Tim Mason, CEO at Eagle Eye: Top 5 Secrets on How to Get to the Top Floor in Retail

Episode Guest:

Tim Mason is the CEO of Eagle Eye and a veteran of British retail, best known for his 30-year career at Tesco where he helped launch the Clubcard. He brings decades of experience in marketing, loyalty, and digital transformation.

Episode Timestamps:

0:00 Introduction

0:41 Meet Tim – The Duvet Flip Moment

1:56 Tim’s First Job: From Fruit Farm to Boardroom

3:06 What Makes a Great First Employee

4:48 The Power of Enthusiasm in Retail

6:07 Why Tim Chose Advertising (At Age 8)

7:20 Breaking Into Unilever with Bad Grades

8:02 The Unexpected Path to Tesco

9:45 Staying 30 Years in One Company

11:06 What Actually Keeps You Moving Forward

12:29 How EQ Beat Academia for Tim

13:35 One Smart Move That Got the Whole Tesco Board’s Attention

15:03 Struggles with Dyslexia and School

16:19 The Importance of Showing Up and Doing the Work

17:19 Culture: How to Read It and When to Leave

18:24 The “Rumble” – Reviving Stores with Real Action

20:14 What’s Happening in Retail Right Now

21:53 Why Retail’s Middle Market Is in Trouble

23:00 Personalisation: The Future of Winning in Retail

24:55 What Eagle Eye Actually Does

26:00 A Route to Double the Size of Eagle Eye

27:15 A Direct Message to Retailers Watching

28:13 The Danger of Grouping Consumers Into ‘Audiences’

29:46 What Retailers Must Do Differently Today

31:04 Launching Clubcard: The Loyalty Gamechanger

32:50 From 0.5B to 10B Offers: Personalisation at Scale

34:00 How Stores Are Using AI to Target Customers

35:27 Why Some Stores Feel “Revved Up” — and Others Don’t

36:39 What the Next Generation of Retail Leaders Need

40:23 Tim’s Duvet Flip: Helping Others Do Better

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