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Metro Connect Speaker Announcement – Card Factory
Join Card Factory at Metro Connect 2025 as they reveal how Metro Print has transformed their store execution and customer experience. Hear from Mark Klieve and Lisa Derbyshire as they share practical insights into the commercial benefits of on-demand, in-store print.
Metro Connect 2025: Four Weeks to Go!
Metro Connect 2025 is now just 4 weeks away – and the day’s really starting to take shape. Here’s a quick look at what to expect on Thursday 26th June: 🕘 A glimpse at the day’s format 08:30 to 09:30: Registration, Tea, Coffee, Bacon Rolls and Pastries 09:30 to 17:00:...
Metro Connect Speaker Announcement – Andrew Xeni
Join retail and tech entrepreneur Andrew Xeni at Metro Connect as he explores how Culture, Focus and Conviction can shape high-performing teams and drive real business change. A must-attend session for leaders looking to inspire performance and lead with purpose.
Metro Connect 2025: Five Weeks to Go!
Metro Connect 2025 is shaping up to be our most exciting event yet. Join industry peers for a full day of insight, innovation and real-world success stories – plus a Bond-themed evening to remember.
Metro Connect Speaker Announcement – Hobbycraft
Crafting a Better Way to Learn: The Making of HobbyLearn Excited to share that Hobbycraft will be speaking at this year’s Metro Connect event about how they created ‘HobbyLearn’, their new employee learning platform built with RMS and Metro. Looking to replace a...
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**Happy World Mental Health Day!**
Today, let’s take a moment to prioritise our mental well-being. In our fast-paced, ever-evolving work landscape, it's crucial to take a moment and...
Nurturing Mental Well-being in Today’s Diverse Workplace
In our fast-paced world, prioritising mental health has never been more crucial. Whether you're manning a busy retail counter, juggling tables in a bustling restaurant, brainstorming in a corporate boardroom, or working from your home office, your mental well-being is...
Don’t Let Workplace’s Closure Leave You Disconnected
As Meta announces the closure of its business social platform, Workplace, many organisations find themselves at a crossroads. But fear not! This shift presents an opportunity to elevate your employee engagement strategy with a more robust, feature-rich solution.
Can Your Supermarket Accurately Match Price, Product *and* Ingredients?
Recent scrutiny of the Aldi Price Match scheme at Tesco reveals a growing challenge: some “Price Matched” products are not like-for-like regarding ingredients. While Tesco is lowering prices to match Aldi, some of these lower-priced items can have significantly different ingredients. Could this be more new battle lines being drawn as retailers continue to fight for each customer’s hard-earned money?
Elevate Retail Performance with Metro Unified Comms
In the bustling world of retail, where every second counts and customer satisfaction is paramount, the secret to success lies in engaging and empowering your employees. Imagine a retail environment where teams are not only efficient but also motivated and connected....
Retail Compliance: Briefing Frontline Teams
As you meander through any retail store over the coming weeks and months, it's hard not to notice the flurry of activity—Halloween, Bonfire Night, Christmas, and New Year all fighting for resources and floorspace, with prominent displays of chocolates, prosecco,...
Unlocking Efficiency with Metro Activity Planner
Retailers often have to balance the delicate balance between maintaining smooth operations and executing crucial in-store projects. This balancing act can be particularly challenging when implementing changes like store redesigns, technology upgrades, or planogram updates, which can disrupt the shopping experience and lead to customer dissatisfaction.
How Employee Communication Apps Improve Internal Communication
Effective organisational communication has become a cornerstone of success in today’s fast-paced business environments. Recognising this, RMS, as thought leaders in digital workplace solutions, underlines in this short article the transformative impact employee communication apps can have on internal communication.
3 Ways Retailers Can Streamline Processes & Increase Productivity
The retail landscape is continuously in flux—it always has been. However, shifting consumer behaviours, supply chain disruptions, and labour shortages are all placing increasing pressure on margins and operational performance. Retailers that fail to adapt risk falling...
WhatsApp in Employee Communication: A Double-Edged Sword
With over 2 billion users, WhatsApp has permeated into various business sectors, including (be it officially and unofficially) the retail and hospitality workplaces. However, its application in employee communication has proven to be a double-edged sword, with...
Is your tech stack causing technology challenges?
On average, retailers use between 15 to 30 different software tools in their operational tech stack, with many of these fractured, operating in silos and with diverse commercial, support, and integration approaches. That might be surprising to some, but it's a big...