Industry Future Challenge

Future of Retail

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Challenge Open: Dec 6 – Mar 1

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    Pick your challenge today:

    1. In what ways can AI help optimize the retail customer experience, from personalization to seamless checkout?
    2. How can AI be used to optimize retail operations, such as inventory management, staffing, and returns, to enhance efficiency?
    3. How can retailers responsibly integrate AI while maintaining customer trust and data privacy?
  2. 2

    Sign up for the Challenge on PreprLabs

    Watch the webinar to gain a refresher on what experts have to say that can help guide your submission.

  3. 3

    Complete and submit your project

    Once you have received an invite for PreprLabs, complete your project and submit it, ensuring you have completed all the required fields on the project pitch.

  4. 4

    Await the winners announcement

    You’ll receive an email after the submission date to announce the winners. Check out the prizes below, they could be yours!

Future of Retail

Prizes

For 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, the total prizes are:

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1st Place trophy

1st Place

  • $500 Visa gift card
  • $300 in Linux course credits
  • $1000 Prepr Lab Kit
  • Internship opportunities at Prepr and our network of partners
2
2nd Place trophy

2nd Place

  • $250 Visa gift card
  • $300 in Linux course credits
  • $1000 Prepr Lab Kit
3
3rd Place trophy

3rd Place

  • $125 Visa gift card
  • $300 in Linux course credits
  • $1000 Prepr Lab Kit

Please be advised that while participants are welcome to enter the Challenges, individuals who have previously won are ineligible for further awards. Please be advised that all cash prizes will be awarded in CAD.

Our Expert Panelists

Sachin Arora

Sachin Arora

Managing Director, Next Commerce

Sachin Arora is the Managing Director of Next Commerce, a public speaker, and an award-winning, multi-faceted retail executive with leadership experience in corporate & retail strategies and media modernization.

Craig Patterson

Craig Patterson

Founder and Co-Editor-In-Chief, Retail Insider; Publisher, Retail Insider Media Ltd.

Craig Patterson is a retail analyst and consultant at the Retail Council of Canada. He has studied the Canadian retail landscape for the past 25 years.

Jackson Payne

Jackson Payne

Founder & CEO, Deeleeo

Jackson Payne, Founder & CEO at Deeleeo and former Olympic gymnast. Becoming frustrated with the process of selling items on Facebook Marketplace and Kijiji, he believed he could make it easier to facilitate these sales — and Deeleeo was born.

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