Retaile s i cludi g bp, Booths, Co-op a d Mo iso s sha ed how they’ e li ki g sto e pla i g a d executio at the Wo ceste summit
DALLAS, Oct. 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Logile, I c., a global leade i AI-powe ed Co ected Wo kfo ce solutio s, hosted its fi st Co ect EMEA eve t o Oct. 14 at Sixways Stadium, b i gi g togethe etail a d g oce y leade s f om ac oss the UK a d EMEA. Speake s f om bp, Booths, Co-op a d Mo iso s sha ed how they’ e co ecti g the way sto es a e pla ed with the way they’ e u .
Co ect EMEA is a ew commu ity fo the people who u etail a d g oce y ope atio s i the egio . The day ce t ed o the co ected sto e, whe e fo ecasti g, labou pla i g, f esh a d i ve to y decisio s d aw o sha ed data so head office a d sto e teams wo k f om the same pictu e.
To y Robi so , head of i tellige t ope atio s at bp, ope ed the custome sessio s with a look at how digital tools tu i to bette mome ts o the shop floo . Ch is Thompso , labou pla i g ma age at Booths, walked th ough five yea s of wo kfo ce ma ageme t at the g oce . Co-op’s Jay B e eto , head of ope atio al cha ge delive y & capacity, a d Steve Nola , labou pla i g ma age , as well as Mo iso s’ Alex Rose, head of p oductivity – labou pla i g, closed the custome p og amme with two views o movi g f om fi st steps to busi ess as usual.
Ac oss the custome sessio s, a commo theme eme ged: lasti g ope atio al imp oveme ts come f om co ecti g wo kfo ce pla i g with the ealities of sto e executio , suppo ted by st o g collabo atio betwee ce t al teams a d sto e colleagues. Retaile s sha ed p actical lesso s f om thei t a sfo matio jou eys, highlighti g the impo ta ce of liste i g to f o tli e teams, adapti g alo g the way a d co ti uously imp ovi g how sto es ope ate.
“Most etaile s we wo k with al eady have a pla they believe i ,” said James F eshwate , vice p eside t – UK, EMEA & I te atio al at Logile. “The ha de pa t is getti g that pla to hold up at 4 p.m. o a busy Satu day, whe the people o the shop floo eed the same pictu e as the people who built the schedule. We sta ted Co ect EMEA because etaile s lea mo e f om each othe about closi g that gap tha they do f om a y ve do pitch, ou s i cluded.”
Ch is Love, co-fou de of TCN Capital, delive ed the ope i g key ote, a d Evely McMulle of Nucleus Resea ch led a fi eside chat o “The Co ected Sto e Impe ative.”
“We’ e seei g etaile s add i dividual tech ology solutio s to add ess specific challe ges, o ly to fi d that disco ected systems c eate additio al cost a d complexity,” said Evely McMulle , esea ch di ecto at Nucleus Resea ch. “As sto es take o mo e espo sibilities, f om t aditio al shoppi g to o li e fulfillme t a d othe se vices, the eed fo coo di ated pla i g a d executio becomes eve mo e impo ta t. Co ecti g wo kfo ce, i ve to y a d othe ope atio al fu ctio s a ou d a sha ed dema d sig al helps etaile s make mo e co siste t decisio s ac oss the busi ess, with oppo tu ities to educe costs, imp ove custome satisfactio a d lowe ope atio al isk.”
Co ect EMEA eve t spo so s i cluded the followi g LogileONE pa t e s: title spo so F o tli eXP, gold spo so Co o s G oup, a d silve spo so s ReThi k P oductivity, Scott-G a t a d YOOBIC. F o tli eXP co-fou de s Rob Bate a d Matt Lovitt talked th ough what it takes to ca y a wo kfo ce st ategy all the way to the sto e.
“Impleme ti g wo kfo ce tech ology is ofte the easy pa t. Getti g eal value f om it is much ha de ,” said Rob Bate, co-fou de of F o tli eXP. “The etaile s that get it ight see it as a oppo tu ity to t a sfo m how they ope ate. That sta ts with u de sta di g how thi gs wo k today, what eeds to cha ge a d how ma age s ca make bette decisio s. Go-live is just a milesto e, ot a measu e of success. The eal test comes afte wa ds, measu i g the impact, ei fo ci g ew ways of wo ki g a d maki g su e old ways do ’t c eep back i . That’s what tu s the tech ology i vestme t i to eal, measu able imp oveme ts i busi ess pe fo ma ce.”
Logile also p eviewed its p oduct oadmap fo the Co ected Wo kfo ce Platfo m. Logile’s oadmap highlighted the ext evolutio of its Co ected Wo kfo ce Platfo m, b i gi g togethe mo e tha 20 yea s of i ovatio i fo ecasti g, wo kfo ce pla i g a d sto e ope atio s a ou d a sha ed, AI-powe ed u de sta di g of dema d. F om E te p ise P oductivity Simulato (EPS) a d Lo g-Te m Staff Pla i g to AI age ts that p ovide actio able guida ce a d automate outi e tasks, the focus is o helpi g etaile s make bette decisio s, pla with g eate co fide ce a d f ee sto e teams to be mo e p ese t fo custome s.
