Valtech Announces New Partnership with WIRED Magazine
October 14, 2014
Today Valtech announces a new 3-year partnership with WIRED magazine to co-host the annual WIRED Retail events.
There has never been a time of more rapid change within retail companies, more disruption from start-ups, and more possibilities for established companies to have a direct e-commerce relationship with customers. Our events will seek to bring together thought leaders from around the world to share insights, highlight trends and debate the future of retail.
It will offer a glimpse of emerging opportunities for smart retailers, disruptors, investors, marketers, designers, advertisers, buyers and policymakers. Topics covered will include: Shopping on multiple devices; socially curated marketplaces; how online behavior shapes in-store experience, personalized advertising; new global customers coming online; mobile wallets; augmented and virtual reality; and instant delivery. Our first event together will be in London on November 24th 2014.
Valtech’s CEO, Sebastian Lombardo remarked, “Everyone at Valtech is ecstatic to partner with WIRED. To be a successful digital agency we must always be pushing to keep Valtech at the forefront of the most exciting and disruptive ideas in the industry and WIRED has a deserved reputation for inspiring and understanding the digital innovations that are changing all our lives so rapidly.”
Rupert Turnbull, publisher of WIRED, added “WIRED is delighted to have Valtech as our Anchor Partner. Their innovative and disruptive vision of customer responsive digital platforms and their expertise in e-commerce and digital marketing serving some of the most prestigious brands in the retail world add a lot of insight to what promises to be another inspiring and stimulating day of ideas, debate and discussion – this time fusing innovation, technology and retail.”
Valtech's group COO Olivier Padiou adds, "We are more than happy to have such recognition from WIRED about our Agile marketing vision.
This vision has led us to build the next generation digital platform that has been so instrumental for a number of leading brands to succeed in the new digital age where omni-channel reach, real time behavior analysis, great experience and consistency everywhere are key business drivers. Retail is facing a dramatic change and we are sure WIRED retail will be a key milestone for retail decision makers on their journey to excellence."