Managing Director Trevor Sumner Recognized as 2026 Top Retail Expert by Rethink Retail
Summoner Managing Director and i-Genie.ai CEO Trevor Sumner was named to the prestigious Rethink Retail Top Retail Expert Community for the 6th consecutive year, including the award’s founding year.
Mr. Sumner accepted the award on LinkedIn ahead of Rethink Retail’s Gala at NRF:
“I am humbled to be named a Top Retail Expert from RETHINK Retail for the 7th straight year, among so many incredible thought leaders. The TRE community has been amazing, from the amazing thought leadership networks, expert podcasts, and event networking. So many amazing experts that are so friendly and willing to take my call when I need deep expert advice.
Rethink Retail has been amazing at highlighting i-Genie.ai's great work, such as the amazing interview at Groceryshop with VC Kirat Anand or the recent Retail Razor episode with Ricardo Belmar and Casey Golden and Stan Sthanunathan.
Special thanks to my fellow TREs who inspire me and for whom I learn so much from including Gautham Vadakkepatt, Andrew Lipsman, Marie Driscoll, CFA, Neil Saunders, Sucharita Kodali, Cate Trotter, Brandon Rael, Carl Boutet, Christine Russo, Gwen Morrison, Ian Scott, Ken Pilot, Liza Amlani, Martin Bailie, Matthew Adam Smith, Matthew Nichols, Pano Anthos, Richard Kestenbaum, Scott Friend, Anne Mezzenga, April (Waits) McGee, Chris Walton, Jason Goldberg, Julia Hare, Paula Macaggi, Cathy Hotka, Doug Stephens, Melissa Gonzalez, Rebekah Kondrat, Shannon Flanagan, ShiSh Shridhar, and Yael Kochman.
Mr. Sumner wanted to particularly highlight his transformative work with i-Genie.ai especially the flagship products and data science around:
Brand equity tracking - 1/4 the cost, monthly feedback, unlimited competitors, unlimited attributes - our BEP score has 0.75 correlation to market share 4 months out! It's the most predictive and prescriptive brand equity engine on the market.
Product CX Benchmarking - Synthesizing reviews for EVERY SKU in your categories to understand CX performance, drivers of good and bad CX, and identifying unmet needs in the market according to consumers
Trend Spotting - The most accurate trend spotting of ingredients, formats, claims and needs - 6 months earlier than social listening platforms with the top accuracy of our Future Factor Ranking algorithm.
New Product Innovation - Generates new product innovation ideas and scores their predictive consumer demand and uniqueness. Doubles product launch success rates and reduces innovation cycles from 12-18 months to 2-3 months.
He wants to particularly thank the team at i-Genie.ai including Stan Sthanunathan and Paul van Gendt for the incredible work and partnership and says: “We’ve only just begun what’s possible with i-Genie.ai. We have the opportunity to disrupt a $35 billion industry.'“
