59. Internationale Handelstagung

Back to Retail - Reinventing the Basics

The illusions of globalisation are at an end. The retail sector is facing more changes in the next five years than it has in the last fifty. A new normality is emerging, less is taking the place of more. When a middle-class salary no longer stretches to a middle-class way of life, the "Age of Less" engenders new lifestyles: "trading down", "smart shopping", "luxury shame" and "stealth wealth" – covering needs rather than engaging in consumer frenzy. The new luxury is in the basics.
Retailing has to reinvent itself – gone are the days of "more of the same". It's no longer about speed and size at any price – what counts is working together throughout the entire value chain: cooperative societies, partner networks, pooled procurement. Is the future of retailing taking it back to its origins? Only far-sighted egoism that sees beyond the merely commercial can generate social wealth. Upright entrepreneurs of the Gottlieb Duttweiler type will take the place of short-termist profiteers.
Come and listen to proven experts at the GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute discussing possible developments.

How you benefit
You can gain brand-new insights that are far removed from conventional thinking. Acknowledged experts analyse and discuss the really relevant questions of forward-looking strategies, market potential and growth concepts.

Participants
The International Retail Summit is a platform for CEOs and strategy-oriented executives from retailing, consumer-goods, service and consultancy companies.

Programme

Study Tours: Mittwoch, 9. September 2009
(separat buchbar)
with Umdasch Shop-Concept AG

14.00 - 21.00
Hot Store Tour 1 (d/e)
Innovative Neueröffnungen in Zürich - Fokus auf Food

Hot Store Tour 2 (d)
Innovative Neueröffnungen in Zürich - Fokus auf Lifestyle & Sport

Konferenz: Donnerstag, 10. September 2009

Ab 09.30
Willkommens-Kaffee
Der Code der Krisen-DNA

10.00
Opening Speech

Was die Krise an positiven Veränderungen bringt - die neue Normalität
David Bosshart, GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (CH)

Retail Overview

Durchhalten oder Durchstarten: Welche Strategie für Handelsunternehmen in der Wirtschaftskrise?
Ernst Dieter Berninghaus, Migros (MGB), (CH/DE)

CEO Insights

Markteinschätzungen zur aktuellen Situation
Rolando Benedick, Manor, Valora (CH)

12.00
Lunch

13.30
Shopping-Visionen und -Instinkte

Keynote

Paco Underhill, Envirosell (USA)
Die Strasse trifft auf das Web trifft auf die Supply Chain. Warum die kommenden fünf Jahre den Handel stärker verändern werden als die vergangenen fünfzig

14.30
Break

15.00
Navigieren in chaotischen Zeiten

CEO Insights

Strategien für eine neue Wirtschaftsära
Sir Stuart Rose, Marks & Spencer (UK)

Executive Practice

Hornbach: "Es gibt immer was zu tun" - ein Praxisbeispiel
Jürgen Schröcker, Hornbach(DE)

16.15
Break

16.45
Executive Practice

Die neue Mitte - eine Strategie der Zukunft
Bertrand Jungo, Manor (CH)

Executive Practice

Rebranding einer Kioskkette: Die Entwicklung der Kleinfläche
Mathias Gehle, Valora Deutschland (DE)
Lorraine Tovey, 20/20 (UK)

18.15 Closing

Erkenntnisse des ersten Konferenztages
David Bosshart, Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (CH)

18.15
Networking & Lounge

Lernen Sie interessante Gesprächspartner kennen und lassen Sie sich kulinarisch überraschen und verwöhnen.

Ab 21.00
Shuttle-Transfer

zu den Hotels und zum Bahnhof Thalwil

Konferenz: Freitag, 11. September 2009

09.00
Von der Kompetition zur Kooperation

Keynote

Douglas Rushkoff, bestselling author
Erfolg und Misserfolg im Sport:
Wie man mit Misserfolg und Kritik umgeht
Ralph Krüger, Trainer (CAN/CH)

10.30
Break

11.00
Mode und Lifestyle im Zeitalter des Weniger

Executive Practice

Die amerikanische Ikone: Von einem ambitionierten Start zum heutigen Dilemma
Richard Marcus, ehem. Neiman Marcus (USA)
Executive Practice Erfahrungen aus einem schwierigen Markt. Die 2 neuen P - Personen und Passion.
Arndt Brockmann, Zara Deutschland (DE)

12.30
Lunch

13.45
Macht und Mythen der Führungserfahrung

Input Speech

Klasse! Die wundersame Welt der Manager
Dagmar Deckstein, Autor (DE)

Executive Panel

Interview

Was bedeutet Führung in der Krise?
Was können junge Führungskräfte von älteren Generationen lernen?
Passt der Führungsstil von gestern noch?
Heliane Canepa, ehem. Nobel Biocare (SE/CH)
Erwin Conradi, ehem. Metro Group (DE)
Thomas Greiner, Dussmann (DE)
Jules Kyburz, ehem. Migros (MGB), (CH)

Die richtige Positionierung für den Handel im Wandel

Keynote

Positionierung als Weg aus der Rezession.
Jack Trout, Trout & Partners (USA)

Closing

Erkenntnisse der Konferenz
David Bosshart, Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (CH)

16.00

Shuttle-Transfer

zum Bahnhof Thalwil

Speakers

Rolando Benedick

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Valora. Rolando Benedick learned his metier from scratch and is now one of the most profound authorities on retailing in general and the department store business in particular.

Ernst Dieter Berninghaus

Chairman of SIGNA Group, Austrias biggest private real estate company. Until 2016, Berninghaus was Head of the Trade Department and member of the Executive Board of the Federation of Migros Cooperatives (MGB).

David Bosshart

Author, Speaker, Executive Advisor

Dr. David Bosshart was CEO of the GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute for consumption, economic and social studies from 1999 to 2020. Since 2020 he has been President of the G. and A. Duttweiler Foundation.

Arndt Brockmann

Since 2007, Managing Director of Zara Germany und Massimo Dutti Germany, companies belonging to Spain's Inditex Group. Now 34 years old, Arndt Brockmann previously held positions at Hugo Boss and Strenesse and most recently at Puma.

Heliane Canepa

CEO of the globally active Nobel Biocare Group between 2001 and 2007. Heliane Canepa received the 2006 "SwissAward" in the business category and has twice been selected as Switzerland's "Businesswoman of the Year". The "Financial Times" rated Heliane Canepa Europe's sixth most successful businesswoman in 2005 .

Erwin Conradi

Former Supervisory Board Chairman of the Metro Group, which he headed up until 2000, playing a key role in its development. Erwin Conradi is one of retailing's key executive players at the international level. The Technical University of Braunschweig awarded him an honorary doctorate in business studies in 1999.

Dagmar Deckstein

Editor at the "Süddeutsche Zeitung", currently business correspondent in Stuttgart. Dagmar Deckstein's management column was a widely read highlight of the international business press for many years. Author of the books "Arbeit neu denken" and "Klasse! Die wundersame Welt der Manager".

Matthias Gehle

Managing director at Valora Retail Germany since 2002, with responsibility for category management, publishers, suppliers, marketing and services. A graduate in business management, Matthias Gehle had previously been employed at a number of manufacturing companies as a finance expert.

Thomas Greiner

CEO of the Dussmann Group. Until 2007, member of the Executive Board, with responsibility for marketing and PR. Thomas Greiner had previously been head of corporate communication.

Bertrand Jungo

Chief Executive Officer of Swiss company Admeira. Until 2017 Jungo was CEO of the Swiss department store chain Manor. After graduating in business management at Fribourg, the passionate retailer occupied positions from assistant right up to director.

Ralph Krüger

German-Canadian by birth, Ralph Krueger has been coach of the Swiss ice-hockey team since 1997 and managing director of Teamlife GmbH. Previously ice-hockey coach in Austria and a member of the German national ice-hockey team. The focus of his talk is team life.

Jules Kyburz

President of the Federation of Migros Cooperatives (MGB) until 2000 and Board member of the Gottlieb and Adele Duttweiler Foundation to the present day. Starting as a stockkeeper, Jules Kyburz worked his way up to the top in a 50-years career at Migros.

Richard Marcus

Former CEO and Chairman of Neiman Marcus, the foremost national high fashion speciality store in the United States. Richard Marcus worked from his teenage years until 1988 in the company founded by his grandfather. He is a graduate of Harvard College.

Jürgen Schröcker

Executive Board member responsible for marketing, market research and HR at the Hornbach Group, one of Europe's largest operators of DIY megastores and garden centres. The 40-year-old had previously been head of marketing at the Möbel Walther Group.

Lorraine Tovey

Account director at 20/20, a leading international branding agency. Special areas: interior design and project management. Tovey played a key role in creating new brands for Valora Switzerland and Germany.

Jack Trout

Owner and President of Trout & Partners. Jack Trout is recognized as one of the most famous names in the world of marketing. He is the author of marketing bestsellers as "Differentiate or Die" or "The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing". Trout & Partners has done work for a large series of Fortune 500 companies.

Paco Underhill

Founder and CEO of Envirosell, management consultants for market research and consumer-friendly shop and product design. Author of best-selling books "Why we Buy" and "Call of the Mall".

Stuart Rose

Former Executive Chairman of Marks & Spencer. Sir Stuart Rose began his career in retail at Marks & Spencer in 1972 before going on to the Burton Group in 1989. Stuart Rose was knighted in the New Year Honours List this year, for his services to the retail industry and corporate social responsibility.

Information

Date
10 September - 11 September 2009

Price
2 days, 1 participant: CHF 2300.-
2 days, 1 participant: CHF 2300.-
1 day, per participant: CHF 1400.-

The fee has to be paid in advance. The price depends on the number of participants registered together from the same firm. Any subsequent participants registered separately will be billed separately. The conference fee includes all food and beverages.

Further
Conference languages
German/English (simultaneous translation)

Study Tours
CHF 350.- including guide, transfers, drinks and dinner. Limited group size. Consideration according to registration date.

Changes to the programme
The programme is subject to change. If the event does not take place, fees will be refunded. Further claims are ruled out.

Cancellation
Cancellations must be in writing and reach us by 10 August 2009 at the latest. After this date and until five full working days before the event begins, 75% of the fee will be charged. For later cancellations, the full fee will be charged. Substitute participants welcome.

Transport
There will be a free shuttle bus service between the GDI, Thalwil train station and the hotels.

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