Fireside Chat: What Does Customer Experience & Loyalty Look Like At The World’s Leading Luxury Retailer?

22 Apr 2026
Spark Stage
Loyalty, Customer Experience & Personalisation

The interviewer will ask the interviewee some of the following questions as well as asking the audience to ask some questions of their own:

  • How would you describe the typical Harrods customer in 2026? 
  • As the world’s leading luxury retailer, what expectations do your customers really have when it comes to customer experience and personalisation?
  • What key strategies does Harrods focus on when it comes to delivering the best customer experiences possible? 
  • Harrod’s is now in its 177th year.  How has its customer experience strategy evolved over that time and how has it differentiated itself from its competitors? 
  • What key mistakes do luxury retailers often make with customer experience and how can they best be avoided? 
  • How does Harrods approach customer loyalty and why has it taken that approach?
  • How is Harrods using AI to help with loyalty and customer engagement and how do you see this evolving?
  • What does store colleague training look like at Harrods from a customer experience perspective? 
  • What advice would you give to retailers in making the best use of their customer data?
  • How do you think loyalty and customer experience will evolve in the next three years? 
Host
Andrew Busby
Andrew Busby, Freelance Writer - Fortune
Speakers
Mark Blundell
Mark Blundell, Chief Retail Officer - Harrods