Searchlight, official sponsors of CIO Retail Connect
The CIO Retail Connect event is the one-stop shop for CxO’s and other senior retail IT executives from top UK retailers. Being an official sponsor meant we could fully immerse ourselves in all aspects of this forum.


Business-led, not IT-led
This is the third in our series of blogs exploring how retailers can balance the dual aim of investing in technology to improve their customer proposition.

Is technology clouding retailers vision?
How are retailers balancing the dual aim of investing in technology to improve their customer proposition while ensuring smooth-running business operations through an aligned corporate and IT strategy?

Be brave, think differently
This is the second in our series of blogs exploring how retailers can balance the dual aim of investing in technology to improve their customer proposition.

Retailers’ must take radical new approach to technology
Retailers' are not using technology as effectively as they could be and in some cases it is actually having a detrimental effect on their business, according to a new report from Searchlight Consulting.

Separate goals, common challenges
The business world has become fixated on having the latest technology, tools and systems, believing they are required to win customers and navigate their way through a time of constant change and economic uncertainty.

Integration – it’s dangerous not to!
Application, data and information integration has been at the forefront of many a CIO’s mind for a pretty long time now. Integration tools and platforms have similarly existed in many guises, dating back to the mid-90s.

Thrive through constant change: how to apply agility to your business application strategy
The manufacturing industry has increasing pressure to compete in this volatile market and economic environment. We are operating in an era in which many of the accepted political norms have been turned on their heads and the pace with which technology is progressing means most of us are still catching up with what we can do today, let alone thinking about the possibilities that tomorrow may bring.

Get ahead of your competitors by following our 5 key steps.
Here are your 5 steps to make the most out of technology. The manufacturing industry has increasing pressure to compete in this volatile market and economic environment. How can you ensure you are investing in the right business applications to enable growth?

Transform at pace – tackle the issues that arise from business growth
How can high growth organisations continue to grow with the same positive trajectory of success and acceleration? For high-growth organisations, it's important to maintain the level of growth it’s essential to establish your roadmap.

Searchlight’s Innovation Hub with Central England Co-operative
How can high growth organisations continue to grow with the same positive trajectory of success and acceleration? For high-growth organisations, it's important to maintain the level of growth it’s essential to establish your roadmap.
