'The real big winners have been the like of #Amazon, #Asos and #Boohoo' says Andrew Goodacre when considering the last few months' #BabelTalksRetail

Courtney Roe from WIDEN, an Acquia company says we are seeing a lot more brands using personalisation: #SocialMedia, personalised emails, sharing recommendations. 'We need a system to work with a #DistributedWorkforce. Digital asset management (DAM) is a solution for this' #BabelTalksRetail

Stephen Williams from Acquia says 'there is a stack of talent out there' in the retail space. However, as 'data becomes more important, how do you address the skills gap?' #BabelTalksRetail

Courtney from WIDEN, an Acquia company, 'don't sacrifice accuracy and consistency - it's key to building brand trust!' #BabelTalksRetail

Interesting to see that some of us are still hoping for that in-store experience this christmas shopping season

Stephen Williamson Acquia, 'the unfortunate thing is #personalisation can be done very badly.' #BabelTalksRetail

We've had another poll, this time with more extreme results. Alex Sword 'it is important not to overstate the online move. It's 50% of non-food so not everyone is online. However, we can't really pretend physical retail was in a great state before lockdown.'#BabelTalksRetail

Our own Jennifer Kelham (née Atkinson) recently caught up with Omnisperience's Teresa Cottam about what it is like to work as a #telco #analyst. Check it out: l.babelpr.com/vgwze #Telecoms #Mobile

Our MD, Jenny Mowat was recently a guest on Heka's Wellness Warriors At Work podcast. Discussion included the different ways we've been supporting employees’ physical and #MentalHealth. Have a listen here and let us know what you think bit.ly/3p5NqQ0 #PR

Will be very interesting to see how this unfolds further ... having only just got some family members on #WhatsApp plus all the school/parent/nursery/client groups, struggle to see how we could switch and still feel connected

How can #retail tech firms build relationships with journalists as the sector continues to battle for survival? This will be among the topics of discussion at the next #BabelTalks event, featuring Retail Week editor Luke Tugby. Register here: l.babelpr.com/whdmj

The Babel PR team is busy preparing to host a media roundtable for #client Orange Cyberdefense UK - the expert panel including Lisa Ventura MBE FCIIS will be discussing the impact of #COVID19 on the #cybersecurity threat landscape - journalist attendees will be enjoying some tasty treats #PR

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.Luke Tugby thinks there has been a shift to #OnlineShopping, but it is lazy to say online has done well and offline has suffered! “Specialists, B&Q, Homebase, value players have all performed well.” #BabelTalksRetail #PR #Retail

.Simon Coughlin asks “have any retailers taken the wrong strategy?” Luke Tugby says the people who have got it right “have had courage in terms of their convictions and strategy, adapting their business model to suit what their customers want.” #BabelTalksRetail #retail

“Is an #omnichannel approach the only way forward?” asks Simon Coughlin, “I don’t think it is the only way forward, but I think retailers are coming to terms to the fact they need some sort of #digital offering.” Luke Tugby at our #Retail #Webinar #BabelTalksRetail

We recently shared the first episode of our #DigitalCommunicators #podcast. If you haven't listened yet, Dan Parris chats to Matt Silver, Declan Bradshaw and @AndersonAbbie20 about the recent shift in #MediaRelations. Available now on iTunes & Spotify l.babelpr.com/fnwfp

.IFS' colin elkins's take on the #Budget2021 features in Dave Vetter's climate expert roundup for Forbes. He believes the ‘green bonds’ proposals lack clarity and Govt should be doing more to encourage investment in the circular economy. Read here: l.babelpr.com/fhlek

Less than a week until our all-star panel #cybersecurity event...Nicole Perlroth of the The New York Times and former NCSC UK chief @ciaranmartinoxf will be speaking with Simon Coughlin about how the pandemic has impacted cyber threats. Register here l.babelpr.com/yyupt

Our MD Jenny Mowat has been speaking with PRmoment about our growing focus on #greentech - building profiles of clients, including GenCell Energy and Circular Computing®, whose goal is to help other businesses become greener prmoment.com/pr-insight/how… #PR #b2b