Supernova stage

The Supernova Theatre is the beating heart of CustomerX.

Supernova is where CustomerX brings the new market into view. Built around customer contexts rather than sectors, it explores the moments in which customers now discover, decide, buy and belong across multiple categories at once.

Through collaborative keynotes featuring three to five leaders, Supernova shows how businesses from different sectors meet the same customer in the same moment, and how they can copy, collaborate and compete to win a greater share of disposable income and discretionary spend.

The "Threenote" Format

We’ve reinvented the keynote for a new era of collaboration...Think of it as the Graham Norton Commerce Couch.

We bring together three industry rockstars from different sectors for an unscripted, high-energy conversation. Sitting on one couch, they move beyond the "what" of their business to the "how" of our collective future.

The focus is simple: Connection, Collaboration, and Customer Attention

To understand the Supernova Theatre, you have to look at the Collisions - where paths meet around the customer.

Below are some example sessions that we will be building for the event

1. The Friday Night: Content, Cravings, and CPG

  • The Couch: Netflix + Just Eat + PepsiCo.
     
  • The Collision: When a customer sits down to stream, they aren't just a "viewer." They are a diner and a consumer. This session explores how media platforms can trigger hospitality transactions and FMCG purchases in a single, seamless flow, maximising the value of that "Friday Night" window.

2. The Morning Commute: Travel, Time, and Transactions

  • The Couch: Uber + Pret A Manger + Revolut.
     

  • The Collision: A journey is more than transport; it is a sequence of hospitality and financial decisions. This "Threenote" explores how travel data can predict a coffee order and how embedded finance makes the transaction invisible, turning a morning commute into a high-value, multi-sector experience.

3. The Social High-Street: Social, Style, and Spend

  • The Couch: TikTok + Klarna + Estee Lauder.
     

  • The Collision: Social media is the new discovery engine. This session dives into how entertainment platforms and flexible finance providers are collaborating with beauty giants to bypass traditional e-commerce entirely, transacting where the customer's attention already lives.

4. The Wellness Wallet: Health, Retail, and Data

  • The Couch: Vitality + Waitrose + Nike.
     

  • The Collision: The dawn of "Bio-Commerce". These leaders discuss how real-time biometric data can influence grocery rewards and insurance premiums, creating a "proactive wellness" service that benefits the customer's health and the brand's bottom line.

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Why These Sessions Matter

The Supernova Theatre teaches you to master two essential skills:

  1. Maximise Total Economic Value: Learn to collaborate across sectors to extract the most value from the customer's finite wallet and attention.
     
  2. Capture Share of Life: Understand how to fit into the story of your customer's habits and aspirations, rather than just competing for a single transaction.

 

 

 

Leveraging 20+ years of expertise in global commerce

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