Top Women in Retail Technology 2026

Connect Media spotlights the 2026 Top Women in Retail Technology Awards

The 25 female retail innovators come from a variety of sectors, from brands striving to drive a rewarding customer experience to technology providers innovating solutions to help brands attain that goal.

November 3, 2026 by Judy Mottl — Editor: RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com, Connect Media

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Connect Media's inaugural 2026 Top Women in Retail Technology Awards puts a spotlight on women who have made their mark in retail technology innovation and who will prove to have a strong impact on the retail technology sector in the years ahead.

The award winners also represent a wide range of industries as well, from retail to hospitality to restaurants, healthcare and financial institutions. They are driving successful deployments of retail tech such as self-service kiosks to unattended retail, digital signage and fintech.

Learn all about the 2026 Top Women in Retail Technology Award honorees here.

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About Judy Mottl

Judy Mottl is the editor of RetailCustomerExperience.com and DigitalSignageToday.com at Connect Media. She is an award-winning editor, reporter and blogger who has worked for top media for nearly four decades, including AOL, InformationWeek and Internet News, as well as for leading technology providers including HP. She’s written everything from breaking news to in-depth industry trends and reported on technology long before the internet arrived, including the debut of the first smartphone. When she's not sharing insights on digital signage deployments and trends in retail customer experience she's on the beach or watching the latest live murder trial.

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