{"id":1548,"date":"2016-03-11T08:08:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T08:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.whoopapp.com\/?p=1548"},"modified":"2017-10-15T21:31:05","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T21:31:05","slug":"recap-rbte-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/news\/events\/recap-rbte-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: London&#8217;s Biggest Retail And Ecommerce Expo &#8211;  RBTE 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Think of an exhibition, where every technology provider you need for the retail business is there: From payments and security to ecommerce and logistics &#8211; that\u2019s the Retail Business Technology Expo, wich took place on 9th and 10th March in London. In the halls of the Olympia London\u00a0over 350 exhibitors showed the newest technologies and developments in the field of retail technology to over 16.000 visitors. A<\/span><span class=\"s1\">dditionally, over 190 speakers shared their insights about the retail business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">We had the stand 296 and like always we were equipped with tasty CakePops.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hello from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rbtexpo\">@rbtexpo<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/London?src=hash\">#London<\/a> Get a delicious CakePop at stand 296 \ud83d\ude42 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RBTE2016?src=hash\">#RBTE2016<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OfnCz5u7d2\">pic.twitter.com\/OfnCz5u7d2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Whoop! (@whoop_app) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whoop_app\/status\/707526316740976640\">March 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0 As you can see, we were not the only exhibitor \ud83d\ude09 \u00a0 <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>What a view \ud83d\ude42 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RBTE2016?src=hash\">#RBTE2016<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5oSSmh1pi0\">pic.twitter.com\/5oSSmh1pi0<\/a> \u2014 Whoop! (@whoop_app) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whoop_app\/status\/707548349256302592\">March 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In four halls\u00a0you could gain the latest knowledge in the whole range of the retail industry.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie Peach, Head of SEO at House of Fraser, talked about &#8220;scaling and winning the long tail of natural search in retail.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jamie Peach from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/houseoffraser\">@houseoffraser<\/a> about the changes of the SERP <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamiepeach\">@jamiepeach<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RBTE2016?src=hash\">#RBTE2016<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ApwTeOOx2G\">pic.twitter.com\/ApwTeOOx2G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Whoop! (@whoop_app) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whoop_app\/status\/707532097842520064\">March 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurabrowny\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nLaura Brown<\/a> of IBM Marketing Cloud told us five trends in\u00a0Online Marketing in 2016:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Customer acquisition on Social Networks<\/li>\n<li>Using smart and powerful ads through retargeting<\/li>\n<li>Marketing Automation<\/li>\n<li>Videos as a source for great content and more revenue<\/li>\n<li>And busting the myth of a marketing suite &#8211; there is not &#8220;the&#8221; one platform for all challenges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2615.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1530 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2615-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2615\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAnd she told us another thing to watch out for: \u00a0 <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>&#8220;Google Shopping is something you should definitely have an eye on.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LauraBrowny\">@LauraBrowny<\/a> from IBM Marketing Cloud <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Silverpop\">@Silverpop<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RBTE2016?src=hash\">#RBTE2016<\/a> \u2014 Whoop! (@whoop_app) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whoop_app\/status\/707599526580899841\">March 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gareth Powell, Head of Web Analytics at the JD Williams Group, spoke about the new oil of the retail world: customer data.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_26861.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1537 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_26861-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Web Analytics\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The goal of every online retailer is to build a profitable company. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jxmatthews\" target=\"_blank\">James Matthews of Ocado<\/a> told us how to do that.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>Profitability in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ecommerce?src=hash\">#ecommerce<\/a>: With product &amp; service differentiation or scale &amp; cost domination <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jxmatthews\">@jxmatthews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RBTE2016?src=hash\">#RBTE2016<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FqYEbAVoN9\">pic.twitter.com\/FqYEbAVoN9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Whoop! (@whoop_app) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whoop_app\/status\/707910077433450496\">March 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nJames Hammersley of Good Growth shared 7 steps to becoming a growth organization: \u00a0 <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>7 steps to becoming a growth organisation &#8211; James Hammersley of Good Growth <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RBTE2016?src=hash\">#RBTE2016<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GrowthHacking?src=hash\">#GrowthHacking<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ecommerce?src=hash\">#ecommerce<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PPC?src=hash\">#PPC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wjGOxamaE8\">pic.twitter.com\/wjGOxamaE8<\/a> \u2014 Whoop! (@whoop_app) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whoop_app\/status\/707916863527845888\">March 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/news\/events\/recap-rbte-2016\/#what-did-the-visitors-say\" >What did the visitors say?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/news\/events\/recap-rbte-2016\/#impressions\" >Impressions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/news\/events\/recap-rbte-2016\/#conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"what-did-the-visitors-say\"><\/span>What did the visitors say?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rbmulder\" target=\"_blank\">Robert<\/a> is responsible for the Business Development of Usabilla, a software\u00a0for user feedback. In his words: &#8220;It&#8217;s the coolest you have ever seen.&#8221; Usabilla is a dutch\u00a0company and after growing fast in the Netherlands, Robert and his team\u00a0are now expanding to the UK. At the RBTE they are looking for new business opportunities and as you can see in the picture, things are going pretty well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2612.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1541 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2612-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Robert of Usabilla\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nGeorgia works as an Account Support Executive at the software company catalyst and is looking for new business partners at the RBTE. Her favorite place at the RBTE is the PayPal Lounge &#8211; &#8220;It&#8217;s great that you can charge your phone there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2765.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1542 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2765-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Georgia of Catalyst\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ale_messineo\" target=\"_blank\">Alessandro <\/a>came all the way from Italy to the RBTE. He is the CEO and Co-Founder of Wallin, a platform for digital signage. It was his first time at the RBTE and he came to see the latest technologies of\u00a0the retail industry. &#8220;The RBTE is a great event. It&#8217;s cool that here are so many exhibitors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2768.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1543 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2768-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Alessandro of Wallin\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nMarta is the Account Executive of Newtrade, a publishing company. It was her third time at the RBTE. She loves, that you can get in touch with big brands very easily.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2773.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1544 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2773-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Marta of Newtrade\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"impressions\"><\/span>Impressions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>We got a great read from James Hammersley of Good Growth. James, if you read this: From now on you will get as many Whoop-CakePops as you want \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Got a nice gift for our office library \ud83d\ude42 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whoop_app\">@whoop_app<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RBTE2016?src=hash\">#RBTE2016<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ecommerce?src=hash\">#ecommerce<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GrowthHacking?src=hash\">#GrowthHacking<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fswwhbap3t\">pic.twitter.com\/fswwhbap3t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Armin Mandara (@theMandara) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theMandara\/status\/707924515003768833\">March 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAlso Google stopped by \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0 <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>Alex Storey and Mus Jaffery from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/google\">@google<\/a> came by to say hello \ud83d\ude42 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RBTE2016?src=hash\">#RBTE2016<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/google?src=hash\">#google<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexandervoura\">@alexandervoura<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6eIQ3Fbz8H\">pic.twitter.com\/6eIQ3Fbz8H<\/a> \u2014 Whoop! (@whoop_app) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whoop_app\/status\/707942157546627072\">March 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe food-supply was awesome.<script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><a href=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2762.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1550 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2762-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2762\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nA quick game of table soccer \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2832.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1565 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2832-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Tablesoccer\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nSimultaneously to the RBTE,\u00a0the Retail Design Expo took place in the same venue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2803.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1552\" src=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2803-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Making Good Things happen\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2790.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-9\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1557\" src=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2790-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2790\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2793.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-10\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1558\" src=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2793-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2793\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2797.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-11\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1559\" src=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2797-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2797\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2806.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-12\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1560\" src=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2806-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2806\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2813.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-13\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1562\" src=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2813-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2813\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2820.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-14\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1564\" src=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2820-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2820\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2817.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-15\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1563\" src=\"https:\/\/smarter-ecommerce.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/IMG_2817-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2817\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>We had two amazing days at the RBTE. The location was awesome, the event was well organized and the talks and panel discussions were very informative.\u00a0Even the Hoff is clapping \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RBTE2016?src=hash\">#RBTE2016<\/a> is now closed. Hope you all had an amazing time.<br \/>\nSee you next year, April 19-20, Olympia London <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GUc4yR8zhb\">pic.twitter.com\/GUc4yR8zhb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RBTE (@rbtexpo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rbtexpo\/status\/707975541870219265\">March 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Follow us or subscribe our newsletter to get more insights and stories about Retail, Ecommerce and Google Shopping!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think of an exhibition, where every technology provider you need for the retail business is there: From payments and security to ecommerce and logistics &#8211; that\u2019s the Retail Business Technology Expo, wich took place on 9th and 10th March in London. 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