58th International Retail Summit EN

1st Day, Thursday, 11 September 2008

 

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

2nd Day, Friday, 12 September 2008

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)


Trend Overview

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)


Closing

Findings of the Conference

David Bosshart, Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (CH)

15.00

Goodbye Drink

Transfer to Thalwil train station