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Startup Stories: WelcoMe founder Gavin Neate talks inspiration, challenges, investors and Rudyard Kipling

Startup Stories: WelcoMe founder Gavin Neate talks inspiration, challenges, investors and Rudyard Kipling

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StartupsStaff WriterApril 26, 2024Startup Stories, Currys, WelcoMe, Gavin Neate, Interviews, Disabled peopleComment

Currys teams with WelcoMe to launch pilot enhancing in-store accessibility for customers with disabilities

Currys teams with WelcoMe to launch pilot enhancing in-store accessibility for customers with disabilities

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InclusionStaff WriterMarch 18, 2024Currys, WelcoMe, Stores, Disabled people, Inclusion, Inclusive shopping tech, Neurodiversity Celebration WeekComment

Quickfire Digital survey: retailers not prioritising accessibility risk losing billions beyond the purple pound

Quickfire Digital survey: retailers not prioritising accessibility risk losing billions beyond the purple pound

InclusionStaff WriterSeptember 26, 2023Quickfire Digital, Online retail, Stores, Purple pound, Accessibility, E-commerce, Disabled people, InclusionComment

Poundland taps Recite Me tech to support job applicants with disabilities online

Poundland taps Recite Me tech to support job applicants with disabilities online

RecruitmentStaff WriterJune 7, 2023Poundland, ReciteMe, Boots, Dunelm, Coca-Cola, Disabled people, Online retail, Recruitment, Dyslexia, Employees, UK retailComment

Marks and Spencer blasted by elderly customers as it goes cashless in automated cafes

Marks and Spencer blasted by elderly customers as it goes cashless in automated cafes

StoresStaff WriterMay 31, 2023Marks and Spencer, Stores, M&S, Elderly customers, Disabled people, Retail technology, Ron Delnevo, Self-service checkouts, Digital touchscreens, UK retail, Cashless payments, Cash, PaymentsComment

St James Quarter teams with Appointedd and WelcoMe to assist those with additional needs

St James Quarter teams with Appointedd and WelcoMe to assist those with additional needs

Omnichannel retailStaff WriterJune 27, 2022St James Quarter, Appointedd, WelcoMe, Inclusion, Mobile retail, Omnichannel retail, Disabled peopleComment

eBay UK throws weight behind Purple Tuesday 2021

eBay UK throws weight behind Purple Tuesday 2021

Purple PoundStaff WriterMay 20, 2021Global Accessibility Awareness Day, eBay UK, Purple Tuesday, Purple Pound, Online retail, Coronavirus, Disabled people, E-commerceComment

Online retailers must up their games as Purple Tuesday looms large

Online retailers must up their games as Purple Tuesday looms large

Online retailStaff WriterNovember 8, 2019Sigma, Online retail, Purple Tuesday, Disabled people, Bricks and mortar retailComment

Retailers encouraged to back Purple Tuesday initiative

Omnichannel retailStaff WriterJune 5, 2019Purple Tuesday, Purple pound, Disabled people, Bricks and mortar retail, Omnichannel retail, Online retail, Shopping centresComment