Amid an abundance of technology solutions, the challenge for retailers is not one of opportunity but navigation, maintains Matt Truman in his latest Retail Week column.

With retail crime making the headlines, tech companies are coming up with inventive ways to tackle the problem. From security robots to AI camera systems, we partner up with Retail Week to look at four innovative tech solutions to the increasing problem of retail crime.

Long-term strategic thinking is required to drive progress for the country and retail, argues Matt Truman

You can’t manage a retail business quarter by quarter. Short-termism threatens to inhibit innovation and limit retail’s potential when tough times recede, warns True’s Matt Truman in his latest Retail Week article.

As we sit at the beginning of December, there are many conflicting industry drivers for retail, which when combined lead to significant ambiguity moving into 2022.

It may sound counterintuitive in an unpredictable trading environment but companies need to invest and innovate, argues True executive chair and founder Matt Truman.

At a time of massive economic upheaval, history brings a sense of perspective, believes True co-founder and executive chair Matt Truman

The fiscal stimulus in response to Covid lowered the cost of capital, flooding business models that didn’t deserve funding with valuations that were, at times, eye-watering. The upshot of excess stimulus is the inflation every business is now faced with, says True co-founder Matt Truman.