Retail Juggernaut

Brian Gallagher, Retail Strategy Director, has been leading Connections retail practice since 2016. Brian is responsible for directing the sales and partner organization to meet the challenges throughout retail and hospitality. Connection’s retail practice focuses on strengthening the relationship between our partners and our customer’s entire organization. During his tenure, Connection’s retail practice has grown at an average annual rate of greater than 10%. Connection is especially focused on developing solutions for Specialty Retail, Convenience Stores, Grocery Stores, Big Box Retail and Quick Serve Restaurants. Brian’s focus on deployment of complex technology solutions such as AI, have delivered amazing results for the more than 900 Logo’s supported by Connection.

Brian spent more than 20 years in senior retail leadership roles prior to joining Connection. His most recent roles include 9 years as VP of Store Operations for Brookstone, Director of Store Operations at Lindt Chocolate, VP of Sales for Crabtree & Evelyn, and Director of Store Ops Administration for Sterling Jewelers.

Brian is deeply passionate about the relationships between organizations, their teams, and their customers. The acceleration of technology deployment in the retail space creates a unique opportunity to simultaneously improve employee engagement and customer experiences. Brian’s goal is to create stronger connections between our partner solutions and our customer’s business goals.