61st International Retail Summit

Welcome coffee

Retailers, Shoppers and the Economic and Social Climate

David Bosshart, GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute
Re-generation: the slower you move, the faster you die

Wendy Liebmann, WSL Strategic Retail
Between crisis and euphoria: understanding the Western consumer's soul

Executive Insights

Andrew R. Jennings, Karstadt
Rejuvenation: Re-imaging the Modern and Dynamic
Department Store

The shape of retail in 2011-2015: a top-level discussion
Rolando Benedick, Valora
Herbert Bolliger, Migros
Maurice Calanca, marketing and more
André Maeder, Charles Vögele
Lovro Mandac, Galeria Kaufhof

Lunch

Retail Outlook

Richard Hyman, Deloitte
European retail in a global context: does shrinking become an option?

Mobile Challenges

Carsten Schloter, Swisscom
Approches to a new service culture

Break

Creative Re-generation

Marije Vogelzang, Proef
Eating design: creativity as a winning strategy

Clemens Weisshaar, Kram/Weisshaar
Generative realities: why processes are the format of the 21st century

Re-generation in Food Retail

Sam Dickson, Waitrose
Food retail: re-generating brands and categories

Summary 1st Day
David Bosshart, GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute

Networking & Lounge
Meet interesting people to talk to and treat yourself to some
culinary surprises

Shuttle-Transfer
to the hotels and Thalwil train station

Economic Outlook

Stéphane Garelli, IMD Lausanne
From breakdown to breakthrough: managing an uncertain future

Building on tradition for success

Marcel Dietrich, Magazine zum Globus
104 years young: between preservation and innovation

Break

Re-generation in Fashion

Marc Schumacher, Tom Tailor
Marketing made in Germany: value creation for an international middle class

Reiner Pichler, Holy Fashion Group/Strellson
Fashion made in Switzerland: from coat factory to lifestyle brand

Lunch

The Future: between Re-generation and Killer Formats

Brian Wiegand, alice.com
Re-writing retail basics in a virtual world: a concept for the future

Christian Wanner, LeShop
Where were you when shopping went digital? A wake-up call

Marketing-Outlook

Christian Mikunda, commEnt
No, not like that: re-focus marketing – not deadly sins but emotional highs

Closing
David Bosshart, GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute

Shuttle-Transfer
to Thalwil train station

Stephan Berthoud, senior researcher and workshop host at GDI with main research on consumer behaviour, retail and communication. An MA in psychology, Mr. Berthoud worked as project  and division manager in retail marketing research and is your host at this year's summit.

German / English (simultaneous translation)