Hanna Karki is a Senior Principal Analyst in Gartner's Retail Industry Practice. She leads the research on retail go-to-market (GTM) for technology providers selling to Tier 1&2 global multichannel retailers with substantial physical presence. Her advice is within the research areas covered within the Gartner retail agenda, and topics include positioning, messaging, and storytelling techniques and frameworks. She also advises retail vendor product leaders on key market trends, new technologies, future scenarios, and opportunities and how retailers are transforming from multichannel retailing to unified retail commerce.
In addition, Ms. Karki leads environmental sustainability in the retail research agenda.
Prior to joining Gartner, Ms. Karki was Research Service Manager at Marketvisio. In her role, she was responsible for the customer engagement and financial success of Marketvisio's Finnish based research services. At the same time, she was conducting research in several areas, such as CRM, IT services, digital workplace, and industry specific IT trends and spending in retail. Prior to that, she was a Client Partner for Gartner technology provider clients. Marketvisio was a Gartner sales agent in Finland, acquired by Gartner in 2014.
Marketvisio
Service Manager and Research Analyst
Marketvisio
Client Partner at Gartner Services
Nokia Business Infrastructure
Program Management & Quality Support
Unified Retail Commerce for Digital Business Execution
Industry Markets and Technologies
Industry Product Planning and Strategy
B.B.A., Marketing and HR, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences
Specialist Qualification in Leadership and Management, Institute of Marketing
Entrepreneur Qualification in Business Administration, Finnish Institute for Enterprise Management
1What are key business and technology trends impacting retail industry
2How should we position our offerings to address key business requirements in the retail market?
3What messages and stories are most compelling for retail buyers?
4What are the needs of the key influencers and buyers we must successfully engage in the retail market?