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First Burberry employees graduate from in-house ‘Data Academy’

Burberry announced Friday the first group of employees to take part in its pioneering two-year data upskilling programme in collaboration with London-based tech company Decoded have graduated. Over the past 18 months, Burberry employees have been enrolled in its in-house ‘Data Academy’, learning “cutting-edge” data science techniques such as...

Retail

Marks and Spencer creates Retail Data Academy

Marks and Spencer has partnered with Decoded to create the world’s first Data Academy in retail, which is part of the retailer’s ongoing transformation to a digital-first organisation. The Marks and Spencer Data Academy will take staff members from every function in the business, from store managers, visual merchandisers, finance and buying, the...

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Decoded Fashion London Summit: Will mobile technology make or break the fashion industry?

Of all the questions thrashed out at the Decoded Fashion London Summit this week, there’s one that has been particularly sticky - is the way in which brands and retailers use technology now, going to make or break their future business? From All Saints and Topshop to BirchBox, River Island, Net-A-Porter, Amazon and ASOS, all the major players,...