Buying & Beyond Podcast LIVE: AI In Retail - Getting started, building confidence, working smarter and creating faster with Hannah Adams Systems Learning & Development Leader (Formerly ASOS & Arcadia)

11 Jan 2026

Join us, Kate & Lyns, for a chat with Hannah Adams Systems Learning & Development Leader. Hannah's career started in retail buying for Burton and Topman, before moving into Business Transformation at Arcadia and ASOS where she has helped these large retail giants to pivot into using new tools to support the B&M teams. Hannah joins us to discuss one of the biggest tools that is changing the future of retail - and every other industry. 

AI is no longer just a buzzword, it’s very quickly becoming one of the most useful tools in retail. From speeding up everyday admin to sparking creativity, AI has the power to help teams work smarter, faster, and with more confidence.

In this episode, we sit down with Hannah to demystify how retail teams can embrace AI - not as a threat, but as an assistant. Hannah shares practical, real-world ways buyers, merchandisers, and retail businesses can use AI to create efficiencies, support creative thinking, and even plan their own professional development. Whether you’re an AI sceptic or already experimenting with prompts, this episode will help you get started - building confidence and discovering how to use AI to improve efficiency, research, inspiration, and creativity in your everyday retail work.

Speakers
Katy Norton
Katy Norton, Co-founder & Director - Buying and Beyond
Lynsey Abbot
Lynsey Abbot, Co-founder & Director - Buying and Beyond