dunnhumby's Leo Nagdas Joins NRF Innovation Advisory Committee

Nagdas advises NRF on ways to connect venture, technology, and retail communities,
and identify startup innovators shaping the future of retail

CINCINNATI, Sept. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- dunnhumby, a global leader in Customer data Science, today announced that Leo Nagdas, Head of Corporate Development and Ventures at dunnhumby and founder of the Retail Innovation Network, has joined the National Retail Federation's (NRF) Innovation Advisory Committee (IAC). IAC is composed of venture capitalists, technology incubators and accelerators, retail strategists, and academics who provide advice to NRF regarding connections between the venture, technology, and retail sectors.

As an IAC member, Nagdas advises NRF on innovation and helps select pioneering retail AI and technology solutions for NRF's global conferences and its thought leadership. Drawing from his experience at dunnhumby with startups, retailers, and brands worldwide, Nagdas focuses on AI, computer vision, customer insights, retail media, personalization, customer experience, and operational efficiency.

"Being invited to join the NRF Innovation Advisory Committee is a strong validation of the work dunnhumby and dunnhumby ventures are doing to connect retailers and brands with the technologies and innovators that will define the future of shopping," said Nagdas. "Our most recent Retail Innovation Forum in London showed the appetite for bold ideas and real partnerships—and this appointment is another recognition of dunnhumby's continued leadership in shaping where the industry goes next."

This appointment builds on the rapid momentum of dunnhumby ventures and its commitment to accelerating open innovation across the retail industry. Through initiatives like the Retail Innovation Network — which now includes more than 500 senior innovators from high-growth startups, retailers, brands, investors, accelerators, and other pioneers of retail AI — dunnhumby ventures is breaking decades of siloed innovation and is creating a new collaborative mindset across the retail ecosystem.

To learn more about the NRF Innovation Advisory Committee, visit: https://nrf.com/membership/committees-and-councils/innovation-advisory-committee

Retail Innovation Forum Returns in September
From September 15-18, dunnhumby ventures and partners will host the first Retail Innovation Week in Bentonville, Arkansas. The event will bring together over 1,000 senior representatives from startups, technology companies, investment firms, academia, retailers, and brands. As part of this week, The Retail Innovation Forum will feature an exclusive one-day event on September 18, where 200 selected retail and CPG technology leaders will meet to build a joint vision for the future of retail by participating in innovation showcases, panel discussions, and curated networking sessions. For additional information and to apply to participate, visit https://www.dunnhumby.com/retail-innovation-forum/. 

About dunnhumby
dunnhumby is the global leader in Customer Data Science, empowering businesses everywhere to compete and thrive in the modern data-driven economy. We always put the Customer First.

Our mission: to enable businesses to grow and reimagine themselves by becoming advocates and champions for their Customers. With deep heritage and expertise in retail – one of the world's most competitive markets, with a deluge of multi-dimensional data – dunnhumby today enables businesses all over the world, across industries, to be Customer First.

The dunnhumby Customer Data Science Platform is our unique mix of technology, software, and consulting, enabling businesses to increase revenue and profits by delivering exceptional experiences for their Customers – in-store, offline and online. dunnhumby employs over 2,200 experts in offices throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas working for transformative, iconic brands such as Tesco, Coca-Cola, Meijer, Procter & Gamble and Raley's.

About dunnhumby Ventures
dunnhumby Ventures is dunnhumby's strategic venture capital and ecosystem-led innovation arm with a mandate to partner and invest in early-stage retail technology start-ups that embrace data and artificial intelligence for innovation along the customer's path to purchase. We foster industry collaboration via the Retail Innovation Network, our exclusive ecosystem of senior retail innovation leaders, and seek to align with partners at an early stage to supercharge their ability to take innovation to market by tapping into dunnhumby's retail industry expertise, pioneering data science assets, and global retailer and supplier partner network. Our areas of focus include artificial intelligence (AI), data capture and enrichment, retail media, customer engagement, category management, supply chain, and commerce. For more, visit: https://www.dunnhumby.com/ventures/ 

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