The conference is moderated by Katja Stauber, SF Swiss Television
Katja Stauber, SF Swiss Television (CH)
10.30
Grow for Good – The New Shift
Opening
Grow for Good – A New Shift is Emerging
David Bosshart, Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (CH)
Strategic Overview
Retail Growth in Europe – Winning in an Age of Economic Uncertainty
Steve Barnes, IGD (UK)
12.15
Lunch
13.30
Growing Strategies in Premium Retail
Keynote
Constructing Long Term Value. The Luxury Brands Strate
Concetta Lanciaux, former LVMH (FR)
Executive Practice
The Renaissance of Department Stores
Maurizio Borletti, La Rinascente (IT)
15.00
Break
15.30
Growth and Quality – Between Chances and Contradictions
Keynote
Spar Austria’s Success Strategies. On the Way to Becoming a Central European Retail Group
Gerhard Drexel, Spar (AT)
Executive Practice
Future Discount - Discount of the Future
Thomas Roeb, Fachhochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg (DE)
17.00
Break
17.30
Flying Out of the Box
Keynote
Building a Sustainable Competitive Advantage – How Dedicated Employees Create Loyal Customers and Large Profits
James F. Parker, former Southwest Airlines (USA)
18.15
Closing
Findings of the first summit day
David Bosshart, Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (CH)
18.20
Dinner Party, Networking, Dinner & Lounge
Round off the first day in the elegant surroundings of the new GDI, enjoying stimulating discussions with other participants and spoiling yourself with some culinary surprises.
ab 21.00
Transfer to the hotels and Thalwil train station
09.00
The Meaning of Growth
Keynote
The Meaning of Growth
Simonetta Carbonaro, Realise (IT/DE)
Executive Practice
The Meaning of Growth – Low Cost is the Creative Driver to Good Growth and Good Business
Josephine Rydberg-Dumont, former Ikea (SE)
Executive Practice
Delivering Sustainable Excellence with Affordable Prices Thanks to the Direct Cooperation with Small-Scale Producers
Oscar Farinetti, Eataly (IT)
10.45
Break
11.15
Growth Hot Spots
Trend Overview
Hot Concepts – Shopping and the City 2020
Martina Kühne, Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (CH)
Growing in Shrinking Markets – Values as the Basic Business Model
Peter Wippermann, Trendbüro Hamburg (DE)
13.45
The Human Side of Growing Strategies
Executive Outlook
Staff Management Put to the Test – Working and Leading Under Changed Social Conditions
Peter Nieschmidt, Management Trainer (DE)
Findings of the Conference
David Bosshart, Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (CH)
15.00
Goodbye Drink
Transfer to Thalwil train station