Retail Breakfast Roundtable
Ensuring Profitability and Driving ROI in Retail for 2025
The Role of AI, Workforce Management and Productivity in Tackling the Labour Cost Inflation
Senior operational, HR and finance leaders are invited to join an exclusive retail breakfast roundtable to explore how Ai, optimising workforce operations and improved productivity can address one of the most pressing challenges in 2025 – the rising labour costs.
Date: 5th March 2025, 9 – 10:30am
Venue: The Standard Hotel, 10 Argyle Street, London, WC1H 8EG
Held at The Standard Hotel, this private roundtable event will provide attendees with a platform to discuss real-world strategies for fighting the rising labour costs.
In response to the autumn budget, which has introduced significant tax increases impacting the retail sector, leading to concerns about inevitable job losses and price hikes, over 80 leading retailers have signed an open letter to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, expressing their apprehensions about the economic consequences of these measures.
Against this backdrop, we are gathering retailers to delve into how AI, workforce management and improved productivity can serve as a strategic response to these challenges. Attendees will discover actionable strategies to mitigate rising labour costs and maintain competitiveness in an increasingly demanding economic environment.
Chaired by Simon Hedaux, Co-Founder of Rethink Productivity, this interactive session will take place under Chatham House Rules, allowing for open conversations where participants can share insights, debate key challenges, and explore practical applications and solutions.
Key Areas of Discussion
How Retail Can Tackle Rising Labour Costs Without Sacrificing Service Quality or Resorting to Staff Cuts
The Role of AI in Managing Labour Demand and Cost Pressures
Aligning Workforce Productivity with Profitability Goals
Future-Proofing Retail Operations: Strategies to Stay Profitable Amid Rising Costs
Past Attendees
Register to Attend
Join a unique opportunity to learn from your peers, and develop strategies to tackle rising costs while maintaining excellence in customer experience and workforce engagement.
This is a complimentary learning and networking event and we have limited places, if you are interested in attending please register at your earliest convenience.
8:30am - 9am
Arrival, coffee, continental breakfast and networking
9am
Discussion begins
10:30am
Discussion ends, networking
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