59th International Retail Summit
Study Tours: Wednesday, 9 September 2009 (to be booked separately)
14.00 - 21.00
Hot Store Tour 1 (g/e)
Innovative new launches in Zurich -
Focus on food
Hot Store Tour 2 (g only)
Innovative new launches in Zurich -
Focus on lifestyle & sport
Conference: Thursday, 10 September 2009
From 09.30
10.00
Welcome coffee
Decoding the Crisis DNA
Positive Changes induced by the Crisis – the New Normality
David Bosshart, Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (CH)
Retail Overview
Hang in or rev up - what strategy does a retailer need
in the economic crisis?
Ernst Dieter Berninghaus, Migros (MGB), (CH/DE)
CEO Insights
Market assessments of the current situation
Rolando Benedick, Manor, Valora (CH)
12.00
Lunch
Shopping Visions and Instincts
13.30
Keynote
The street meets the web meets the supply chain. Why shopping will change more in the next five years than it has in the previous 50
Paco Underhill, Envirosell (USA)
14.30
Break
Navigating in Chaotic Times
15.00
CEO Insights
Strategies for the New Economic Era
Sir Stuart Rose, Marks & Spencer (UK)
Executive Practice
Hornbach "There's always something to do" - an example of best practice
Jürgen Schröcker, Hornbach(DE)
16.15
Break
16.45
Executive Practice
The new mainstream – A strategy for the future
Bertrand Jungo, Manor (CH)
Executive Practice
Creating an international brand for a newsstand
Mathias Gehle, Valora Germany (DE)
Lorraine Tovey, 20/20 (UK)
18.15
Closing
Findings of the first summit day
David Bosshart, Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (CH)
18.15
Networking & Lounge
Meet interesting people to talk to and treat yourself
to some culinary surprises
From 21.00
Shuttle-Transfer to the hotels and to Thalwil train station
Conference: Friday, 11 September 2009
From Competition to Cooperation
09.00
Keynote
Success and failure in sport: Dealing with setbacks and criticism
Ralph Krueger, Coach (CAN/CH)
10.30
Break
Fashion and Lifestyle in the Age of Less
11.00
Executive Practice
The american icon – from an ambitious beginning to today’s dilemma
Richard Marcus, formerly Neiman Marcus (USA)
Executive Practice
Learning from a difficult market:
Adding 2 P - People and Passion
Arndt Brockmann, Zara Germany (DE)
12.30
Lunch
The Power and Myths of Leadership Experience
13.45
Input Speech
Great! The wonderful world of the manager
Dagmar Deckstein, Author (DE)
Executive Panel
- What does management in a crisis mean?
- What can young executives learn from the older generation?
- Is yesterday's management style still appropriate?
Erwin Conradi, formerly Metro Group (DE)
Thomas Greiner, Dussmann (DE)
Jules Kyburz, formerly Migros (MGB), (CH)
Keynote
Positioning your way out of a recession
Jack Trout, Trout & Partners (USA)
Closing
Findings of the Conference
David Bosshart, Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (CH)
16.00
Shuttle-Transfer to Thalwil train station
Presenter:
Corinna Lampadius
Journalist and presenter for various German television channels. A graduate in business management and economics, she has anchored successful news and discussion programmes such as "VOX-Hauptnachrichten" and various "Spiegel TV" formats since 1998. Corinna Lampadius will guide participants through the GDI conference programme.