Fireside Chat: Driving Customer Experience And Innovation By Building An Omnichannel Retail Media Network From Scratch

22 Apr 2026
Supernova Stage
Retail Media, AI & Data

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

  • Why was now the right time for Cotswold Outdoor to launch an omni-channel retail media network?
  • What opportunity did you see in retail media that made it the right move for the business?
  • Why was it important to build an omni-channel network rather than a purely digital retail media offering?
  • What were the first key building blocks needed to get the network off the ground?
  • How did first-party customer data shape the media proposition for brand partners?
  • What makes retail media through Cotswold Outdoor uniquely valuable for brands?
  • How do you measure success when campaigns run across both digital and physical retail environments?
  • How do you ensure retail media enhances the customer journey rather than disrupting it?
  • What has been the biggest challenge in building the network, and what did you learn from it?
  • Where do you see omni-channel retail media evolving over the next few years?
Host
Kate Hardcastle MBE
Kate Hardcastle MBE, The Customer Whisperer & Broadcaster - Hardcastle Collective 
Speakers
Jamie Kristow
Jamie Kristow, CEO - Cotswold Outdoor Group