Harrison Retail Resilience | Speaker Spotlight

We’re less than two weeks away from our exclusive showroom event, tailored to key industry brands and grocery retailers, ‘Retail Resilience: Boosting Productivity Gains & Reducing Loss’. This event is aimed at offering key industry insights into solutions for some of the most pressing challenges currently faced in the retail sector, including theft prevention, rising costs, and productivity improvements.

Hosted by Harrison Retail, and spokesperson Simon Singleton, we have the great pleasure to be joined by leading retail expert guest speakers, Adrian Beck, Tim Bettley and Simon Hedaux.

With extensive experience across a variety of retail facets, you can read more about our guests below.

Simon Singleton | Spokesperson / Host

Singleton Consulting
Former COO H&B | Pepco Group UK

Simon is a retail exec of over 30 years, with experience spanning every aspect of UK retail, leading strategic renewal and positive change.

Formerly Chief Operating Officer at Holland & Barrett parent company and COO Pepco UK, previously Operations Director for Focus Wickes, Asda, George Clothing and Republic.

More recently, he has founded a successful retail advisory and consulting business, working with a diverse client base on a range of projects, from retail acquisitions, to innovative new format ideation, and development of retail tech innovation.

Emeritus Professor Adrian Beck | Guest Speaker

University of Leicester
ECR Retail Loss Group

Emeritus Professor Adrian Beck spent his academic career in the criminology department at the University of Leicester in the UK, where he primarily focused on research on retail crime and shrinkage issues.

He currently serves as an academic advisor and researcher for organizations like the ECR Community’s Shrinkage and On-shelf Availability Group. Beck is a frequent speaker at loss prevention conferences worldwide and a contributor to LP Magazine‘s US and Europe publications.

Simon Hedaux | Guest Speaker

ReThink Productivity
UKMTM Association

With over 15 years of experience in retail productivity analysis, Simon Hedaux is the co-founder and CEO of ReThink Productivity, a company that is committed to transforming the way some of the world’s largest companies operate by refining their processes, reviewing their systems, and analysing change impact.

He is also a co-founder of ReTime Workstudy, a work study measurement and analysis app that simplifies and streamlines the data capture and reporting process, saving time and resources for our users.

Tim Bettley | Guest Speaker

Retail Consultant
Former Commercial Director | Poundland & Dealz.

Tim has extensive experience of leading large commercial, supply chain and broader business functions in the value and retail sector, most recently as Commerical Director at Poundland and Dealz.

Having also served as Commercial Director at The Original Factory Shop, and Managing Director of Peacocks, Tim has a wealth of experience in building and developing strong performing teams, used to operating in a large scale, high volume, fast-paced environments.

This exclusive industry event promises to be a valuable opportunity for attendees to engage in insightful discussions and participate in Q&A sessions. With a mix of fireside chats, practical workshops, and extensive networking opportunities, participants will connect with industry peers, brands, and top-tier grocery retailers, whilst gaining actionable insights into loss-prevention innovations.

Attendees will also receive an exclusive action plan summarising the key takeaways from the day, designed to accelerate their loss-prevention strategies.

Register Now

Interested in attending? Simply RSVP here to secure your spot. If you can’t join us in person, no problem – our fireside chat with Simon Singleton will be available via live stream. RSVP online to receive the webinar link and join us virtually.