58th International Retail Summit EN | GDI - Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute

Steve Barnes
IGD (UK)

Business Director of the IGD. Steve Barnes is responsible for commercial research programmes covering UK and international business analysis. His main experience lies in UK and international food retail analysis. His presentation will focus on retail growth in Europe and ways of winning in an age of economic uncertainty.

Maurizio Borletti
La Rinascente (IT)

Chairman of Printemps Holding since 2006, after acquiring the French department store. Maurizio Borletti is also Chairman of Italian leading retail chains la Rinascente and Upim, both acquired in 2005. In his presentation he will be looking at the strategies and challenges by La Rinascente.

David Bosshart
Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (CH)

CEO of the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute. The focuses of David Bosshart's work are trade, consumption, management and social change. Author of a range of publications, including thebest-seller «Billig». In his presentation he will explain the new laws of good growth.

Simonetta Carbonaro
Realise (IT/DE)

Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Domus Academy in Milan and Professor of Design Management and Humanistic Marketing at TH University College of Borås. As co-founder of REALISE strategic consultants, Simonetta Carbonaro advises international consumer goods companies. In her presentation she will analyse the new meaning of growth.

Thomas Roeb
University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg (DE)

Former consultant at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, and Member of the Executive Board of AC Nielsen Germany; speaking engagements for a number of international congresses; author of numerous research studies and market reports. Thomas Roeb will present a view of the 'future of discounters'.

Gerhard Drexel
Spar (AT)

Chairman of the Board of SPAR Austria. Gerhard Drexel studied business management at the University of St. Gallen and gained a doctorate in social and economic sciences at the University of Innsbruck. Before switching to the Board of SPAR in 1990, he was a corporate planner at Coop. His keynote address will focus on the success strategies of SPAR Austria.

Oscar Farinetti
Eataly (IT)

Entrepreneur who opened Eataly in Turin, the gargantuan Italian food and wine emporium where one can buy, taste and study high-quality products. Eataly has already opened in Milan; other major Italian cities,Tokyo and New York will follow suit. He will discuss the recipe for Eataly’s success – a combination of Slow Food knowledge, fair coopertion and excellent managerial skills.

Martina Kühne
Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (CH)

Senior Researcher, Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute. Martina Kühne analyses changes in consumer behaviour and consequences for retailing, services and the consumer goods industry. Author of the study «Shopping and the City 2020». At the summit she will present new shopping concepts.

Concetta Lanciaux
former LVMH (FR)

Former Executive Vice President Synergies and Adviser to the Chairman of LVMH. Concetta Lanciaux has played a key role in the development of the luxury group since 1985. She was voted one of the 30 most influential businesswomen in Europe. Her keynote address will consider ways of creating long-term value in luxury brand strategies.

Peter Nieschmidt
Management Trainer (DE)

Professor and management trainer. Peter Nieschmidt studied philosophy, education and history at the Universities of Tübingen and Munich. Professor of Politology since 1976. In his address he will discuss the basis of staff management and provide in-depth insights into the complexity of human and corporate practices.

James F. Parker
former Southwest Airlines (USA)

From 2001 through 2004 CEO and Vice Chairman of the Board of Southwest Airlines. Before being selected to lead the company, James F. Parker spent 16 years as General Counsel. He is a member of the Advisory Council for the MIT Leadership Center. His keynote focuses on the hidden face of large profits.

Josephine Rydberg-Dumont
former Ikea (SE)

Former CEO of IKEA of Sweden and until August 2008 Member of IKEA Group Management and Head of IKEA Communication and Global Positioning. In 2006 Fortune ranked Josephine Rydberg-Dumont 30th among the 50 most powerful women CEOs in the world. Her presentation analyses the meaning of growth and how low cost is the creative driver of good growth and good business.

Katja Stauber
SF Swiss Television (CH)

Journalist and news anchor at Swiss Television since 1993. Katja Stauber grew up in Namibia and studied law at the University of Zurich. She worked as a radio speaker and wrote for national newspapers and magazines, before joining the Zurichbased European Business Channel as TV anchor. At GDI, she will guide participants through the programme.

Peter Wippermann
Trendbüro Hamburg (DE)

Founder and CEO of Trendbüro Hamburg. Peter Wippermann is Professor of Communication Design at the University of Duisburg-Essen, a specialist in trend-based brand management and author of numerous publications. He will show how growth operates in shrinking markets and how values function as the basic business model.