Kering - Imagination Lab Hackathon 2025

Innovation for Luxury Retail Hackathon

How can innovation and digital platforms augment sales team and elevate client experience? ​

We are pleased to announce our annual Hackathon: Innovation for Luxury Retail, taking place in Paris  from July 2nd to 3rd 2025.

This year, Kering employees will explore how innovation & digital solutions can empower sales team and elevate the client journey. Whether it’s enhancing expertise, augmenting efficiency, streamlining operations, or redefining the VIC experience, your ideas will help shape the future of luxury retail. 

The call for ideas is launched! 
To participate, go to the register page to submit your ideas or join a team. Applications are open until April 24th. 

Ready to take up the challenge? Let’s innovate together!  
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 Let's review the 2 main topics where digital & innovation can empower sales team and elevate the client journey at Kering.

How can innovation and digital platforms augment sales team and help create true luxury client experiences? ​

6 key sub-themes, aligned with Kering's core needs, shape this hackathon —3 for the 2 main topics. 

 Select one of the six sub-themes and click on the Register button! 

 Be inventive, creative and relevant. 

 What will be your solution to answer this challenge? >> Find out more about each topic below!
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Topic 1 Empowering Sales Team

How can digital innovation enhance their expertise and efficiency?
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Empowering Sales Teams With Better Client Knowledge

Driving Deeper Client Relationships Through Informed Interaction

Augmenting Expertise On Products And The Brand Heritage

Fostering Authentic Brand Representation with Advanced Tools 

Streamlining 
Operations

 Facilitating Seamless Service Through Operational Excellence
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Topic 2
Elevating the client journey

How can technology redefine and elevate the in-store client experience? 
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Attracting 
Future Clients

Capturing and Engaging High-Value Clients 

Converting Interest 
Into Engagement and Exclusivity

Transforming Interest into Premium Engagement 

Elevating 
Clients Loyalty

Strengthening and Enhancing the Experience 
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Why take part in the Hackathon Innovation for Luxury Retail?

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  • Go from an idea to an actionable project in 2 days 
  • Leverage collective intelligence working as a team 
  • Use new-technologies to create and develop concrete cross-brand solutions to respond to existing problems for Kering 
  • Realize high level of pitches with successful prototypes 
  • Create a one Kering spirit by merging cross-brand, & cross-country teams 

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2

Days

1

Prestigious Jury

8

Teams

1

Winning Team

Next steps

Discover the next steps of the Innovation for Luxury Retail Hackathon!

We'll be back soon with the dates you need to remember. 
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For your inspiration, let's discover 2024's hackathon aftermovie! Hackathon 2024

In June 2024, +70 employees from all Kering brands participated in the hackathon. 
During 3 days, they imagined the best innovative solutions with GenAI thanks to collective intelligence and the use of data.

Gathered in 9 teams, they pitched their projects in front of a prestigious jury.

Discover the aftermovie!

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