Reta Europe). He was honoured with the Karl-Theodor-Vogel award for outstanding reports on technology topics.<\/p>\n

He is a regular keynote speaker at international industry events such as those of NRF, EHI and the Consumer Goods Forum with a focus on digitalisation, omnichannel strategies and the optimisation of retail processes through technology.<\/p>\n

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Annette B\u00f6hm<\/h3>\n

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<\/div>[vc_column_text css=””]<\/a>Annette B\u00f6hm <\/span><\/b>\u202fhas been specialising in the development and the management of marketing campaigns targeting retailers and consumer goods companies for more than 20 years. The focus of her expertise is on lead generation campaigns and client nurturing. She is an expert in social media and e-mail-marketing and has a high level of experience with the most relevant CRM and marketing automation tools.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Previously, she was Marketing Manager of Lebensmittel Zeitung, the leading German newspaper for the retail and FMCG industry.<\/div>\n
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After her university studies, she worked in marketing and corporate communications at Nestl\u00e9 and Mondelez.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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As a retail expert, Joachim Pinhammer supports retail and technology companies with consulting and marketing expertise. He is a regular speaker and moderator at events organised by Messe D\u00fcsseldorf (EuroShop and EuroCIS), the EHI and further industry conferences in Germany and abroad. His reports are regularly published by trade magazines and online retail industry media.<\/p>\n

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<\/div>[vc_column_text css=””]Until 2018, Joachim Pinhammer was Senior Analyst and Research Director Retail Technology at the London-based analyst group Planet Retail. Until 2010 he was the global marketing director for the retail division of Wincor Nixdorf (now Diebold Nixdorf).<\/p>\n

After graduating from high school Joachim Pinhammer began a dual training programme at the department store retailer Karstadt in Essen graduating asa commercial assistant. He completed training as an instructorat the IHK Essen. In 1998 he graduated from from Babson College Wellesley, MA in the US with a diploma in the Entrepreneurial Development Program there.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]

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